Nordin Amrabat

Noureddine "Nordin" Amrabat is a Moroccan professional footballer, born in Naarden, Netherlands, on 31 March 1987 to Moroccan-Riffian parents. A winger whose long career has taken him through PSV Eindhoven, Galatasaray, Málaga, Watford, Al-Nassr, AEK Athens and many other clubs, he won 64 caps for Morocco and played at the 2018 World Cup. He is the elder brother of the footballer Sofyan Amrabat. ^{1 2 3}

Amrabat's path was unusual: released by Ajax at thirteen after a growth condition, he played amateur football while washing dishes and cleaning at his school, and studied for another profession before turning professional with Omniworld in 2006. From there he rose quickly — VVV-Venlo, then PSV in 2008 — and moved to Turkey with Kayserispor and Galatasaray. ¹

Later spells followed at Málaga, Watford in the Premier League, Leganés, Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, AEK Athens, Hull City and Wydad in Morocco, before he returned to the Netherlands with Utrecht in 2026. For Morocco he played 64 times between 2011 and 2019, including at the 2012 Olympics (for the under-23 side) and the 2018 World Cup. ¹

Neither article makes any statement of Amrabat's religion: the English article's personal-life section records only his brother Sofyan's career, and the Arabic article has no religion field. Wikidata gives his religion as Islam in generic terms — a single structured value naming no school. ^{1 2 3}