Amine Adli ( ar, أمين عدلي; born 10 May 2000) is a professional

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who plays as an

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, winger and

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for

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club Bayer Leverkusen and for the Morocco national team.

Club career

Toulouse

On 30 October 2018, Adli signed his first professional contract with

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. He made his professional debut with the club in a 4–1

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loss to

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on 18 December 2019. Adli helped Toulouse reach the playoffs in the

2020–21 Ligue 2 The 2020–21 Ligue 2 season, also known as Ligue 2 BKT for sponsorship reasons, was the 82nd season of second-division football in France, and the 19th season since the division was rebranded as Ligue 2 from Division 2. Due to the uncertainty ca ...

season, with 8 goals and 7 assists. He was then voted Ligue 2 player of the season.

Bayer Leverkusen

On 26 August 2021, Adli transferred to German club Bayer Leverkusen signing a five-year contract. He scored his first goal for the club on 30 September 2021 in a

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group stage match against

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; a 90th minute goal to round off a 4–0 away win. On 20 November 2021, he scored his first

goal, scoring the only goal after 3 minutes in a 1–0 win over

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. On 18 March 2023, he was booked twice for simulation in the penalty area, but both were overturned by the referee after

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. The resulting penalty kicks provided both goals in a 2–1 victory over eventual Bundesliga champions

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. In the last game of the 2021–22 season, Adli was sent off 8 minutes into Leverkusen's match against Bochum. Leverkusen lost 3-0, which could have caused them to drop out of the European qualification spots. Adli was part of the Leverkusen team that won the

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unbeaten.

International career

Born in France, Amine Adli holds French and Moroccan nationalities. He was a youth international for France, but has chosen to represent Morocco as a senior instead. In August 2023, Amine Adli was called up for the first time to join the Moroccan national team, for the upcoming games against

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and

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

. On 17 October 2023, Adli scored his first goal for the national team in a 3–0 victory against

. Two months later, on 28 December, he was named in the 27-man squad for the

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in Ivory Coast.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.''

Honours

Bayer Leverkusen *

: 2023–24 * DFB-Pokal: 2023–24 *

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runner-up: 2023–24 Individual * Ligue 2 Player of the Year:

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* DFB-Pokal Top scorer: 2023–24https://www.eurosport.fr/football/dfb-pokal/2023-2024/dfb-pokal-leverkusen-domine-kaiserslautern-en-finale-et-signe-le-double-coupe-championnat_sto10162430/story.shtml

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