Osame Sahraoui
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
.jpg) Sahraoui with Lille in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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 | 46 | (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 16 January 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.
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]
