Jamal Iddrissou
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 September 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | Brescia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan U23 | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Inter Milan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Inter Milan U23 | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025 | Italy U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2025– | Italy U19 | 12 | (4) |
| 2025– | Italy U20 | 5 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 July 2026 | |||
Jamal Iddrissou (born 22 December 2007) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Inter Milan U23.
Early life
Iddrissou was born on 22 December 2007 and is of Ghanaian descent through his parents.[1] The younger brother of Italian footballer Subutan Iddrissou, he has two older sisters.[2]
Iddrissou was born in Brescia, Italy, and grew up in Concesio. He started playing football at the age of six and regarded Mauro Icardi and Marcus Thuram as his football idols.[3]
Club career
Iddrissou joined the youth academy of Serie A side Inter Milan at the age of ten, where he was regarded as one of the club's most important prospects. Ahead of the 2023–24 season, he was promoted to their under-18 team, where he made 33 league appearances and scored 19 goals as captain under Italian manager Benito Carbone.[4]
Two years later, Iddrissou was promoted to the club's under-20 team, where wore the number 9 jersey and played in the UEFA Youth League. He helped them win the 2025 Supercoppa Primavera. The same year, he was promoted to their reserve team, where he made 13 league appearances during his first season with them.[5]
International career
Iddrissou is an Italy youth international. During September and October 2025, he played for the Italy national under-20 football team at the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The next year, he played for the Italy national under-19 football team at the 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[5]
Style of play
Iddrissou plays as a winger or forward. English website Goal wrote in 2026 that he "is a striker, capable of operating both as a central striker and as a right winger within a three-man attacking trio. Standing 188 cm tall, he has an excellent eye for goal, which he combines with physicality and technique".[3]
Initially, he played as a defender upon joining the youth academy of Serie A side Inter Milan and was known for his dribbling ability before developing his goalscoring ability and switching to forward.[6]
Personal life
Iddrissou enjoys making music. Among his favorite musical artists are rappers Vale Pain and Lil Cr.[6]
References
- ↑ "La storia. Iddrissou, il futuro è in casa. Tre gol per sognare in grande" [The story. Iddrissou, the future is at home. Three goals to dream big] (in Italian). Quotidiano Sportivo. 26 February 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Da Concesio al gol con la Nazionale under 18: chi è Jamal Iddrissou" [From Concesio to scoring for the Under-18 national team: who is Jamal Iddrissou] (in Italian). Giornale di Brescia. 5 April 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Jamal Iddrissou protagonista in Youth League: chi è il gioiello dell'Inter che sogna di seguire le orme di Thuram" [Jamal Iddrissou is a Youth League sensation: who is Inter's star player dreaming of following in Thuram's footsteps] (in Italian). Goal. 24 February 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Prima trequartista, ora bomber: gli incredibili numeri del giovane Iddrissou all'Inter" [Once an attacking midfielder, now a striker: young Iddrissou's incredible performances at Inter] (in Italian). TUTTOmercatoWEB. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- 1 2 Jamal Iddrissou at WorldFootball.net
- 1 2 "L'Inter ha un nuovo bomber: Iddrissou brilla in nerazzurro e in nazionale" [Inter have a new striker: Iddrissou shines for the Nerazzurri and the national team] (in Italian). Gianluca Di Marzio. 26 March 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
External links
- Jamal Iddrissou at WorldFootball.net'