Amine Harit

Amine Harit (Arabic: أمين حاريث‎; born 18 June 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and the Morocco national team. Harit was born and raised in France and played for various levels of France national teams before switching to Morocco and joining their national team.

Amine Harit
Harit in action with Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Amine Harit
Date of birth (1997-06-18) 18 June 1997
Place of birth Pontoise, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Schalke 04
Number 25
Youth career
2003–2004 Argenteuil C.O.
2004–2007 Espérance Paris 19ème
2007–2008 Paris Saint-Germain
2008–2011 Espérance Paris 19ème
2011–2012 Red Star
2012–2016 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Nantes II 15 (0)
2016–2017 Nantes 30 (1)
2017– Schalke 04 89 (11)
National team‡
2015 France U18 2 (1)
2015–2016 France U19 12 (0)
2016–2017 France U20 9 (1)
2017 France U21 2 (1)
2017– Morocco 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:12, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2020

Club career

Nantes

Harit made his debut for the Ligue 1 side on 13 August 2016 against Dijon. He played the whole match in a 1–0 away win.[2]

Schalke 04

On 10 July 2017, Schalke 04 announced the signing of Harit on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Nantes was reported as €8 million which could rise to €10 million with bonuses.[3]

He made his debut for the German club on 14 August in a DFB-Pokal against BFC Dynamo. He started the match and came off at halftime of a 2–0 away win.[4]

On 25 November 2017, Harit scored his first ever Bundesliga goal against Ruhr rivals Borussia Dortmund as Schalke overturned a 4–0 deficit to a 4–4 draw in a historic Revierderby match.

He was named Bundesliga 'Rookie of the Month' for December 2017,[5] going on to take the 'Bundesliga Rookie of the Year' award for the 2017–18 season.[6]

On 11 December 2019, Harit extended his contract with Schalke for a further three years, until 2024.[7]

International career

Harit represented the France national youth teams starting from the France national under-18 football team until the France U21s. Harit is of Moroccan descent, and refused a call up to the Morocco U19s in October 2015.[8] However, on 12 September 2017, Harit decided to switch his allegiance to the Morocco national team.[9]

On 7 October 2017, he made his international debut for Morocco in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Gabon at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, replacing Nordin Amrabat in the 90th minute of the 3–0 victory.[10]

In May 2018, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[11]

Career statistics

Club
Harit with Schalke 04 in 2018
As of match played on 9 January 2021.[12]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nantes 2016–17Ligue 1 30110—3[lower-alpha 1]0341
Schalke 04 2017–18Bundesliga 31340——353
2018–19Bundesliga 181205[lower-alpha 2]0—251
2019–20Bundesliga 25631——287
2020–21Bundesliga 8120——101
Total 8411111500010012
Career total 11412121503013413
  1. Appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 13 November 2020[13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Morocco 201720
201850
201930
202010
Total110

Honours

International
France U19

Individual

Personal life

Harit is a Muslim.[16] He was involved in a car accident in Marrakesh in 2018, in which a 30-year-old man was killed.[6]

He is married and has 2 children, his first a daughter with a name beginning with A. He is also close friends with Hamza Mendyl.

References
  1. "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 19 June 2018.
  2. "Dijon vs. Nantes - 13 August 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. "Alles klar: Schalke schnappt sich Harit". kicker Online (in German). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  4. "BFC Dynamo vs. Schalke 04 - 14 August 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. "Schalke's Amine Harit named TAG Heuer Rookie of the Month for December". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  6. "Schalke's Amine Harit has passport confiscated over fatal road accident". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  7. "Amine Harit extends Schalke contract". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Harit switches from France to Morocco". Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  10. "Maroc vs. Gabon - 7 October 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  11. "Boufal left out by Morocco after Southampton fallout". Reuters. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  12. "A. Harit". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  13. "Amine Harit". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  14. "Technical Reportfinals" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  15. "Amine Harit: Morocco international wins Bundesliga Player of the Month award". BBC Sport. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  16. Naber, Ibrahim (8 August 2018). "Amine Harit: "Scharia wird in Deutschland jeden Tag angewandt"". DIE WELT. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

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