Amine Harit ( ar, أمين حاريث; born 18 June 1997) is a professional

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who plays as a midfielder for

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club Marseille. Born in France, with Moroccan parents, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Club career

Nantes

Harit made his debut for the

side on 13 August 2016 against Dijon. He played the whole match in a 1–0 away win.

Schalke 04

On 10 July 2017, Schalke 04 announced the signing of Harit on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Nantes was reported as €8 million, which could rise to €10 million with bonuses. He made his debut for the German club on 14 August in a DFB-Pokal against

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. He started the match and came off at halftime of a 2–0 away win. On 25 November 2017, Harit scored his first ever Bundesliga goal against

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rivals Borussia Dortmund as Schalke overturned a 4–0 deficit to a 4–4 draw in a historic

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match. He was named Bundesliga 'Rookie of the Month' for December 2017, going on to take the 'Bundesliga Rookie of the Year' award for the 2017–18 season. On 11 December 2019, Harit extended his contract with Schalke for a further three years, until 2024.

Marseille

On 2 September 2021, it was announced that Harit was loaned out to Ligue 1 club Marseille for the

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season. He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 Ligue 1 away win over Monaco, delivering an assist for the second goal. In the following match, against

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, Harit came on in the 59th minute and scored 12 minutes later, his first goal with OM. On 20 April 2022, he scored the winning goal in a 3–2 home win over his former club Nantes. On 1 September 2022, Harit joined Marseille again for a season-long loan, this time with an option to make the move permanent. On 7 November, his transfer to OM was made permanent for a fee in the region of €5 million. After having made his 15th appearance of the season, an obligation-to-buy clause in his contract was triggered.

International career

Harit represented the France national youth teams starting from the France U18s until the France U21s. He is of Moroccan descent, and refused a call up to the Morocco U19s in October 2015. He even went to play for France again. However, on 12 September 2017, Harit decided to switch his allegiance to the Morocco national team. On 7 October 2017, Harit made his international debut for Morocco in a

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match against Gabon at the

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, replacing Nordin Amrabat in the 90th minute of the 3–0 victory. In May 2018, he was named in Morocco's 23-man

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for the

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in Russia. On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the

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in Qatar. On 13 November, he sustained a knee injury which ruled him out of the World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

France U19 * UEFA European Under-19 Championship:

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Individual * UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016 * Bundesliga Rookie of the Year: 2017–18 *Mars d'Or (Moroccan Youth Player of the Year): 2018 * Bundesliga Player of the Month: September 2019

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harit, Amine 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Pontoise Citizens of Morocco through descent Association football midfielders Moroccan footballers Morocco international footballers French footballers France youth international footballers French sportspeople of Moroccan descent Ligue 1 players Bundesliga players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Red Star F.C. players FC Nantes players FC Schalke 04 players Olympique de Marseille players French expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Germany 2018 FIFA World Cup players Footballers from Val-d'Oise