Anass Ahannach (born 7 February 1998) is a Moroccan professional

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who plays as a

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for

Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

Club career

Ahannach made his

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

debut for

Almere City FC Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, and hosts home matches at the Yanmar Stadion. The club builds on former c ...

on 15 September 2017 in a game against

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

. On 13 June 2022, Ahannach signed a two-year contract with

Almere City Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional Association football, football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and hosts home matches ...

International career

Ahannach was born in the Netherlands and is of Moroccan descent. He debuted for the

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in a 1–1 friendly tie with the Tunisia U23s on 9 September 2018.

Personal life

His cousin

Soufyan Ahannach Soufyan Ahannach (born 9 September 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Al-Arabi in the Saudi First Division. Club career Ahannach started his professional career with Eerste Divisie side Almere City scoring 32 g ...

is also a footballer. Soufyan's brother (and Anass's cousin)

Alami Ahannach Alami Ahannach (born 20 September 1969) is a Moroccan football manager and former international player. Playing career Ahannach spent his whole playing career in the Netherlands, playing over 200 professional games throughout his career. He als ...

is a football coach and a former Moroccan international footballer.

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- Voetbal International Living people 1998 births Footballers from Amsterdam Moroccan footballers Morocco men's youth international footballers Dutch footballers Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent Men's association football midfielders Almere City FC players FC Den Bosch players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Derde Divisie players {{Morocco-footy-midfielder-stub