Sofyan Amrabat
Sofyan Amrabat (Arabic: سفيان أمرابط; born 21 August 1996) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A Italian club Fiorentina, and the Morocco national team.
.jpg.webp) Amrabat with Morocco at the 2018 World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sofyan Amrabat | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Huizen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club 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 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Club Brugge | 25 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Hellas Verona | 34 | (1) |
| 2020– | Fiorentina | 20 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Netherlands U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | Morocco U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Morocco U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017– | Morocco | 18 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020 | |||
Born in the Netherlands, Amrabat holds Moroccan citizenship. He represented the Netherlands internationally at youth level in 2010, before switching allegiance to Morocco's youth national team in 2013, representing them at senior level from 2017.
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.[2]
International career
Netherlands youth team
Amrabat was born in the Netherlands to parents of Moroccan descent. He first represented the Netherlands U15 team.[3]
Morocco
Amrabat later represented the Morocco national under-17 football team at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[4] He made his senior debut for the Morocco national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Tunisia.[5][6]
In May 2018, he was named in Morocco’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[7]
Personal life
He is the younger brother of fellow Morocco international player Nordin Amrabat.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 29 November 2020[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Utrecht | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 38 | 1 | |
| Total | 42 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 1 | ||
| Feyenoord | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 2 | ||
| Club Brugge | 2018–2019 | Jupiler Pro League | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 2019–2020 | Jupiler Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Hellas Verona (Loan) | 2019–2020 | Serie A | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 34 | 1 | |
| Total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| ACF Fiorentina | 2020–21 | Serie A | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 122 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 152 | 5 | ||
- Appearances in the Eredivisie Europa League Play-Offs
References
- "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- "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.
- "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". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
- 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.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sofyan Amrabat. |
- Sofyan Amrabat – FIFA competition record
- Sofyan Amrabat at WorldFootball.net
- Sofyan Amrabat at Soccerbase
- Sofyan Amrabat at Soccerway
 | ||