Osame Sahraoui

Osame Sahraoui
Sahraoui with Lille in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Lille
Number 11
Youth career
–2013 Hauketo
2014–2019 Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Vålerenga 84 (13)
2023–2024 Heerenveen 47 (9)
2024– Lille 14 (0)
International career‡
2021–2023 Norway U21 13 (2)
2023 Norway 1 (0)
2024– Morocco 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024

Osame Sahraoui (Arabic: أسامة الصحراوي; born 11 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 1 club Lille and the Morocco national team.

Born in Norway, he is one-time international for Norway before switching to play for Morocco in 2024.

Club career

Vålerenga

Growing up in Hauketo IF, Sahraoui joined Vålerenga's youth system in 2014.[1] Steadily advancing in the junior ranks, he signed his first professional contract in May 2019,[1] then made his senior debut in June 2020 against Stabæk, where he provoked a penalty kick that equalised the match.[2] In July 2020, he signed a contract extension which runs until 2023.[3] On 26 July 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Strømsgodset.[4]

SC Heerenveen

On 31 January 2023, Sahraoui signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.[5] He made his debut for the club the very next game on 4 Februari against FC Utrecht which resulted in a 1–0 defeat.[6]

Lille

On 1 August 2024, French Ligue 1 club Lille announced the signing of Sahraoui on a five-year contract.[7]

International career

Born in Norway, Sahraoui is of Moroccan descent. He was previously called up to a training camp for Morocco youth national teams.[8]

On 8 October 2021, Sahraoui gained his first cap for the Norway U21 in a match against Croatia.[9]

In August 2023, Sahraoui received his first call-up to the Norway senior national team by head coach Ståle Solbakken, for a friendly match against Jordan and a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Georgia.[10]

On 30 August 2024, Sahraoui switched nationality to instead represent the Morocco national team.[11] He debuted with Morocco in a 4–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Central African Republic on 15 October 2024.[12]

Personal life

He was born and raised in Oslo, where his parents moved to from the city of Al Hoceima in northern Morocco.

Sahraoui's uncle, Mohammed Fellah, is a former professional footballer.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 December 2024[14][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vålerenga 2020 Eliteserien 28 5 0 0 – – 28 5
2021 27 2 3 0 2[b] 0 – 32 2
2022 29 6 2 0 – – 31 6
Total 84 13 5 0 2 0 – 91 13
Heerenveen 2022–23 Eredivisie 15 1 2 0 – 2[c] 0 19 1
2023–24 32 8 1 0 – – 33 8
Total 47 9 3 0 – 2 0 52 9
Lille 2024–25 Ligue 1 14 0 1 0 9[d] 1 – 24 1
Career total 145 22 6 0 11 1 2 0 164 23
  1. ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, KNVB Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 15 October 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2023 1 0
Total 1 0
Morocco 2024 1 0
Total 1 0
Career total 2 0

References

  1. ^ a b "Viser at de satser på meg". Vålerenga (in Norwegian Bokmål). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ^ "– Kommer det en mulighet til, så tar jeg selvfølgelig den". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 22 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Stortalentet forlenger med Vålerenga!". Vålerenga (in Norwegian). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  4. ^ Wahl, Stian André de (26 July 2020). "Vålerenga slo Strømsgodset etter Sahraoui-show: - Klasse". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Osame Sahraoui kiest voor sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. ^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Debutantenfeestje levert geen resultaat op tegen FC Utrecht". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  7. ^ "L'attaquant international norvégien Osame Sahraoui rejoint le LOSC" (in French). Lille OSC. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ^ "- Viser at de satser på meg" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Kroatia – Norge – 08.10.2021 18.00". fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Norges tropp mot Jordan og Georgia" [Norway's squad against Jordan and Georgia] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  11. ^ Pardon, Jordan (30 August 2024). "Norvège : Osame Sahraoui change de nationalité et choisi le Maroc". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert.
  12. ^ "Le Maroc d'Osame Sahraoui (LOSC) fait la leçon au Centrafrique". OneFootball. 7 November 2024.
  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. ^ "Osame Sahraoui". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  15. ^ Osame Sahraoui at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  16. ^ "Osame Sahraoui". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 7 September 2023.