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Selim Amallah
Amallah with Morocco in 2023
Personal information
Full name Selim Amallah[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Hautrage [fr] , Belgium[2]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Valladolid
Number 21
Youth career
2003–2008 RAEC Mons
2008–2012 Anderlecht
2012–2015 RAEC Mons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Mouscron 3 (0)
2016–2017 Tubize 24 (0)
2017–2019 Mouscron 52 (14)
2019–2023 Standard Liège 80 (24)
2023– Valladolid 8 (2)
2023–2024 → Valencia (loan) 20 (0)
International career‡
2019– Morocco 31 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Selim Amallah (Berber: ⵙⴰⵍⵉⵎ ⴰⵎⴰⵍⵍⴰⵃ) (Arabic: سليم أملاح; born 15 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Valladolid. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Club career

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Early career

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Amallah was born in Hautrage [fr], Belgium, to a Moroccan father, Houcine Amallah, and a Belgian mother of Belgian and Italian descent, Antoinette Caufriez.[3][4] He is a cousin of fellow footballer Maximiliano Caufriez.[5] Amallah began his senior career with Royal Excel Mouscron in 2015. He moved to Tubize in the following year, before returning to Mouscron in 2017.

Amallah training with Mouscron in 2018

Standard Liège

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Amallah joined Standard Liège in 2019. On 12 December 2019, he scored Standard's second goal to put the club up on Premier League club Arsenal during the group stage of the Europa League; but Arsenal scored twice in the final 12 minutes to snatch a 2–2 draw.[6] Three days later, he scored in Standard's 1–1 draw against his former club and rivals Anderlecht.[7]

On 1 October 2020, in a UEFA Europa League play-off match against Fehérvár, Amallah scored twice from the penalty-spot to help secure a 3–1 win and qualification to the group stage.[8] In November 2020, he was awarded with the Belgian Lion Award, given to the best player of Arab origin playing in Belgium.[9] He succeeded his compatriot, Mehdi Carcela, who won the previous two editions.[9] On 13 March 2021, he scored the only goal as Standard defeated Eupen to reach the final of the Belgian Cup.[10]

Valladolid

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On 31 January 2023, Amallah signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with La Liga side Real Valladolid.[11] He scored twice in seven appearances during the remainder of the season, as the club suffered relegation.

Loan to Valencia

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On 29 August 2023, Amallah moved to Valencia CF in the Spanish top tier on a one-year loan deal.[12][13]

International career

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Amallah was born in Belgium and is of Moroccan and Italian descent.[14] He chose to represent the Morocco national team at the international level and made his competitive debut in a 0–0 draw with Mauritania on 15 November 2019 in qualification match for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations.[15]

On 9 October 2020, he scored his first goal for the Atlas Lions in a match against Senegal after being set up by Achraf Hakimi. He then provided an assist for Youssef En-Nesyri's goal in the 71st minute as Morocco won 3–1.[16]

On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[17][18]

Personal life

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His mother Antoinette died when he was 14 years old. Amallah has since played every game for her, and honored her at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where he played an important role for Morocco, eventually reaching the semifinals and finishing the tournament in 4th place.[4][19]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of matches played 15 April 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mouscron 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 21 5 2 0 – 8[a] 4 31 9
2018–19 Belgian First Division A 19 3 1 0 – 4[a] 2 24 5
Total 40 8 3 0 – 12 6 55 14
Standard Liège 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 25 7 2 0 5[b] 2 – 32 9
2020–21 Belgian First Division A 27 10 2 1 6[b] 4 — 35 15
2021–22 Belgian First Division A 19 3 0 0 — — 19 3
2022–23 Belgian First Division A 9 4 — — — 9 4
Total 80 24 4 1 11 6 0 0 95 31
Real Valladolid 2022–23 La Liga 7 2 — — – 7 2
Valencia (loan) 2023–24 La Liga 18 0 2 0 — — 20 0
Career total 145 34 9 1 11 6 12 6 177 47
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Europa League play-offs
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Amallah goal.[21]
List of international goals scored by Selim Amallah
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 October 2020 Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco  Senegal 1–0 3–1 Friendly
2 12 October 2021 Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco  Guinea 2–1 4–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 3–1
4 14 January 2022 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Comoros 1–0 2–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

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Individual

Orders

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Morocco (MAR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 19. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Selim Amallah Rejoint Les Rouches". Standard Liege. Standard Liege. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Amallah nommé au "Lion Belge"" (in French). SUDINFO. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b Geril, Jürgen (6 December 2022). Marokkaan Selim Amallah zag Belgische moeder sterven en eert haar nu met kwartfinale op het WK: "Hij speelt elke match voor zijn mama" (in Dutch). Gazet van Antwerpen. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. ^ ""C'est la raison pour laquelle Selim Amallah joue"". FootNews.BE. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Arsenal came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Standard Liege and progress to the last 32 of the Europa League as group winners". BBC. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Selim Amallah scores as 10-man Anderlecht hold Standard Liege". Goal. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Standard Liège 3-1 Fehérvár". UEFA. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "Selim Amallah named "Belgian Lion" of the year". Archyde. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Standard is eerste bekerfinalist na klasseflits van Amallah tegen Eupen". Sporza (in Dutch). 13 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Selim Amallah 2027" (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Amallah, cedido al Valencia CF" [Amallah, loaned to Valencia CF] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Morocco's Selim Amallah Signs for Valencia CF". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  14. ^ Tarik. "Sélim Amallah : Travailler dur car le travail paye toujours". lionsdelatlas.ma.
  15. ^ "Morocco 0:0 Mauritania". ESPN. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  16. ^ "African friendly results: Morocco dispatch Senegal, Tunisia thump Sudan". Goal. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Morocco World Cup 2022 squad: Who's in and who's out? | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Moroccan coach unveils list of 26 Atlas Lions in 2022 World Cup". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Trotse familie van Belgo-Marokkaan Selim Amallah, in de basis bij Marokko: 'Hij realiseert zijn droom voor onze overleden moeder'". De Morgen. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Selim Amallah". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Selim Amallah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  22. ^ "King receives members of national soccer team, decorates them with Royal wissams". HESPRESS English – Morocco News. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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