Osame Sahraoui

Norwegian footballer (born 2001)

Osame Sahraoui
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 (age 22)
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	36	(6)
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. Steadily advancing in the junior ranks, he made his senior debut in June 2020 against Stabæk,^[1] where he provoked a penalty kick that equalised the match.

SC Heerenveen

On 31 January 2023, Sahraoui signed a three and a half year contract with Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.^[2] He made his debut for the club the very next game on 4 Februari against FC Utrecht which resulted in a 1–0 defeat.^[3]

International career

Born in Norway, Sahraoui is of Moroccan descent. He has been called up to a training camp for Morocco youth national teams.^[4]

On 8 October 2021, Sahraoui gained his first cap for the Norway U21 in a match against Croatia.^[5]

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.^[6]

Personal life

Sahraoui's uncle, Mohammed Fellah, is a former professional footballer.^[7] Sahraoui's parents, Jaafar Sahraoui, Samira Fellah, Sahraoui’ s sisters, Hella, Rabab & Hajar

Career statistics

As of 6 February 2024^[8]

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

^ Osame Sahraoui at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
^ 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.