Soufyan Ahannach (born 9 September 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Al-Arabi in the Saudi First Division.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1995-09-09) 9 September 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Arabi | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2008 | VVA/Spartaan | ||
2008–2011 | DWS | ||
2011–2013 | Almere City FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | Almere City | 85 | (28) |
2017–2020 | Brighton | 0 | (0) |
2018 | → Sparta (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2019 | → Union SG (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2020 | Go Ahead Eagles | 6 | (1) |
2021–2022 | FC Den Bosch | 45 | (8) |
2022– | Al-Arabi | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2013 | Netherlands U18 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2022 |
Ahannach started his professional career with Eerste Divisie side Almere City scoring 32 goals in 97 appearances, before moving on to England.[citation needed]
On 10 August 2017, Ahannach signed for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion on a five-year contract.[1] He was loaned out to Sparta Rotterdam of the Eredivise for the 2017–18 season where he scored once in twelve appearances.[citation needed] Ahannach signed for Belgian second tier side, Union Saint-Gilloise on the 2 September 2019 on a season long loan.[2]
Ahannach returned to Brighton in January 2020 where he was released. He then signed with Go Ahead Eagles for the remainder of the season.[3]
On 2 February 2021, it was announced that Ahannach had signed with FC Den Bosch. The move reunited him with Jack de Gier, his manager at Almere City.[4]
On 9 June 2022, Ahannach joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Arabi.[5]
On 26 March 2013, Ahannach gained a cap for the Netherlands U18 team in a friendly against Germany. He came on as a substitute in the 74th minute for Jorrit Hendrix.[6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Almere City FC | 2012–13 | Eerste Divisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Eerste Divisie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | Eerste Divisie | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 15 | 4 | ||
2015–16 | Eerste Divisie | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 32 | 10 | ||
2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 38 | 18 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 42 | 18 | ||
Total | 85 | 28 | 4 | 0 | — | 8 | 4 | 97 | 32 | |||
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion U-23s | 2017–18 | Premier League 2, Div2 | — | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
Union Saint-Gilloise (loan) | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Career total | 97 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 112 | 33 |
His older brother Alami Ahannach is a football coach and a former Moroccan international footballer.[8] His cousin Anass Ahannach is also a footballer.[9]
Ahannach is a Muslim, and follows the purist salafist branch of the religion. He wears a beard with a trimmed moustache and observes the salah five times daily.[10]
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