Anass Salah-Eddine
![]() Salah-Eddine with Morocco in 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 January 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Roma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RKSV Pancratius | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2015 | Amsterdamsche FC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | AZ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Ajax | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Jong Ajax | 35 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Ajax | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Twente (loan) | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Twente | 24 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Roma | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | → PSV (loan) | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Netherlands U15 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Netherlands U16 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Netherlands U17 | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Netherlands U21 | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Morocco | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 July 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anass Salah-Eddine[1] (Arabic: أنس صلاح الدين; born 18 January 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Serie A club Roma. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Morocco national team.
Club career
Salah-Eddine's youth career started with Jong Ajax in 2018. On 1 August 2022, he signed a contract extension until the end of the 2025 season. He then joined Twente on loan for the 2022–23 season.[2] On 1 February 2024, he joined Twente on a permanent deal until 2027.[3]
On 3 February 2025, Salah-Eddine joined Serie A club Roma.[4]
On 31 August 2025, Salah-Eddine returned to the Netherlands and joined reigning champions PSV, on an initial one-year loan with an option to buy.[5]
International career
Born in the Netherlands, Salah-Eddine is of Moroccan descent with roots in Kalaat M'Gouna.[6] He was a youth international for the Netherlands.[7] On 21 October 2025, his request to switch international allegiance to Morocco was approved by FIFA.[8]
On 11 December 2025, Salah-Eddine was called up to the Morocco squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.[9]
On 26 May 2026, Salah-Eddine was selected in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 May 2026[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |||
| Ajax | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Twente (loan) | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| Twente | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10[d] | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| Total | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| Roma | 2024–25 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| PSV (loan) | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[e] | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |
| Career total | 99 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 4 | ||
- ↑ Includes KNVB Cup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 9 July 2026[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Morocco | 2025 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
Honours
PSV
Netherlands U17
Morocco
Individual
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: October 2024[16]
References
- ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
- ↑ "Contractverlenging en verhuur voor Anass Salah-Eddine". www.ajax.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ↑ "Anass Salah-Eddine naar FC Twente". fctwente.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ↑ "Anass Salah-Eddine joins Roma". AS Roma. 3 February 2025.
- ↑ "Transfer | PSV welcomes Anass Salah-Eddine". PSV Eindhoven. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "أنس صلاح الدين.. كفاءة من قلعة مكونة تلتحق بكتبة وليد الركراكي". 14 November 2025.
- ↑ "Au moins 41 Marocains en deuxième division néerlandaise". 20 August 2019.
- ↑ "FIFA Change of Association Platform". knowledge.fifa.com. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ↑ "Morocco name star-studded AFCON squad as Hakimi makes cut but Diop misses out". Confederation of African Football. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ↑ "Morocco squad brimming with Qatar 2022 heroes". 26 May 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ Anass Salah-Eddine at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ↑ "Anass Salah-Eddine". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ↑ "From championship jitters to record breakers: PSV's road to the title". Flashscore. 5 April 2026. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Netherlands retain #U17EURO title: at a glance". UEFA. 19 May 2019.
- ↑ Bosher, Luke; Joseph, Sam; Harris, Jay (18 March 2026). "Morocco crowned AFCON winners 57 days after final as Senegal's victory declared void". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ↑ "FC Twente is the main supplier for the Eredivisie Team of the Month for October". Eredivisie. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Amsterdam
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Morocco men's international footballers
- Dutch men's footballers
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Netherlands men's youth international footballers
- Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers
- Dutch people of Moroccan descent
- Sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Blauw-Wit Amsterdam players
- Amsterdamsche FC players
- AZ Alkmaar players
- AFC Ajax players
- Jong Ajax players
- FC Twente players
- AS Roma players
- PSV Eindhoven players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Serie A players
- 2025 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2026 FIFA World Cup players
- Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
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