Osame Sahraoui

Osame Sahraoui
Sahraoui with Lille in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Lille
Number 11
Youth career
–2013 Hauketo
2014–2019 Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Vålerenga 84 (13)
2023–2024 Heerenveen 47 (9)
2024– Lille 49 (4)
International career‡
2021–2023 Norway U21 13 (2)
2023 Norway 1 (0)
2024– Morocco 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2025

Osame Sahraoui (Arabic: أُسَامَة الصَّحْرَاوِيّ; born 11 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born in Norway, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Club career

Vålerenga

Growing up in Hauketo IF, Sahraoui joined Vålerenga's youth system in 2014.[2] Steadily advancing in the junior ranks, he signed his first professional contract in May 2019,[2] then made his senior debut in June 2020 against Stabæk, where he provoked a penalty kick that equalised the match.[3] In July 2020, he signed a contract extension which runs until 2023.[4] On 26 July 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Strømsgodset.[5]

SC Heerenveen

On 31 January 2023, Sahraoui signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.[6] He made his debut for the club the very next game on 4 Februari against FC Utrecht which resulted in a 1–0 defeat.[7]

Lille

On 1 August 2024, French Ligue 1 club Lille announced the signing of Sahraoui on a five-year contract.[8]

International career

Born in Norway, Sahraoui is of Moroccan descent. He was previously called up to a training camp for Morocco youth national teams.[9]

On 8 October 2021, Sahraoui gained his first cap for the Norway U21 in a match against Croatia.[10]

In August 2023, Sahraoui received his first call-up to the Norway senior national team by head coach Ståle Solbakken, for a friendly match against Jordan and a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Georgia.[11]

On 30 August 2024, Sahraoui switched nationality to instead represent the Morocco national team.[12] He debuted with Morocco in a 4–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Central African Republic on 15 October 2024.[13]

Personal life

He was born and raised in Oslo, where his parents moved to from the city of Bni Bouayach in northern Morocco.

Sahraoui's uncle, Mohammed Fellah, is a former professional footballer.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 August 2026[15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vålerenga 2020 Eliteserien 28500––285
2021 272302[b]0–322
2022 29620––316
Total 84135020–9113
Heerenveen 2022–23 Eredivisie 15120–2[c]0191
2023–24 32810––338
Total 47930–20529
Lille 2024–25 Ligue 1 3033013[d]2–465
2025–26 181205[e]0–251
2026–27 100000–10
Total 4945018200726
Career total 180261302022021528
  1. ↑ Includes Norwegian Cup, KNVB Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 9 June 2025[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 202310
Total10
Morocco 202410
202510
Total20
Career total30

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ https://www.losc.fr/effectif/lille/76/24-25-osame-sahraoui
  2. 1 2 "Viser at de satser på meg". Vålerenga (in Norwegian Bokmål). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "– Kommer det en mulighet til, så tar jeg selvfølgelig den". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 22 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Stortalentet forlenger med Vålerenga!". Vålerenga (in Norwegian). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Wahl, Stian André de (26 July 2020). "Vålerenga slo Strømsgodset etter Sahraoui-show: - Klasse". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  6. ↑ tres.nl, TRES-. "Osame Sahraoui kiest voor sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  7. ↑ tres.nl, TRES-. "Debutantenfeestje levert geen resultaat op tegen FC Utrecht". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "L'attaquant international norvégien Osame Sahraoui rejoint le LOSC" (in French). Lille OSC. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "- Viser at de satser på meg" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "Kroatia – Norge – 08.10.2021 18.00". fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Norges tropp mot Jordan og Georgia" [Norway's squad against Jordan and Georgia] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  12. ↑ Pardon, Jordan (30 August 2024). "Norvège : Osame Sahraoui change de nationalité et choisi le Maroc". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert.
  13. ↑ "Le Maroc d'Osame Sahraoui (LOSC) fait la leçon au Centrafrique". OneFootball. 7 November 2024.
  14. ↑ Giæver, Jonas (5 September 2022). "Bekrefter storklubbens interesse". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "Osame Sahraoui". altomfotball.no. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  16. ↑ Osame Sahraoui at Soccerway
  17. ↑ "Osame Sahraoui". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  18. ↑ Forseth, Magnus (8 September 2021). "Coop Månedens unge spiller" (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  19. ↑ Wulf, Tina (4 September 2022). "Månedens unge spiller!" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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