Soufiane Rahimi

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Soufiane Rahimi
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Rahimi in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Club information
Current team
 Al Ain
Number 21
Youth career
2017–2018 Étoile de Casablanca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Raja Casablanca 83 (32)
2021– Al Ain 16 (7)
National team‡
2021– Morocco A' 10 (6)
2021– Morocco 4 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Morocco
African Nations Championship
Winner 2020 Cameroon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2021

Soufiane Rahimi (Arabic: سفيان رحيمي; born 2 June 1996) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al Ain and the Morocco national team. He started his professional career playing for Raja CA.

Club career[]

Raja Club Athletic[]

Rahimi scored a total of four goals for Raja Casablanca in 2018 CAF Confederation Cup campaign,[1] including two goals[2] in the final against AS Vita Club in Casablanca. This allowed them to qualify and play the 2019 CAF Super Cup against Espérance Sportive de Tunis; which then ended up winning after a 2–1 victory.[3]

He has been one of the highest performing players in the last two seasons of the Botola Pro, becoming a top pick for the Morocco national team coach to join the Moroccan squad of local players. He has been closely linked with a move from the Botola to Europe, and has stated his ambition of joining the Serie A in press conferences.[4]

Al Ain[]

On 21 August 2021, he had played his last match with Raja Casablanca in the 2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final, therefore defeating Al-Ittihad in penalties; before transferring to Emirati club Al Ain.[5] On September 17, Rahimi scored his first goal for the club in a 4-1 victory against Al-Ittihad Kalba.[6][7]

International career[]

In 2018, Rahimi was called up to the Moroccan national A' team by Jamal Sellami.[8] Rahimi represented Morocco in the 2020 African Nations Championship, He scored a double in his third game of the group stages against Uganda.[9] He scored in the quarter-finals in a 3-1 victory against Zambia.[10] Morocco won an astonishing 4-0 in the semi-finals against Cameroon.[11] With this performance, Rahimi managed of scoring a total of five goals thus helping his country to achieve the title and becoming the first and only country to win the Championship back to back. He was awarded top scorer and best player of the tournament.[12]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 1 March 2022[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Raja CA 2018–19 Botola 30 6 — 12 4 — 42 10
2019–20 Botola 30 10 — 6 1 — 36 11
2020–21 Botola 30 14 9 3 11 5 9 1 59 23
Total 90 30 9 3 29 10 9 1 137 44
Al Ain FC 2021–22 UAE Pro League 14 7 3 1 — 17 8
Career total 104 37 12 4 29 10 9 1 154 52
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Morocco 2020 6 5
2021 4 1
Total 10 6
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rahimi goal.
List of international goals scored by Soufiane Rahimi[14]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 January 2021 Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon  Uganda 2–1 5–2 2020 African Nations Championship
2 4–1
3 31 January 2021 Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon   Zambia 1–0 3–1 2020 African Nations Championship
4 3 February 2021 Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon  Cameroon 2–0 4–0 2020 African Nations Championship
5 3–0
6 4 December 2021 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Jordan 4–0 4–0 2021 FIFA Arab Cup


Honours[]

Raja Casablanca

Morocco

Individual

Record

References[]

  1. ^ Confederation Cup: Soufiane Rahimi scores twice as Morocco's Raja crush Vita Club 3–0 in final first-leg GhanaSoccernet.com
  2. ^ Raja Casablanca win African Confederation Cup Reuters
  3. ^ "Raja beat Esperance to win Super Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Soufiane Rahimi is interested in a Serie A club". Morocco Latest News. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Al Ahly target Soufiane Rahimi joins Emirati side Al Ain". kingfut.com. 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ "بالفيديو: رحيمي يسجل أول أهدافه بقميص العين الإماراتي". ar.le360.ma (in Arabic). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  7. ^ "رحيمي يسجل أول أهدافه مع العين ويقوده للفوز على اتحاد كلباء برباعية -فيديو". Le Site Info Arabe (in Arabic). 17 September 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  8. ^ Soufiane Rahimi, au nom du père Le360.ma
  9. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Holders Morocco reach CHAN quarters, Uganda out". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  10. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Defending champions Morocco see off Zambia to reach CHAN semis". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  11. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Two-goal hero Rahimi sends Morocco to CHAN final, Cameroon crash out". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  12. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Morocco star Rahimi wins CHAN best player, top-scorer awards". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Morocco - Soufiane Rahimi". Soccerway. 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Soufiane Rahimi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  15. ^ "يتوج سفيان رحيمي بجائزة أفضل لاعب في بطولة البطولة الاحترافية 2019/2020" (in Arabic). 27 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  16. ^ "سفيان رحيمي أفضل لاعب في الشان بالكاميرون". Sport7 (in Arabic). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  17. ^ "المغربي رحيمي ينفرد بصدارة هدافي الشان". كووورة. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  18. ^ "تشكيلة "الشان" المثالية تضم 5 لاعبين مغاربة". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 8 February 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  19. ^ "رحيمي أفضل لاعب في الإمارات خلال شهر شتنبر". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 11 October 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  20. ^ "UAE Pro League - News and Gallery". uaeproleague.ae. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  21. ^ HAITAMI, PDG : Mohammed. "رحيمي يدخل تاريخ الشان". Le Matin Sports. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

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