Amine Harit
Amine Harit (Arabic: أمين حاريث; born 18 June 1997) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and the Morocco national team.
Harit in action with Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Amine Harit | ||
Date of birth | 18 June 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Pontoise, France | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2004 | Argenteuil C.O. | ||
2004–2007 | Espérance Paris 19ème | ||
2007–2008 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
2008–2011 | Espérance Paris 19ème | ||
2011–2012 | Red Star | ||
2012–2016 | Nantes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Nantes II | 15 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Nantes | 30 | (1) |
2017– | Schalke 04 | 74 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | France U18 | 2 | (1) |
2015–2016 | France U19 | 12 | (0) |
2016–2017 | France U20 | 9 | (1) |
2017 | France U21 | 2 | (1) |
2017– | Morocco | 10 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:28, 19 May 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019 |
Club career
Nantes
Harit made his debut for the Ligue 1 side on 13 August 2016 against Dijon. He played the whole match in a 1–0 away win.[2]
Schalke 04
On 10 July 2017, Schalke 04 announced the signing of Harit on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Nantes was reported as €8 million which could rise to €10 million with bonuses.[3]
He made his debut for the German club on 14 August in a DFB-Pokal against BFC Dynamo. He started the match and came off at halftime of a 2–0 away win.[4]
On 25 November 2017, Harit scored his first ever Bundesliga goal against Ruhr rivals Borussia Dortmund as Schalke overturned a 4–0 deficit to a 4–4 draw in a historic Revierderby match.
He was named Bundesliga 'Rookie of the Month' for December 2017,[5] going on to take the 'Bundesliga Rookie of the Year' award for the 2017–18 season.[6]
On 11 December 2019, Harit extended his contract with Schalke for a further three years, until 2024.[7]
International career
Harit represented the France national youth teams starting from the France national under-18 football team until the France U21s. Harit is of Moroccan descent, and refused a call up to the Morocco U19s in October 2015.[8] However, on 12 September 2017, Harit decided to switch his allegiance to the Morocco national team.[9]
On 7 October 2017, he made his international debut for Morocco in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Gabon at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, replacing Nordin Amrabat in the 90th minute of the 3–0 victory.[10]
In May 2018, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 27 May 2020.[12]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nantes | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
Schalke 04 | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 3 | ||
2018–19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
2019–20 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 7 | ||||
Total | 74 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 11 | ||
Career total | 104 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 12 |
- Appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
Individual
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016[14]
- Bundesliga Rookie of the Year: 2017–18[6]
- Bundesliga Player of the Month: September 2019[15]
Personal life
Harit is a Muslim.[16] He was involved in a car accident in Marrakesh in 2018, in which a 30-year-old man was killed.[6]
He is married and has 2 children, his first a daughter with a name beginning with A. He is also close friends with Hamza Mendyl.
References
- "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- "Dijon vs. Nantes - 13 August 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- "Alles klar: Schalke schnappt sich Harit". kicker Online (in German). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- "BFC Dynamo vs. Schalke 04 - 14 August 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- "Schalke's Amine Harit named TAG Heuer Rookie of the Month for December". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- "Schalke's Amine Harit has passport confiscated over fatal road accident". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "Amine Harit extends Schalke contract". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Harit switches from France to Morocco". Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- "Maroc vs. Gabon - 7 October 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- "Boufal left out by Morocco after Southampton fallout". Reuters. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- "A. Harit". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- "Amine Harit". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
- "Technical Reportfinals" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- "Amine Harit: Morocco international wins Bundesliga Player of the Month award". BBC Sport. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- Naber, Ibrahim (8 August 2018). "Amine Harit: "Scharia wird in Deutschland jeden Tag angewandt"". DIE WELT. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
External links
- Amine Harit at the French Football Federation (in French)