Abdelhamid Sabiri ( ar, عبد الحميد صابيري; ber, ⵄⴱⴷⴻⵍⵀⴰⵎⵉⴷ ⵙⴰⴱⵉⵔⵉ; born 28 November 1996) is a Moroccan professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

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on loan from

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, and the Morocco national team. Sabiri has previously played for

Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. After going through insolvency in 2008, the first team was forcibly relegated to the fifth-tier NRW-Liga. Promotion to fourth division Regionallig ...

, 1. FC Nürnberg,

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and

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. Born in Morocco, he represented Germany at under-21 level, before switching allegiance to Morocco in 2022.

Early life

Sabiri was born in Morocco and moved to Germany at the age of three. There, he was raised in

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and holds dual citizenship of Germany and Morocco. Sabiri comes from an Amazigh (Berber) family originating from the city of

Goulmima Goulmima () is a town in Morocco situated in the province of Errachidia, in the region of Drâa-Tafilalet. An agricultural oasis, it is fed by the Wadi Gheris from the central High Atlas mountains. Like other settlements in Tafilalet, it was bu ...

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Club career

After spending his youth career with

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and

Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as ''Rasen-Sp ...

, he began his club career with

in the German fifth tier. After achieving 20 goals and six assists in 33 appearances in all competitions, he moved to 1. FC Nürnberg in 2016, initially playing for the club's second team. He was promoted to the first team in January 2017 and went on to score five times in nine 2. Bundesliga appearances towards the end of the season.

Huddersfield Town

Sabiri joined English club

on 23 August 2017 on a three-year deal, for an undisclosed fee. The club had recently been promoted to the

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, the highest tier of English league football. He made his Premier League debut in a 2–0 loss away to

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on 11 September 2017. He made sporadic appearances for the Terriers, after suffering injuries, before his contract was terminated by mutual agreement on 27 August 2019.

SC Paderborn

On 27 August 2019, Sabiri joined

on a two-year deal, with the option of a third year.

Ascoli

On 28 September 2020, he joined Italian

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club

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on a two-year contract.

Sampdoria

On 29 January 2022, he moved to

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club

on loan with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy. Sabiri made his debut in a 2–0 loss against

Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly referred to as Atalanta, is a professional football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. The club plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B in 2010–11. Atalanta was founded in 1907 by Lic ...

He scored his first goal for the club against

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, in his seventh appearance for the team. On 30 January 2023, Italian sources confirmed talks between Sampadoria and

to sign Sabiri for 4 million euros.

Fiorentina

On 31 January 2023, Sabiri signed with

and was loaned back to Sampdoria for the rest of the 2022–23 season.

International career

Sabiri was called up to Germany's under-21 side in October 2018. He scored once in a total of five appearances for the team, against the

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. In April 2022, Sabiri said he wanted to play in the World Cup with the Moroccan national team. In September 2022, Sabiri was called up to join the Moroccan national team. He played his first match in a friendlies against

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, in which he managed to score a goal in a 2–0 victory that took place in the

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. On 10 November 2022, Sabiri was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the

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Playing style

Sabiri mainly plays in the "number 10" position behind a central striker, but can also play in wide attacking areas.

Career statistics

Club

International

: :''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sabiri goal.''

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabiri, Abdelhamid 1996 births Living people People from Drâa-Tafilalet Moroccan footballers Morocco international footballers German footballers Germany under-21 international footballers German people of Moroccan descent Association football midfielders Moroccan expatriate footballers German expatriate footballers Naturalized citizens of Germany Moroccan emigrants to Germany Expatriate footballers in England German expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in Italy German expatriate sportspeople in Italy Sportfreunde Siegen players 1. FC Nürnberg II players 1. FC Nürnberg players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players SC Paderborn 07 players Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players U.C. Sampdoria players ACF Fiorentina players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players Premier League players Serie A players Serie B players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Bundesliga players