Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 June 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 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 | 47 | (9) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Norway U21 | 8 | (2) |
2023– | Norway | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2024 ‡ 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.
Growing up in Hauketo IF, he 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]
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]
Born in Norway, Sahraoui is of Moroccan descent. He has been called up to a training camp for Morocco youth national teams. [7]
On 8 October 2021, Sahraoui gained his first cap for the Norway U21 in a match against Croatia. [8]
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. [9]
Sahraoui's uncle, Mohammed Fellah, is a former professional footballer. [10]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Continental | Total | |||||
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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 | ||
Heerenveen | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 19 | 1 | |
2023–24 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 20 | 5 | |||
Total | 36 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | 39 | 6 | |||
Career total | 116 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 19 |