Imran Nazih ( ar, عمران نزيه; born 25 January 2006) is a professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

Volendam Volendam () is a fishing town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England. History Originally, Volendam was the location o ...

. Born in the Netherlands, he is a youth international for Morocco.

Professional career

Nazih is a youth product of Nieuw-West United,

Zeeburgia The Amsterdamse Voetbalvereniging Zeeburgia is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. It has been dubbed " royal supplier" as many Dutch professional footballers started at Zeeburgia youth teams. In 2020–2021, the first squad plays in the ...

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and

. He began his senior career with Volendam's reserves in 2021, and signed his first professional contract with the club on 11 May 2022 at the age of 16 until 2025. He made his professional debut with Volendam as a late substitute in a 7–1

loss to PSV on 31 August 2022.

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Nazih is of Moroccan descent. He played for the Netherlands U16s four times. He was called up to a training camp for the Morocco U17s in May 2022. He was part of the Morocco U17 squad called up for the

2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be the 19th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It will be held in Peru fro ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nazih, Imran 2006 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Moroccan men's footballers Morocco men's youth international footballers Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent Men's association football midfielders FC Volendam players Eredivisie players Tweede Divisie players