Soufiane Rahimi
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 March 1996 | |||||||||||||||
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
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* 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]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |
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.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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
- Botola: 2020
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2018, 2020–21
- CAF Super Cup: 2019
- Arab Champions League: 2019–20
Morocco
Individual
- Best Player in Botola: 2020, 2021[15]
- Best Young player in Botola: 2019
- Botola Top Assist Provider: 2020–21
- Best Player in African Nations Championship: 2020[16]
- Top Scorer in African Nations Championship: 2020[17]
- African Nations Championship Team of the Tournament: 2020[18]
- Raja Casablanca Player of the season: 2020
- Raja Casablanca Goal of the Season: 2021
- Pro League player of the month: September 2021,[19] November 2021,[20] February 2022
Record
References[]
- ^ Confederation Cup: Soufiane Rahimi scores twice as Morocco's Raja crush Vita Club 3–0 in final first-leg GhanaSoccernet.com
- ^ Raja Casablanca win African Confederation Cup Reuters
- ^ "Raja beat Esperance to win Super Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Soufiane Rahimi is interested in a Serie A club". Morocco Latest News. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Al Ahly target Soufiane Rahimi joins Emirati side Al Ain". kingfut.com. 8 August 2021.
- ^ "بالفيديو: رحيمي يسجل أول أهدافه بقميص العين الإماراتي". ar.le360.ma (in Arabic). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Soufiane Rahimi, au nom du père Le360.ma
- ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Holders Morocco reach CHAN quarters, Uganda out". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Defending champions Morocco see off Zambia to reach CHAN semis". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Two-goal hero Rahimi sends Morocco to CHAN final, Cameroon crash out". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Morocco star Rahimi wins CHAN best player, top-scorer awards". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Morocco - Soufiane Rahimi". Soccerway. 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Soufiane Rahimi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "يتوج سفيان رحيمي بجائزة أفضل لاعب في بطولة البطولة الاحترافية 2019/2020" (in Arabic). 27 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "سفيان رحيمي أفضل لاعب في الشان بالكاميرون". Sport7 (in Arabic). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "المغربي رحيمي ينفرد بصدارة هدافي الشان". كووورة. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "تشكيلة "الشان" المثالية تضم 5 لاعبين مغاربة". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 8 February 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "رحيمي أفضل لاعب في الإمارات خلال شهر شتنبر". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 11 October 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "UAE Pro League - News and Gallery". uaeproleague.ae. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ HAITAMI, PDG : Mohammed. "رحيمي يدخل تاريخ الشان". Le Matin Sports. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
External links[]
- Soufiane Rahimi at FootballDatabase.eu
- Soufiane Rahimi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Soufiane Rahimi at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Casablanca
- Moroccan footballers
- Association football wingers
- Morocco international footballers
- 2020 African Nations Championship players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Raja CA players
- Al Ain FC players
- Botola players
- UAE Pro League players
- Moroccan expatriate footballers
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Moroccan football forward stubs