Ibrahim Maaroufi

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Personal information
Ibrahim Maaroufi
Full name	Ibrahim Maaroufi
Date of birth	January 18, 1989 (1989-01-18) (age 19)
Place of birth	Brussels, Belgium
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Twente
Number	50
Youth clubs
? ?-2006	Anderlecht PSV Eindhoven
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006- 2008-	Internazionale → FC Twente (loan)	1 (0) 0 (0)
National team
2006- 2007	Morocco U-20 Morocco U-23 Belgium U-21	? (?) 1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 29, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Ibrahim Maaroufi (Arabic: ابراهيم معروفي‎) (born January 18, 1989 in Brussels, Belgium) is a Moroccan-Belgian football (soccer) midfielder for FC Twente on loan from F.C. Internazionale Milano.

He was called up to the first team many times, and made his first team and Serie A debut against A.S. Livorno Calcio, 25 October 2006, as a substitute for Dejan Stanković in the 82nd minute, becoming the second youngest player in the history of Inter, older than Goran Slavkovski but younger than Giuseppe Bergomi.

He played his first Coppa Italia match as a starter on November 9, 2006, against F.C. Messina Peloro. He also played the return leg.

[edit] International career

Maaroufi played for both Belgium and Morocco in youth level. He trained with the Morocco Olympics team in December 2006, but made his U-21 team debut for Belgium against Sint-Truiden in February 2007.^[1] He was also called-up for the match against Serbia in March 2007.^[2]

He played his last Belgian U-21 cap against Austria U-21, on 7 September 2007.^[3]

He then accepted call-up from Morocco Olympics team again, for AFC Preliminary Competition - 2008 Olympic in October 2007, verse Cameroon.^[4]

[edit] Notes

v • d • e FC Twente – current squad

1 Boschker • 2 Wielaert • 3 Braafheid • 4 Zomer • 6 Brama • 7 Denneboom • 9 Kufo • 10 Engelaar • 11 Huysegems • 12 Heubach • 13 Mihaylov • 14 Wilkshire • 15 Elia • 16 Paauwe • 17 Hersi • 19 Douglas • 21 Arnautovic • 22 Wellenberg • 23 Gerritsen • 25 Rendla • 26 Viðarsson • 27 Maaroufi • –– Janssen • –– Tioté • Coach: Vacant