Anass Achahbar ( ar, أنس أشهبار; born 13 January 1994) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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side Sepsi OSK.

Career

Feyenoord

Born in

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, Achahbar made his professional debut for Feyenoord on 28 August 2011, as he replaced Kelvin Leerdam in the 81st minute of the Eredivisie home match against Heerenveen (2–2). Achahbar scored his first goal for Feyenoord in the 93rd minute of the first leg of the UEFA Europa League qualifier against Sparta Prague in De Kuip, an important equalizer that meant that Feyenoord came away with a 2–2 draw.

Arminia Bielefeld (loan)

On 22 August 2013, Achahbar was sent on loan at

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

until the end of the season. He made 11 appearances in the

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for the club, and also played in the Oberliga Westfalen for the second team. After his loan, he returned to Feyenoord for the 2014–15 season.

PEC Zwolle

On 21 May 2016, Achahbar signed a four-year contract with Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle. In his first season at the club, he made 20 total appearances in which he scored one goal.

NEC (loan)

On 28 June 2017, Achahar joined second-tier Eerste Divisie club NEC on loan. He made his debut on 8 September 2017 in the 3–0 loss to Den Bosch. He came on for Janio Bikel after 65 minutes. He suffered a number of injuries during his first period at the club. He had five stitches placed in his foot, broke a finger and had an injury to his shoulder. On 24 November, he made his return against

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. On 27 November, he scored his first goal of the season against Telstar. On 22 December, he scored the first hat-trick of his career against

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(7–2 victory). In the following game against Go Ahead Eagles (5–1 win), he scored another hat-trick. Achahbar was loaned out to NEC for a second season in the 2018–19 season. In January 2019, after an argument with trainer Jack de Gier during the away match against

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and did not return to the first team after that. In the summer of 2019 Achahbar would return to PEC Zwolle, but eventually PEC Zwolle and Achahbar decided to terminate the ongoing contract.

Dordrecht

After practicing with Dordrecht for three weeks, he joined the club on 9 September for the 2019–20 season. After four months, in which he made 16 appearances, he left the club.

Sepsi OSK

On 18 January 2020, Achahbar signed a contract with

side Sepsi OSK. He was part of the team losing the

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to FCSB. In the semi-finals, Achahbar had contributed with two goals as Sepsi won 5–1 over Politehnica Iași to advance to the final.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Feyenoord *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

: 2015–16 Sepsi OSK *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

: 2021–22 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

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Netherlands U17 * UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship:

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Individual *

2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the tenth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Serbia hosted the tournament between the 3 and 15 May. 6 Teams also qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Players born aft ...

Team of the Tournament *

2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, since its reclassification from an under-18 tournament in 2002, and the 62nd since the tournament was created in 1948. It was hosted in Li ...

Golden Boot:

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References

External links

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Netherlands U17 stats
at OnsOranje
Netherlands U19 stats
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