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

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on 28 August 2011, as he replaced

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in the 81st minute of the

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home match against

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(2–2). Achahbar scored his first goal for Feyenoord in the 93rd minute of the first leg of the

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qualifier against

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

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for the club, and also played in the

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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

side

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. 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

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club

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on loan. He made his debut on 8 September 2017 in the 3–0 loss to

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. He came on for

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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 Jong Ajax. On 27 November, he scored his first goal of the season against

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. On 22 December, he scored the first hat-trick of his career against Jong AZ (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

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during the away match against Eindhoven, he was demoted to the second team together with Brahim Darri 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

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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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. 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: 2015–16 Sepsi OSK * Cupa României: 2021–22 * Supercupa României:

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Netherlands U17 *

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: 2011 Individual * 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship 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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