.jpg) Sahraoui withLille in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2001-06-11)11 June 2001 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| 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 | 22 | (3) |
| 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 15 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 | |||
Osame Sahraoui (Arabic:أُسَامَة الصَّحْرَاوِيّ; born 11 June 2001) is a professionalfootballer who plays as aleft winger forLigue 1 clubLille. Born in Norway, he plays theMorocco national team.
Growing up in Hauketo IF, Sahraoui joinedVålerenga's youth system in 2014.[2] Steadily advancing in the junior ranks, he signed his first professional contract in May 2019,[2] then made his senior debut in June 2020 against Stabæk, where he provoked a penalty kick that equalised the match.[3] In July 2020, he signed a contract extension which runs until 2023.[4] On 26 July 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win againstStrømsgodset.[5]
On 31 January 2023, Sahraoui signed a three-and-a-half-year contract withEredivisie clubSC Heerenveen.[6] He made his debut for the club the very next game on 4 Februari againstFC Utrecht which resulted in a 1–0 defeat.[7]
On 1 August 2024, FrenchLigue 1 clubLille announced the signing of Sahraoui on a five-year contract.[8]
Born inNorway, Sahraoui is ofMoroccan descent. He was previously called up to a training camp for Morocco youth national teams.[9]
On 8 October 2021, Sahraoui gained his first cap for theNorway U21 in a match againstCroatia.[10]
In August 2023, Sahraoui received his first call-up to theNorway senior national team by head coachStåle Solbakken, for afriendly match againstJordan and aUEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match againstGeorgia.[11]
On 30 August 2024, Sahraouiswitched nationality to instead represent theMorocco national team.[12] He debuted with Morocco in a 4–02025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win overCentral African Republic on 15 October 2024.[13]
He was born and raised inOslo, where his parents moved to from the city ofBni Bouayach in northern Morocco.
Sahraoui's uncle,Mohammed Fellah, is a former professionalfootballer.[14]
| 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 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12[d] | 2 | – | 37 | 5 | |
| Career total | 153 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 176 | 27 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
| Morocco | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 2 | 0 | |
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