Merwan Ifnaoui

Merwan Ifnaoui
Ifnaoui with Red Star in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Colombes, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Red Star
Number 10
Youth career
La Garenne-Colombes
Asnières
Red Star
Gennevilliers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Gennevilliers
2019–2020 Lagoa
2020–2023 Racing Club de France 39 (12)
2023– Red Star 39 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:04, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Merwan Ifnaoui (born 22 October 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as an midfielder for Ligue 2 club Red Star.[2]

Career

Born in Colombes, France,[1] Ifnaoui grew up in the Agnettes neighbourhood of Gennevilliers.[3] He played youth football for La Garenne-Colombes, Asnières and Red Star before returning to Gennevilliers at U19 level, where he captained the team in the 2018–19 season.[3] He had a stint with a Portuguese club in Lagoa, Azores.[3]

From 2020 Ifnaoui played for Racing Club de France.[3] He contributed seven goals and seven assists in the first half of the 2022–23 season with the club being in contention for promotion to Championnat National.[3]

Ifnaoui joined Red Star of the third-tier Championnat National in February 2023.[3] The transfer fee paid to Racing Club de France Football was reported as €50,000.[3]

During October 2023 he made three assists scoring once and was nominated for the player of the month award.[3] On 11 May 2024, the French Football Federation awarded him the title of best player in the Championnat National for the 2023–24 season.[4] At the time, he had scored three goals and provided seven assists in 32 league appearances.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 August 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coupe de France Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing Club de France 2020–21 Championnat National 3 3 0 — 3 0
2021–22 Championnat National 3 22 5 — 22 5
2022–23 Championnat National 2 14 7 — 14 7
Total 39 12 — 39 12
Red Star 2022–23 Championnat National 14 0 — 14 0
2023–24 Championnat National 33 3 1 0 34 3
2024–25 Ligue 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 39 3 1 0 40 3
Career total 78 15 1 0 79 15

Honours

Red Star

Individual

  • Championnat National best player: 2023–24[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Merwan Ifnaoui at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Merwan Ifnaoui at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Pruneta, Laurent (6 November 2023). ""Ces joueurs-là donnent du bonheur aux gens" : Merwan Ifnaoui, la révélation du Red Star en National" ["These players give happiness to people": Merwan Ifnaoui, the revelation of Red Star in National]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Sermaise, Florian (11 May 2024). "National : Merwan Ifnaoui (Red Star) meilleur joueur de la saison" [National: Merwan Ifnaoui (Red Star) best player of the season]. Foot National (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  5. ^ Garlan, Victor (26 April 2024). "Le Red Star sacré champion de National". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2024.


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