Mohammed Fellah

Mohammed Fellah
Fellah with Vålerenga in 2010
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Fellah
Date of birth (1989-05-24) 24 May 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1995–2004 Holmlia
2004–2006 Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2013 Vålerenga 121 (17)
2013–2016 Esbjerg fB 55 (3)
2016–2018 FC Nordsjælland 12 (0)
2018 → OB (loan) 3 (0)
2018 Sandefjord 4 (2)
2019 Vålerenga 6 (0)
Total 202 (22)
International career
2004 Norway U15 4 (0)
2005 Norway U16 6 (1)
2006 Norway U17 4 (1)
2006–2007 Norway U18 12 (1)
2007 Norway U19 5 (2)
2010 Norway U21 3 (3)
2013 Norway 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohammed Fellah (Arabic: محمد فلاح; born 24 May 1989) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Vålerenga

Fellah was born in Oslo to Moroccan parents from Al Hoceima[2] and was raised in Holmlia, a multicultural satellite town in southern part of Oslo. He started his football career with local side Holmlia SK before being discovered by Vålerenga.[3] Fellah scored in his debut for Vålerenga in Tippeligaen. on 10 September 2006 in a match against Fredrikstad.[citation needed]

When the Norway U18 team met Turkey twice in three days in August 2007, Fellah was badly injured in a challenge with Serdar Aziz in the second game and broke his calf bone.[4] He required surgery, and lost the rest of the 2007 season. The injury would not heal properly, and during the fall of 2008 he had to operate again. Fellah came back fully in the 2009 season playing a total of 23 games in Tippeligaen.[citation needed]

Fellah started Vålerenga's first 14 matches in Tippeligaen in the 2010 season and was voted "man of the match" in three of the games by Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang.[citation needed]

Esbjerg

In August 2013 Fellah moved to Danish Superliga side Esbjerg fB on a three-year contract.[5]

Nordsjælland

In May 2016, Fellah moved to Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjælland on a three-year contract.

Sandefjord

On 31 August 2018 Fellah signed a one-year deal with Sandefjord.[6]

Return to Vålerenga

In September 2019, Fellah returned to Vålerenga.[7]

International career

Youth

Fellah is of Moroccan descent, but has represented Norway at youth international level. He played for the Norway U-17 national team in qualifiers for the 2006 UEFA European U-17 Championship, scoring the first goal for Norway in their 3–1 win over Liechtenstein.[8]

Senior

When Fellah was left out of the Norwegian national team squad for the 2012 King's Cup, which only consisted of players playing in Scandinavia, he stated that he wanted to play for Morocco instead of Norway.[9] One year later he was called up for the Norwegian squad for the friendly matches against South Africa and Zambia in January 2013, and said that he now wanted to play for Norway.[10] He made his debut for Norway against South Africa on 8 January 2013, and started the match against Zambia four days later.[11]

Personal life

In August 2020, Fellah faced allegations of racist harassment related to the sharing of private messages on Instagram. These messages contained sexist and racially offensive content, originating from a user account associated with Fellah. He denied any involvement.[12]

After his retirement, Fellah pursued a career as a sports agent. His nephew, Osame Sahraoui, is also a professional footballer.[13]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[14]
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vålerenga 2006 Tippeligaen 2 1 0 0 — 2 1
2007 Tippeligaen 7 0 2 0 1 0 10 0
2008 Tippeligaen 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
2009 Tippeligaen 23 2 6 5 2 0 31 7
2010 Tippeligaen 29 4 1 0 — 30 4
2011 Tippeligaen 24 2 2 1 4 0 30 3
2012 Tippeligaen 25 6 3 0 — 28 6
2013 Tippeligaen 10 2 2 1 — 12 3
Total 122 17 16 7 7 0 145 24
Esbjerg fB 2013–14 Superliga 12 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
2014–15 Superliga 25 3 3 0 4 1 32 4
2015–16 Superliga 18 0 2 2 — 20 2
Total 55 3 5 2 5 1 65 6
Nordsjælland 2016–17 Superliga 12 0 0 0 — 12 0
2017–18 Superliga 0 0 1 1 — 0 0
Total 12 0 1 1 — 13 1
OB 2017–18 Superliga 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Sandefjord 2018 Eliteserien 4 2 0 0 — 4 2
Vålerenga 2019 Eliteserien 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
Career Total 202 22 22 10 12 1 236 33
  1. ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, Danish Cup
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ^ "Mohammed Fellah, statistik fra superligaen, all-time". SuperStats (in Danish). Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ^ Stokstad, Morten (6 January 2013). "Tarik tror Fellah blir årets landslagshit: – Han skal være her" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  3. ^ Andresen, Gorm S. (15 April 2007). "Holmlia-gutten som får spille med idolet". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  4. ^ "VPN - - Jeg så at den brakk med en gang. VPN møter Fellah". Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Esbjerg bring in Fellah from Vålarenga". UEFA. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  6. ^ Fellah har signert‚ sandefjordfotball.no, 31 August 2018
  7. ^ Fellah gjør comeback i Vålerenga!‚ vif-fotball.no, 11 September 2019
  8. ^ "Norway 3 Liechtenstein 1". UEFA. 25 September 2005. Retrieved 29 August 2006. [dead link‍]
  9. ^ Bakkehaug, Wegard (12 January 2012). "Drillo: – Fellah har vært mer aktuell før" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  10. ^ Opsahl, Per; Christiansen, Anders K. (26 November 2012). "Fellah tatt ut på landslaget: – Det var på tide" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  11. ^ Kvam, Lars Hohjem (12 January 2013). "- Jeg har vært gjennom mye dritt" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  12. ^ Hansen, Martin Busk; Eriksrud, Ole Jonny (3 August 2020). "Tidligere Vålerenga-spiller beskyldes for rasisme: - Meldingene ble sendt uten at jeg hadde noen anelse". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  13. ^ Giæver, Jonas (5 September 2022). "Bekrefter storklubbens interesse". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  14. ^ Mohammed Fellah at Soccerway