Osame Sahraoui
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 June 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lille | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | Hauketo | ||
2014–2019 | Vålerenga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Vålerenga | 84 | (13) |
2023–2024 | Heerenveen | 47 | (9) |
2024– | Lille | 10 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2023 | Norway U21 | 13 | (2) |
2023 | Norway | 1 | (0) |
2024– | Morocco | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 |
Osame Sahraoui (Arabic: أسامة الصحراوي; born 11 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 1 club Lille and the Morocco national team.
Born in Norway, he is one-time international for Norway before switching to play for Morocco in 2024.
Club career
[edit]Vålerenga
[edit]Growing up in Hauketo IF, Sahraoui joined Vålerenga's youth system in 2014.[1] Steadily advancing in the junior ranks, he signed his first professional contract in May 2019,[1] then made his senior debut in June 2020 against Stabæk, where he provoked a penalty kick that equalised the match.[2] In July 2020, he signed a contract extension which runs until 2023.[3] On 26 July 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Strømsgodset.[4]
SC Heerenveen
[edit]On 31 January 2023, Sahraoui signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.[5] He made his debut for the club the very next game on 4 Februari against FC Utrecht which resulted in a 1–0 defeat.[6]
Lille
[edit]On 1 August 2024, French Ligue 1 club Lille announced the signing of Sahraoui on a five-year contract.[7]
International career
[edit]Born in Norway, Sahraoui is of Moroccan descent. He was previously called up to a training camp for Morocco youth national teams.[8]
On 8 October 2021, Sahraoui gained his first cap for the Norway U21 in a match against Croatia.[9]
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.[10]
On 30 August 2024, Sahraoui switched nationality to instead represent the Morocco national team.[11] He debuted with Morocco in a 4–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Central African Republic on 15 October 2024.[12]
Personal life
[edit]He was born and raised in Oslo, where his parents moved to from the city of Al Hoceima in northern Morocco.
Sahraoui's uncle, Mohammed Fellah, is a former professional footballer.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vålerenga | 2020 | Eliteserien | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 5 | ||
2021 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 32 | 2 | |||
2022 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 6 | ||||
Total | 84 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 91 | 13 | |||
Heerenveen | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
2023–24 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 8 | ||||
Total | 47 | 9 | 3 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 52 | 9 | |||
Lille | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[d] | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |
Career total | 141 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 157 | 22 |
- ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, KNVB Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
[edit]- As of match played 15 October 2024[16]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Norway | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | |
Morocco | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 2 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Viser at de satser på meg". Vålerenga (in Norwegian Bokmål). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "– Kommer det en mulighet til, så tar jeg selvfølgelig den". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 22 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Stortalentet forlenger med Vålerenga!". Vålerenga (in Norwegian). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Wahl, Stian André de (26 July 2020). "Vålerenga slo Strømsgodset etter Sahraoui-show: - Klasse". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Osame Sahraoui kiest voor sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Debutantenfeestje levert geen resultaat op tegen FC Utrecht". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "L'attaquant international norvégien Osame Sahraoui rejoint le LOSC" (in French). Lille OSC. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "- Viser at de satser på meg" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Kroatia – Norge – 08.10.2021 18.00". fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Pardon, Jordan (30 August 2024). "Norvège : Osame Sahraoui change de nationalité et choisi le Maroc". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert.
- ^ "Le Maroc d'Osame Sahraoui (LOSC) fait la leçon au Centrafrique". OneFootball. 7 November 2024.
- ^ Giæver, Jonas (5 September 2022). "Bekrefter storklubbens interesse". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Osame Sahraoui". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Osame Sahraoui at Soccerway
- ^ "Osame Sahraoui". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- Living people
- 2001 births
- Dual internationalists (men's football)
- Footballers from Oslo
- Moroccan men's footballers
- 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen
- Morocco men's international footballers
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Norway men's international footballers
- Norway men's under-21 international footballers
- Norwegian people of Moroccan descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Eliteserien players
- Eredivisie players
- Ligue 1 players
- Vålerenga Fotball players
- SC Heerenveen players
- Lille OSC players
- Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in France