Oussama Idrissi ( ar, أسامة ادريسي; born 26 February 1996) is a professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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and the Morocco national team. Born in the Netherlands to Moroccan parents, he has represented the Netherlands at various youth levels, before declaring his allegiance to Morocco.

Club career

Groningen

Idrissi made his professional debut for

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on 19 December 2015 in the Eredivisie match against

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. He came on in the 70th minute for

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. He scored his first league goal for the club on 7 February 2016 in a 2–0 home win over

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. His goal, assisted by

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, came in the 75th minute. In October 2017, after playing regularly for two years in Groningen, the club suspended him and

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citing disciplinary problems.

AZ

On 17 January 2018, Idrissi signed a contract with AZ, in a deal keeping him in Alkmaar through the 2021–22 season. He made his league debut for his new club on 19 January 2018 in a 1–1 away draw with

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. He was subbed on for

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in the 77th minute. He scored his first league goal for AZ on 24 February 2018 in a 2–1 home victory over

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. Idrissi also provided an assist to

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for AZ's first goal of the day. Idrissi's goal, assisted by

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, came in the 86th minute and won the match for AZ. On 25 October 2019, he scored his first goal in the

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during a 6–0 rout against

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. He continued his strong form throughout the 2019–20 season, and won the

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player of the month award in both December and January, becoming the first player to win the award twice in a row.

Sevilla

On 5 October 2020, Idrissi signed for

until 2025. He made his debut for the

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on 21 November 2020 in a 4–2

win over

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, replacing Joan Jordán in the 81st minute. On 15 December 2020, Idrissi made his first start for the club in a 3–0 away victory against Ciudad de Lucena in the

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, providing an assist for

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Ajax (loan)

On 31 January 2021, the final day of the winter transfer window, it was reported that Idrissi joined Ajax on a six-month loan spell.

Cádiz (loan)

On 20 January 2022, Idrissi joined

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on loan until the end of the season.

Feyenoord (loan)

On 27 July 2022, Idrissi joined

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on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. He made his debut for the club on 7 August 2022, the first matchday of the

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campaign, replacing Patrik Wålemark in the 65th minute of a 5–2 away win over Vitesse. On 18 September 2022, Idrissi scored his first goal for Feyenoord, opening the score in the third minute of an eventual 4–3 league loss to PSV.

International career

Idrissi has represented the Netherlands at various youth levels. He was called up by the Moroccan senior team in November 2018, and he declared his international allegiance to Morocco in February 2019. In March 2019 he was cleared by FIFA to represent Morocco. He made his debut for

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on 22 March 2019 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi, as a starter.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Ajax *

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

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 ...

Feyenoord *

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Individual *

Top Scorer: 2018–19 *

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and ho ...

Goal of the Season: 2019–20 *

Eredivisie Player of the Month The Eredivisie Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best adjudged Eredivisie player each month of the season. The Eredivisie Player of the Month award is based on statistics ( StatsPerform) and votes from footba ...

: December 2019; January 2020

References

External links

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Voetbal International profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Idrissi, Oussama 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Bergen op Zoom Citizens of Morocco through descent Men's association football wingers Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent RKSV Halsteren players DOSKO players FC Groningen players AZ Alkmaar players AFC Ajax players Eredivisie players La Liga players Sevilla FC players Cádiz CF players Feyenoord players Moroccan men's footballers Morocco men's international footballers 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Moroccan expatriate men's footballers Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Footballers from North Brabant Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Dutch expatriate men's footballers