Soufiane Rahimi

Soufiane Rahimi (Arabic: سفيان رحيمي‎; born 2 June 1996) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al Ain.

Soufiane Rahimi
Soufiane Rahimi in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-23) 23 March 1996
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Club information
Current team
 Al Ain
Number 21
Youth career
2017–2018 Étoile de Casablanca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Raja Casablanca 147 (44)
2021– Al Ain 6 (3)
National team‡
2021– Morocco A' 7 (5)
2021– Morocco 2 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Morocco
African Nations Championship
Winner2020 Cameroon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2021

Club career

He scored a total of 4 goals for Raja Casablanca in 2018 CAF Confederation Cup campaign,[1] including two goals[2] in the final against AS Vita Club in Casablanca.

He has been one of the highest performing players in the last 2 seasons of the Botola Pro, becoming a top pick for the Moroccan national team coach to join the Moroccan squad of local players. He has been closely linked with a move from the Botola to Europe, and has stated his ambition of joining the Serie A in press conferences.

On 21 August 2021, he had played his last match with Raja Casablanca in the 2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final, before he transferred to Emirati club Al Ain.[3]

International career

In 2018, Rahimi was called up to the Moroccan national A' team by Jamal Sellami.[4]

International goals
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.[5]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 January 2021Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon Uganda2–15–22020 African Nations Championship
2.4–1
3.31 January 2021 Zambia1–03–1
4.3 February 2021Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon Cameroon2–04–0
5.3–0
6.4 December 2021Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar Jordan4–04–02021 FIFA Arab Cup

Honours

Club
Raja Casablanca

National team
Morocco

Individual

References
  1. Confederation Cup: Soufiane Rahimi scores twice as Morocco's Raja crush Vita Club 3–0 in final first-leg GhanaSoccernet.com
  2. Raja Casablanca win African Confederation Cup Reuters
  3. "Al Ahly target Soufiane Rahimi joins Emirati side Al Ain". kingfut.com. 8 August 2021.
  4. Soufiane Rahimi, au nom du père Le360.ma
  5. "Soufiane Rahimi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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