Abdoulrahmane "Abdou" Harroui (; born 13 January 1998) is a professional

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who plays as a midfielder for club

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and the Morocco national team. Born in the Netherlands, he represented his native country internationally at youth level, before opting to play for Morocco at senior level.

Club career

Harroui made his Eredivisie debut for

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on 24 February 2018 in a game against AZ. On 31 August 2021, he joined Italian club

on initial loan, with a conditional obligation to buy at the end of the 2021–22 season.

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Harroui is of Moroccan descent. He is a former youth international for the Netherlands. He represented Netherlands at the

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, where Netherlands reached the semi-finals, and Harroui was substituted at half-time of that game. In September 2021, he accepted a call-up to the Morocco national team for the World Cup qualifiers.

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Ons Oranje U21 Profile
* 1998 births Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent Footballers from Rotterdam Living people Dutch footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Moroccan footballers Men's association football midfielders Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Serie A players Sparta Rotterdam players U.S. Sassuolo Calcio players Dutch expatriate footballers Moroccan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{Morocco-footy-midfielder-stub