Sofyan Amrabat

Sofyan Amrabat (Arabic: سفيان أمرابط; Berber languages: ⵙⵓⴼⵢⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵕⴰⴱⵟ;[3] born 21 August 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Morocco national team.

Sofyan Amrabat
Amrabat playing for Morocco at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Sofyan Amrabat[1]
Date of birth (1996-08-21) 21 August 1996
Place of birth Huizen, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fiorentina
Number 34
Youth career
0000–2007 HSV De Zuidvogels
2007–2014 Utrecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Utrecht 42 (0)
2017–2018 Feyenoord 21 (1)
2018–2020 Club Brugge 25 (1)
2019–2020 → Hellas Verona (loan) 34 (1)
2020– Fiorentina 82 (1)
International career‡
2010 Netherlands U15 4 (0)
2013 Morocco U17 3 (0)
2016 Morocco U23 2 (0)
2017– Morocco 48 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023 (UTC)

A youth product of Utrecht, Amrabat made his senior career debut in 2014. In 2017, he signed for Dutch rivals Feyenoord, where he would win the KNVB Cup and two Johan Cruyff Shields. The following year, Amrabat moved to Belgium with Club Brugge. In 2019, he signed for Italian club Hellas Verona on loan with an option-to-buy; the club eventually bought him in January 2020, sold him to Fiorentina, and loaned him back in for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.

Born in the Netherlands, Amrabat represented his birth country at youth international level in 2010 before switching allegiance to Morocco in 2013. He made his senior Morocco debut in 2017, and has since represented the country at two FIFA World Cups and one Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

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.[4]

International career

Netherlands youth team

Amrabat was born in the Netherlands to parents of Moroccan descent. He first represented the Netherlands at under-15 level.[5]

Morocco

Amrabat was selected with the Morocco U17 national team for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[6]

On 28 March 2017, Amrabat made his senior debut for the Morocco national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Tunisia.[7][8] In May 2018, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[9]

On 10 November 2022, Amrabat was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[10][11] On 6 December 2022, he had a strong performance against Spain, keeping control of the ball in dangerous positions and performing crucial tackles to knock Spain out of the World Cup, which led to an increase of interest for his services across Europe.[12]

Personal life

Sofyan is the younger brother of former Morocco international Nordin Amrabat.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 11 May 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Utrecht 2014–15 Eredivisie 4000——40
2015–16 Eredivisie 7010—4[lower-alpha 2]0120
2016–17 Eredivisie 31040—3[lower-alpha 2]1381
Total 42050—71541
Feyenoord 2017–18 Eredivisie 211306[lower-alpha 3]11[lower-alpha 4]0312
2018–19 Eredivisie 00001[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 4]020
Total 211307120332
Club Brugge 2018–19 Belgian Pro League 241104[lower-alpha 6]0—291
2019–20 Belgian Pro League 100000—10
Total 2511040—301
Hellas Verona (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 34100——341
Fiorentina 2020–21 Serie A 31020——330
2021–22 Serie A 23120——251
2022–23 Serie A 2804013[lower-alpha 7]0—450
Total 82180130—1031
Career total 1964180241912466
  1. Includes KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. Appearances in Eredivisie Europa League play-offs
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  5. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  6. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International
As of match played 28 March 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Morocco 201720
201860
201960
202040
202190
2022190
202320
Total480

Honours

Feyenoord

Club Brugge

Individual

Orders

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Morocco (MAR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 19. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "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 10 June 2018.
  3. "ⵉⵎⵃⵉⵣⵡⴰⵔ ⵉⴼⵔⵉⵇⵢⵉⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵓⵏⴷⵢⴰⵍ ⵏ ⵇⴰⵟⴰⵕ 2022 (ⵜⴰⵙⵓⵜⵍⵜ ⵉⴳⴳⵯⵔⴰⵏ) : ⵉⵎⵍⴰ ⴼⴰⵀⵉⴷ ⵀⴰⵍⵉⵍⵓⵣⵉⵜⵛ ⵜⵍⴳⴰⵎⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵔⴰⵔⵏ ⵉⵜⵜⵓⵙⵜⴰⵢⵏ ⴷⴰⵜ ⵏ ⵍⴽⵓⵏⴳⵓ ⵜⴰⴷⵉⵎⵓⵇⵕⴰⵟⵉⵜ". Maghreb Arabe Press (in Berber). 17 March 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. "Ufficiale: Amrabat Alla FIorentina Ma Solo Dal 1° Luglio 2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 31 January 2020.
  5. "Schaduwteam langs Willem II/RKC". onsoranje.nl. 17 November 2010. Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. "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.
  7. Bakkali, Achraf. "Première apparition de Sofyan Amrabat avec les Lions de l'Atlas". Mountakhab.net. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017.
  8. "Sofyan Amrabat maakt Marokko-debuut – FC Utrecht". www.fcutrecht.nl.
  9. "World Cup 2018: Youssef En Nesyri replaces Badr Benoun in Morocco final squad". BBC Sport. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  10. "Morocco World Cup 2022 squad: Who's in and who's out?". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  11. "Moroccan coach unveils list of 26 Atlas Lions in 2022 World Cup". HESPRESS English. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  12. "Opinion: Sofyan Amrabat Proves vs Spain Why Tottenham Must Sign Him". HITC. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  13. "Trotse Nordin Amrabat ziet broer Sofyan bij FC Utrecht tekenen". ad.nl. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  14. "S. Amrabat". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  15. Sofyan Amrabat at National-Football-Teams.com
  16. Feyenoord wint KNVB-beker mede dankzij prachtgoal Van Persie – AD (in Dutch)
  17. "Jones the shootout hero as Feyenoord win Super Cup". theworldgame.sbs. 5 August 2017.
  18. "Soccerway Match Report". Soccerway. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  19. "Club Brugge awarded Belgian Pro League title as season ended early".
  20. "Italy: Sofyan Amrabat, Verona Player of the Season". 5 August 2020.
  21. "Italie : Sofyan Amrabat, meilleur africain de la Serie A | Africa Foot United". 5 August 2020.
  22. "IFFHS". www.iffhs.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  23. "Les dix types de wissams royaux accordés par Mohammed VI".
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