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Sofyan Amrabat

سفيان أمرابط

Moroccan professional footballer (born 1996 in Huizen, Netherlands). A defensive midfielder who came through Utrecht and played for Feyenoord, Club Brugge, Hellas Verona, Fiorentina, Manchester United and Fenerbahçe before joining Ajax in 2026; a Morocco international who played at three World Cups and won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with his country.

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    Summary

    Sofyan Amrabat is a Moroccan professional footballer who was born in Huizen, Netherlands, on 21 August 1996.12 He plays as a defensive midfielder for Ajax in the Eredivisie and for the Morocco national team.1 He was part of the Morocco side that reached the semi-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.1

    Early life

    Amrabat was born in Huizen to parents of Moroccan-Riffian descent.1 The Arabic article describes his family as an Amazigh Moroccan family whose origins go back to the Driouch province in the Rif region of northern Morocco.2 His elder brother, Nordin Amrabat, is also a professional footballer and a Morocco international.1

    Club career

    Amrabat came through the Utrecht academy and made his first-team debut in November 2014.1 He moved to Feyenoord in 2017, then to Club Brugge in 2018, and after a loan at Hellas Verona the Italian club bought him and sold him on to Fiorentina in January 2020.1 A loan to Manchester United for the 2023–24 season ended with an FA Cup winners' medal, making him the first Moroccan to win the competition.1 He joined Fenerbahçe in 2024, first on loan and then permanently, spent the 2025–26 season on loan at Real Betis, and after his Fenerbahçe contract was terminated by mutual consent he signed for Ajax as a free agent in August 2026.1

    International career

    Amrabat made his senior debut for Morocco in a friendly against Tunisia on 28 March 2017.1 He represented Morocco at the 2018, 2022 and 2026 FIFA World Cups, playing every minute of the 2022 run to the semi-finals, the first by an African or Arab team.1 Morocco won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil, and after the 2022 World Cup he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the Throne.1

    Positions and criticism

    This section presents the positions found in the sources; it is not a verdict by the museum. Neither article states Amrabat's religion. The English article's personal-life section records only his parents' Moroccan-Riffian descent and his brother's career.1 The Arabic article's infobox has no religion field, and its text speaks only of his family's Amazigh Moroccan origins in the Rif.2 As no source names a faith or a school for him personally, his faith is recorded in the museum's data as unknown.12

    References

    • Sofyan Amrabat — English Wikipedia1
    • Sofyan Amrabat — Arabic Wikipedia2

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    Sources

    1. Sofyan Amrabat — English Wikipedia
    2. Sofyan Amrabat — Arabic Wikipedia
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    Nordin Amrabat

    Moroccan professional footballer (born 1987 in Naarden, Netherlands, to Moroccan-Riffian parents). A winger who played for PSV, Galatasaray, Watford, Al-Nassr and AEK Athens among others, winning 64 caps for Morocco and playing at the 2018 World Cup; the elder brother of Sofyan Amrabat.