Anass Salah-Eddine

Anass Salah-Eddine
Salah-Eddine with Morocco in 2026
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Positions
Team information
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
Men's football
Representing  Morocco
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2025 Morocco
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner2019 Republic of Ireland
* 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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 10——0010
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 30——0030
2021–22 Eerste Divisie 21100—00211
2023–24 Eerste Divisie 91———91
Total 34200—00342
Ajax 2020–21 Eredivisie 1000000010
2023–24 Eredivisie 60002[b]00080
Total 7000200090
Twente (loan) 2022–23 Eredivisie 140201[c]0—170
Twente 2023–24 Eredivisie 6000——60
2024–25 Eredivisie 1821010[d]0—292
Total 24210100—352
Roma 2024–25 Serie A 300000—30
PSV (loan) 2025–26 Eredivisie 170107[e]0—250
Career total 99440200001234
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 9 July 2026[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Morocco 202540
202690
Total130

Honours

PSV

Netherlands U17

Morocco

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Contractverlenging en verhuur voor Anass Salah-Eddine". www.ajax.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Anass Salah-Eddine naar FC Twente". fctwente.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Anass Salah-Eddine joins Roma". AS Roma. 3 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Transfer | PSV welcomes Anass Salah-Eddine". PSV Eindhoven. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "أنس صلاح الدين.. كفاءة من قلعة مكونة تلتحق بكتبة وليد الركراكي". 14 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Au moins 41 Marocains en deuxième division néerlandaise". 20 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "FIFA Change of Association Platform". knowledge.fifa.com. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Morocco squad brimming with Qatar 2022 heroes". 26 May 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Anass Salah-Eddine at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Anass Salah-Eddine". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "From championship jitters to record breakers: PSV's road to the title". Flashscore. 5 April 2026. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "Netherlands retain #U17EURO title: at a glance". UEFA. 19 May 2019.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ "FC Twente is the main supplier for the Eredivisie Team of the Month for October". Eredivisie. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.