Osame Sahraoui
 Sahraoui with Lille in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 June 2001 | ||
| 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 | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2023 | Norway U21 | 13 | (2) |
| 2023 | Norway | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Morocco | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 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
| 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 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[d] | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |
| Career total | 142 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 22 | ||
- ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, KNVB Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 15 October 2024[16]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
| Morocco | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 2 | 0 | |
References
- ^ a b "Viser at de satser på meg". Vålerenga (in Norwegian Bokmål). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "– 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.
- ^ "Stortalentet forlenger med Vålerenga!". Vålerenga (in Norwegian). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Wahl, Stian André de (26 July 2020). "Vålerenga slo Strømsgodset etter Sahraoui-show: - Klasse". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Osame Sahraoui kiest voor sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Debutantenfeestje levert geen resultaat op tegen FC Utrecht". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "L'attaquant international norvégien Osame Sahraoui rejoint le LOSC" (in French). Lille OSC. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "- Viser at de satser på meg" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Kroatia – Norge – 08.10.2021 18.00". fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Pardon, Jordan (30 August 2024). "Norvège : Osame Sahraoui change de nationalité et choisi le Maroc". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert.
- ^ "Le Maroc d'Osame Sahraoui (LOSC) fait la leçon au Centrafrique". OneFootball. 7 November 2024.
- ^ Giæver, Jonas (5 September 2022). "Bekrefter storklubbens interesse". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Osame Sahraoui". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Osame Sahraoui at Soccerway
- ^ "Osame Sahraoui". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
