Osame Sahraoui

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Osame Sahraoui
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 SC Heerenveen
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2013 Hauketo
2014–2019 Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Vålerenga 80 (13)
2023– Heerenveen 47 (9)
International career‡
2021– Norway U21 8 (2)
2023– Norway 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2023

Osame Sahraoui (born 11 June 2001) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen and the Norway national team.

Club career[edit]

Vålerenga[edit]

Growing up in Hauketo IF, he joined Vålerenga's youth system in 2014. Steadily advancing in the junior ranks, he made his senior debut in June 2020 against Stabæk,[1] where he provoked a penalty kick that equalised the match.

SC Heerenveen[edit]

On 31 January 2023, Sahraoui signed a three and a half year contract with Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.[2] He made his debut for the club the very next game on 4 Februari against FC Utrecht which resulted in a 1–0 defeat.[3]

International career[edit]

Born in Norway, Sahraoui is of Moroccan descent. He has been called up to a training camp for Morocco youth national teams.[4]

On 8 October 2021, Sahraoui gained his first cap for the Norway U21 in a match against Croatia.[5]

In August 2023, Sahraoui received his first call-up to the Norway senior national team by head coach Ståle Solbakken, for a friendly match against Jordan and a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Georgia.[6]

Personal life[edit]

Sahraoui's uncle, Mohammed Fellah, is a former professional footballer.[7] Sahraoui's parents, Jaafar Sahraoui, Samira Fellah, Sahraoui’ s sisters, Hella, Rabab & Hajar

Career statistics[edit]

As of 6 February 2024[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vålerenga 2020 Eliteserien 28 5 0 0 – 28 5
2021 27 2 3 0 2 0 32 2
2022 25 6 2 0 – 27 6
Total 80 13 5 0 2 0 87 13
Heerenveen 2022–23 Eredivisie 17 1 2 0 – 19 1
2023–24 19 5 1 0 – 20 5
Total 36 6 3 0 – 39 6
Career total 116 19 5 0 2 0 123 19
  1. ^ Includes Cup, KNVB Cup.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Osame Sahraoui at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Osame Sahraoui kiest voor sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. ^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Debutantenfeestje levert geen resultaat op tegen FC Utrecht". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  4. ^ "- Viser at de satser på meg" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Kroatia – Norge – 08.10.2021 18.00". fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Norges tropp mot Jordan og Georgia" [Norway's squad against Jordan and Georgia] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ^ Giæver, Jonas (5 September 2022). "Bekrefter storklubbens interesse". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Osame Sahraoui". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 30 July 2021.


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