Amine Harit
Harit playing for Morocco in a friendly against Burkina Faso in 2023
Personal information
Full name Amine Harit[1]
Date of birth (1997-06-18) 18 June 1997 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth Pontoise, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Marseille
Number 11
Youth career
2003–2004 Argenteuil C.O.
2004–2007 Espérance Paris 19ème
2007–2008 Paris Saint-Germain
2008–2011 Espérance Paris 19ème
2011–2012 Red Star
2012–2016 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Nantes B 15 (0)
2016–2017 Nantes 30 (1)
2017–2023 Schalke 04 102 (12)
2021–2023 → Marseille (loan) 33 (4)
2023– Marseille 25 (1)
International career‡
2015 France U18 2 (1)
2015–2016 France U19 12 (0)
2016–2017 France U20 9 (1)
2017 France U21 2 (1)
2017– Morocco 23 (1)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  France
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2024

Amine Harit (Arabic: أمين حارث; born 18 June 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Marseille. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Early life

Born and raised in Pontoise to Moroccan parents, Harit acquired French nationality on 27 August 2003, through the collective effect of his parents' naturalization.[3]

Club career

Nantes

Harit made his debut for the Ligue 1 side on 13 August 2016 against Dijon. He played the whole match in a 1–0 away win.[4]

Schalke 04

Harit with Schalke 04 in 2018

On 10 July 2017, Schalke 04 announced the signing of Harit on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Nantes was reported as €8 million, which could rise to €10 million with bonuses.[5] He made his debut for the German club on 14 August in a DFB-Pokal against BFC Dynamo. He started the match and came off at halftime of a 2–0 away win.[6]

On 25 November 2017, Harit scored his first ever Bundesliga goal against Ruhr rivals Borussia Dortmund as Schalke overturned a 4–0 deficit to a 4–4 draw in a historic Revierderby match.[citation needed] He was named Bundesliga 'Rookie of the Month' for December 2017,[7] going on to take the 'Bundesliga Rookie of the Year' award for the 2017–18 season.[8]

On 11 December 2019, Harit extended his contract with Schalke for a further three years, until 2024.[9]

Marseille

On 2 September 2021, it was announced that Harit was loaned out to Ligue 1 club Marseille for the 2021–22 Ligue 1 season.[10] He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 Ligue 1 away win over Monaco, delivering an assist for the second goal.[11] In the following match, against Rennes, Harit came on in the 59th minute and scored 12 minutes later, his first goal with OM.[12] On 20 April 2022, he scored the winning goal in a 3–2 home win over his former club Nantes.[13]

On 1 September 2022, Harit joined Marseille again for a season-long loan, this time with an option to make the move permanent.[14] On 7 November, his transfer to OM was made permanent for a fee in the region of €5 million.[15] After having made his 15th appearance of the season, an obligation-to-buy clause in his contract was triggered.[16]

International career

Amine Harit dribbles past Masoud Shojaei in a group stage match against Iran at the 2018 World Cup.

Harit played for the France national youth teams starting from the France U18s until the France U21s. He is Moroccan by descent, and refused a call up to the Morocco U19s in October 2015.[17] He even went to play for France again. However, on 12 September 2017, Harit decided to switch his allegiance to the Morocco national team.[18]

On 7 October 2017, Harit made his international debut for Morocco in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Gabon at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, replacing Nordin Amrabat in the 90th minute of the 3–0 victory.[19]

In May 2018, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[20]

On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[21][22] On 13 November, he sustained a knee injury which ruled him out of the World Cup.[23]

On 17 October 2023, Harit scored his first goal for the national team in a 3–0 victory against Liberia.[24][25]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 April 2024[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nantes B 2015–16 CFA 2 15 0 — — — 15 0
Nantes 2016–17 Ligue 1 30 1 1 0 3 0 — 34 1
Schalke 04 2017–18 Bundesliga 31 3 4 0 — — 35 3
2018–19 Bundesliga 18 1 2 0 — 5[c] 0 25 1
2019–20 Bundesliga 25 6 3 1 — — 28 7
2020–21 Bundesliga 28 2 3 0 — — 31 2
Total 102 12 12 1 — 5 0 119 13
Marseille (loan) 2021–22 Ligue 1 23 4 2 1 — 9[d] 0 34 5
2022–23 Ligue 1 10 0 0 0 — 6[c] 1 16 1
Total 33 4 2 1 — 15 1 50 6
Marseille 2023–24 Ligue 1 25 1 0 0 — 11[e] 1 36 2
Career total 205 18 15 2 3 0 31 2 254 22
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 30 January 2024[27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Morocco 2017 2 0
2018 5 0
2019 3 0
2020 1 0
2021 0 0
2022 5 0
2023 4 1
2024 3 0
Total 23 1

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Amine Harit
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 October 2023 Adrar Stadium, Agadir, Morocco  Liberia 1–0 3–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

France U19

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Amine Harit – Profile". Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  3. ^ "JORF n° 0198 du 28 août 2003 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 14674. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Dijon vs. Nantes - 13 August 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Alles klar: Schalke schnappt sich Harit". kicker Online (in German). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. ^ "BFC Dynamo vs. Schalke 04 - 14 August 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Schalke's Amine Harit named TAG Heuer Rookie of the Month for December". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Schalke's Amine Harit has passport confiscated over fatal road accident". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Amine Harit extends Schalke contract". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Amine Harit est Olympien !". Olympique de Marseille. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Mercato - OM : Le message fort d'Amine Harit après ses grands débuts !". Le 10 Sport (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Rennes - Marseille : les notes du match". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  13. ^ Soyer, Julien (21 April 2022). "FC Nantes. Amine Harit : " L'OM a du cœur cette saison "" [FC Nantes. Amine Harit: "OM has heart this season"]. Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Amine Harit joins Marseille on loan". FC Schalke 04. 1 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Amine Harit's Marseille move becomes permanent after clause activated – Get French Football News". Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  16. ^ SANE, Maïmouna (8 November 2022). "OM : C'est signé, Amine Harit nouvelle recrue (Officiel)". Africa Top Sports (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Liste des joueurs convoquées au stage de l'Equipe Nationale des U19 | الموقع الرسمي للجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم". Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Harit switches from France to Morocco". 12 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  19. ^ "Maroc vs. Gabon - 7 October 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Boufal left out by Morocco after Southampton fallout". Reuters. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Morocco World Cup 2022 squad: Who's in and who's out? | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  22. ^ "Moroccan coach unveils list of 26 Atlas Lions in 2022 World Cup". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  23. ^ "'It was meant to be' - Amine Harit's eerie comments days before injury ruled him out of World Cup". Goal.com. 13 November 2022.
  24. ^ "CAN 2023 Qualifiers: Morocco beat Liberia (3-0) topping Group K". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  25. ^ "Morocco sign off qualifying campaign with home win against Liberia". CAF. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  26. ^ "A. Harit". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  27. ^ Amine Harit at National-Football-Teams.com
  28. ^ a b "Technical Reportfinals" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  29. ^ "Sellami, Azaro, Harit, Eto'o: Les gagnants des Mars d'Or 2018 !". 20 March 2018.
  30. ^ "Amine Harit: Morocco international wins Bundesliga Player of the Month award". BBC Sport. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

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