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
0000–2013 Hauketo
2014–2019 Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Vålerenga 84 (13)
2023–2024 Heerenveen 47 (9)
2024– Lille 6 (0)
International career
2021–2023 Norway U21 13 (2)
2023–2024 Norway 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2024

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

Born in Norway to parents of Moroccan descent, he previously played for his country of birth at under-21 and senior levels before subsequently changing his allegiance and making himself available for selection by Morocco.

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]

Personal life

Sahraoui's uncle, Mohammed Fellah, is a former professional footballer.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 October 2024[12][13]
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 6 0 0 0 5[d] 0 – 11 0
Career total 137 22 5 0 7 0 2 0 151 22
  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 7 September 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2023 1 0
Total 1 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. ^ Giæver, Jonas (5 September 2022). "Bekrefter storklubbens interesse". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Osame Sahraoui". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  13. ^ Osame Sahraoui at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  14. ^ "Osame Sahraoui". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 7 September 2023.


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