| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 June 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SC Heerenveen | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Hauketo | ||
| 2014–2019 | Vålerenga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Vålerenga | 80 | (13) |
| 2023– | Heerenveen | 27 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Norway U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2023– | Norway | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2023 | |||
Osame Sahraoui (born 11 June 2001) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen and the Norway national team.
Club career
Vålerenga
Growing up in Hauketo IF, he joined Vålerenga's youth system in 2014. Steadily advancing in the junior ranks, he made his senior debut in June 2020 against Stabæk,[1] where he provoked a penalty kick that equalised the match.
SC Heerenveen
On 31 January 2023, Sahraoui signed a three and a half year contract with Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.[2] He made his debut for the club the very next game on 4 Februari against FC Utrecht which resulted in a 1-0 defeat.[3]
International career
Born in Norway, Sahraoui is of Moroccan descent. He has been called up to a training camp for Morocco youth national teams.[4]
On 8 October 2021, Sahraoui gained his first cap for the Norway U21 in a match against Croatia.[5]
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.[6]
Personal life
Sahraoui's uncle, Mohammed Fellah, is a former professional footballer.[7]
Career statistics
- As of 16 October 2022[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vålerenga | 2020 | Eliteserien | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | 27 | 6 | |||
| Total | 80 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 80 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 13 | ||
References
- ↑ Osame Sahraoui at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ tres.nl, TRES-. "Osame Sahraoui kiest voor sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ↑ tres.nl, TRES-. "Debutantenfeestje levert geen resultaat op tegen FC Utrecht". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ↑ "- 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.
- ↑ 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.