Sofyan Amrabat
![]() Amrabat playing for Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sofyan Amrabat[1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 August 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Huizen, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Fiorentina | ||
Number | 34 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2007 | HSV De Zuidvogels | ||
2007–2014 | Utrecht | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | Utrecht | 49 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Feyenoord | 21 | (2) |
2018–2020 | Club Brugge | 25 | (1) |
2019–2020 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2020 | Hellas Verona | 0 | (0) |
2020– | Fiorentina | 67 | (1) |
2020 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 15 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2010 | Netherlands U15 | 4 | (0) |
2013 | Morocco U17 | 3 | (0) |
2016 | Morocco U23 | 2 | (0) |
2017– | Morocco | 46 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 13 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2022 (UTC) |
Sofyan Amrabat (Arabic: سفيان أمرابط; Berber languages: ⵙⵓⴼⵢⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵕⴰⴱⵟ;[3] born 21 August 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Morocco national team.
A youth product of Utrecht, Amrabat made his senior career debut in 2014. In 2017, he signed for Dutch rivals Feyenoord, where he would win the KNVB Cup and two Johan Cruyff Shields. The following year, Amrabat moved to Belgium with Club Brugge. In 2019, he signed for Italian club Hellas Verona on loan with an option-to-buy; the club eventually bought him in January 2020, sold him to Fiorentina, and loaned him back in for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.
Born in the Netherlands, Amrabat represented his birth country at youth international level in 2010 before switching allegiance to Morocco in 2013. He made his senior Morocco debut in 2017, and has since represented the country at two FIFA World Cups and one Africa Cup of Nations tournament.
Club career
Starting his senior career at Utrecht in 2014, Amrabat moved to Feyenoord in 2017. After one season, he joined Club Brugge, before being sent on loan to Italy at Hellas Verona in 2019.
On 31 January 2020, Hellas Verona exercised their option to purchase his rights from Club Brugge and immediately re-sold them to Fiorentina. In return, Fiorentina loaned him back to Verona until the end of the 2019–20 season.[4]
International career
Netherlands youth team
Amrabat was born in the Netherlands to parents of Moroccan descent. He first represented the Netherlands at under-15 level.[5]
Morocco
Amrabat was selected with the Morocco U17 national team for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[6]
On 28 March 2017, Amrabat made his senior debut for the Morocco national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Tunisia.[7][8] In May 2018, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[9]
On 10 November 2022, Amrabat was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[10][11] On 6 December 2022, he had a strong performance against Spain, keeping control of the ball in dangerous positions and performing crucial tackles to knock them out of the World Cup, which led to an increase of interest for his services across Europe.[12]
Personal life
Sofyan is the younger brother of former Morocco international Nordin Amrabat.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 13 November 2022[14]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Utrecht | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Eredivisie | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 1 | 38 | 1 | ||
Total | 42 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 54 | 1 | |||
Feyenoord | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 31 | 2 |
2018–19 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
Club Brugge | 2018–19 | Belgian Pro League | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[f] | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |
2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | |||
Hellas Verona (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||
Fiorentina | 2020–21 | Serie A | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Serie A | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||
2022–23 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[g] | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | ||
Total | 67 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 78 | 1 | |||
Career total | 181 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 221 | 6 |
- ^ Includes KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup, Coppa Italia
- ^ a b Appearances in Eredivisie Europa League play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ a b Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of match played 17 December 2022[15]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Morocco | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
2018 | 6 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | |
2020 | 4 | 0 | |
2021 | 9 | 0 | |
2022 | 19 | 0 | |
Total | 46 | 0 |
Honours
Feyenoord
Club Brugge
Individual
- Eredivisie Player of the Month: November 2017
- Hellas Verona Player of the Season: 2019–20[20]
- Gazzetta dello Sport Best African Player in Serie A: 2020[21]
References
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Morocco (MAR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 19. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "ⵉⵎⵃⵉⵣⵡⴰⵔ ⵉⴼⵔⵉⵇⵢⵉⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵓⵏⴷⵢⴰⵍ ⵏ ⵇⴰⵟⴰⵕ 2022 (ⵜⴰⵙⵓⵜⵍⵜ ⵉⴳⴳⵯⵔⴰⵏ) : ⵉⵎⵍⴰ ⴼⴰⵀⵉⴷ ⵀⴰⵍⵉⵍⵓⵣⵉⵜⵛ ⵜⵍⴳⴰⵎⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵔⴰⵔⵏ ⵉⵜⵜⵓⵙⵜⴰⵢⵏ ⴷⴰⵜ ⵏ ⵍⴽⵓⵏⴳⵓ ⵜⴰⴷⵉⵎⵓⵇⵕⴰⵟⵉⵜ". Maghreb Arabe Press (in Berber). 17 March 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "UFFICIALE: AMRABAT ALLA FIORENTINA MA SOLO DAL 1° LUGLIO 2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Schaduwteam langs Willem II/RKC". onsoranje.nl. 17 November 2010. Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "FIFA U-17 2013 Squad Lists" (PDF). fifadata.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2013.
- ^ Bakkali, Achraf. "Première apparition de Sofyan Amrabat avec les Lions de l'Atlas". Mountakhab.net. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Sofyan Amrabat maakt Marokko-debuut – FC Utrecht". www.fcutrecht.nl.
- ^ "World Cup 2018: Youssef En Nesyri replaces Badr Benoun in Morocco final squad". BBC Sport. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Morocco World Cup 2022 squad: Who's in and who's out?". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Moroccan coach unveils list of 26 Atlas Lions in 2022 World Cup". HESPRESS English. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Opinion: Sofyan Amrabat Proves vs Spain Why Tottenham Must Sign Him". HITC. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ "Trotse Nordin Amrabat ziet broer Sofyan bij FC Utrecht tekenen". ad.nl. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "S. Amrabat". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Sofyan Amrabat at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Feyenoord wint KNVB-beker mede dankzij prachtgoal Van Persie – AD (in Dutch)
- ^ "Jones the shootout hero as Feyenoord win Super Cup". theworldgame.sbs. 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Soccerway Match Report". Soccerway. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Club Brugge awarded Belgian Pro League title as season ended early".
- ^ "Italy: Sofyan Amrabat, Verona Player of the Season". 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Italie : Sofyan Amrabat, meilleur africain de la Serie A | Africa Foot United". 5 August 2020.
External links
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- Sofyan Amrabat – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Sofyan Amrabat at WorldFootball.net
- Sofyan Amrabat at Soccerbase
- Sofyan Amrabat at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from Huizen
- Citizens of Morocco through descent
- Moroccan footballers
- Morocco international footballers
- Morocco youth international footballers
- Dutch footballers
- Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Riffian people
- Association football midfielders
- Eredivisie players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Serie A players
- FC Utrecht players
- Feyenoord players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Hellas Verona F.C. players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- Moroccan expatriate footballers
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Netherlands youth international footballers
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players
- Footballers from North Holland