Osame Sahraoui

Norwegian footballer (born 2001)

Osame Sahraoui
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	SC Heerenveen
Number	20
Youth career
0000–2013	Hauketo
2014–2019	Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2023	Vålerenga	80	(13)
2023–	Heerenveen	47	(9)
International career^‡
2021–	Norway U21	8	(2)
2023–	Norway	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2023

Osame Sahraoui (born 11 June 2001) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen and the Norway national team.

Club career

Vålerenga

Growing up in Hauketo IF, he joined Vålerenga's youth system in 2014.^[1] Steadily advancing in the junior ranks, he signed his first professional contract in May 2019,^[1] then made his senior debut in June 2020 against Stabæk, where he provoked a penalty kick that equalised the match.^[2] In July 2020, he signed a contract extension which runs until 2023.^[3] On 26 July 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Strømsgodset.^[4]

SC Heerenveen

On 31 January 2023, Sahraoui signed a three and a half year contract with Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.^[5] He made his debut for the club the very next game on 4 Februari against FC Utrecht which resulted in a 1–0 defeat.^[6]

International career

Born in Norway, Sahraoui is of Moroccan descent. He has been called up to a training camp for Morocco youth national teams.^[7]

On 8 October 2021, Sahraoui gained his first cap for the Norway U21 in a match against Croatia.^[8]

In August 2023, Sahraoui received his first call-up to the Norway senior national team by head coach Ståle Solbakken, for a friendly match against Jordan and a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Georgia.^[9]

Personal life

Sahraoui's uncle, Mohammed Fellah, is a former professional footballer.^[10]

Career statistics

As of 6 February 2024^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vålerenga	2020	Eliteserien	28	5	0	0	–		28	5
	2021		27	2	3	0	2	0	32	2
	2022		25	6	2	0	–		27	6
	Total		80	13	5	0	2	0	87	13
Heerenveen	2022–23	Eredivisie	17	1	2	0	–		19	1
	2023–24	Eredivisie	19	5	1	0	–		20	5
	Total		36	6	3	0	–		39	6
Career total			116	19	5	0	2	0	123	19

^ Includes Cup, KNVB Cup.

References

^ ^a ^b "Viser at de satser på meg". Vålerenga (in Norwegian Bokmål). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
^ "– Kommer det en mulighet til, så tar jeg selvfølgelig den". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 22 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
^ "Stortalentet forlenger med Vålerenga!". Vålerenga (in Norwegian). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
^ Wahl, Stian André de (26 July 2020). "Vålerenga slo Strømsgodset etter Sahraoui-show: - Klasse". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Osame Sahraoui kiest voor sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Debutantenfeestje levert geen resultaat op tegen FC Utrecht". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
^ "- Viser at de satser på meg" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Kroatia – Norge – 08.10.2021 18.00". fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ "Norges tropp mot Jordan og Georgia" [Norway's squad against Jordan and Georgia] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
^ Giæver, Jonas (5 September 2022). "Bekrefter storklubbens interesse". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
^ "Osame Sahraoui". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 30 July 2021.