Selim Amallah

Selim Amallah (born 15 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays for Standard Liège in the Belgian First Division A. Born in Belgium, he represents the Morocco national football team.

Selim Amallah
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996
Place of birth Hautrage, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Standard Liège
Number 19
Youth career
2003–2008 RAEC Mons
2008–2012 Anderlecht
2012–2015 RAEC Mons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Mouscron 3 (0)
2016–2017 Tubize 24 (0)
2017–2019 Mouscron 52 (14)
2019– Standard Liège 34 (9)
National team
2019– Morocco 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Standard Liège

On 12 December 2019, Amallah scored Standard's second goal to put the club up on English heavyweights Arsenal during the group stage of the Europa League; but Arsenal would scored twice in the final 12 minutes to snatch a 2–2 draw.[1] Three days later, Amallah scored in Standard's 1–1 draw against his former club and rivals Anderlecht.[2] On 1 October 2020, in a UEFA Europa League play-off match against Fehérvár, Amallah scored twice from the penalty-spot to help secure a 3–1 win and qualification to the group stage.[3]

International career

Amallah was born in Belgium and is of Moroccan and Italian descent.[4] He chose to represent Morocco at the international level and made his competitive debut in a 0–0 draw with Mauritania on 15 November 2019 in qualification match for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations.[5]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 October 2020Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat Senegal1–03–1Friendly

Career statistics

Club
As of matches played 22 November 2020.[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Standard Liège 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 2572052329
2020–21 Belgian First Division A 920064156
Career total 349201164715

References
  1. "Arsenal came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Standard Liege and progress to the last 32 of the Europa League as group winners". BBC. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. "Selim Amallah scores as 10-man Anderlecht hold Standard Liege". Goal. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  3. "Standard Liège 3-1 Fehérvár". UEFA. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. Tarik. "Sélim Amallah : Travailler dur car le travail paye toujours". lionsdelatlas.ma.
  5. "Morocco 0:0 Mauritania". ESPN. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. "Selim Amallah". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 October 2020.


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