Sofian Kiyine (born 2 October 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian First Division A club OH Leuven. Born in Belgium, he has represented the Morocco U20 and Morocco U23 national teams at international level.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1997-10-02) 2 October 1997 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Verviers, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | OH Leuven | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2015 | Standard Liège | ||
| 2015–2016 | Chievo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Chievo | 30 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Salernitana (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2019– | Lazio | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Salernitana (loan) | 34 | (10) |
| 2021 | → Salernitana (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Venezia (loan) | 26 | (1) |
| 2022– | OH Leuven | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Morocco U20 | 4 | (3) |
| 2018 | Morocco U23 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:16, 1 September 2020 (UTC) | |||
Kiyine made his professional debut in the Serie A for Chievo on 8 January 2017 in a game against Atalanta.[1]
On 17 July 2019, he signed for Lazio and on the same day was sent on loan to Salernitana for the 2019–20 season.[2][3] On 28 January 2021, he returned to Salernitana on another loan.[4] On 30 August 2021, he signed on loan for Venezia, after that season Lazio sold him to OH Leuven where he signed a four-year deal until 2026.[5]
Kiyine represented the Morocco U20 national team at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, scoring the side's only goal in the final wherein they won the competition.[6][7]
He is also eligible to represent Belgium and Italy, the latter because of his mother.[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chievo | 2016–17 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Salernitana | 2017–18 | Serie B | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serie B | 34 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 11 | |||
| 2020–21 | Serie B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 60 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 13 | ||
| Venezia | 2021–22 | Serie A | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 125 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 14 | ||
Morocco
Oud-Heverlee Leuven – current squad | |
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