Mohammed Fellah

Mohammed Fellah

Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Fellah
Date of birth	24 May 1989 (1989-05-24) (age 22)
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Vålerenga
Number	17
Youth career
1995–2004	Holmlia
2004–2006	Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–	Vålerenga	86	(9)
National team‡
2004	Norway U15	4	(0)
2005	Norway U16	6	(1)
2006	Norway U17	4	(1)
2006-2007	Norway U18	12	(1)
2007	Norway U19	5	(2)
2010	Norway U21	3	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:28, 25 Oct 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:28, 11 June 2010

Mohammed Fellah (born May 24, 1989 in Oslo) is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Vålerenga. Fellah scored in his debut for Vålerenga in Tippeligaen on September 10, 2006 in a match against Fredrikstad.

Fellah was born and raised in Holmlia, a multicultural satellite town in southern part of Oslo. He started his football career with local side Holmlia SK and caught admirers already in his youth with his eminent technique. He started out as a striker and reminded many of Raúl due to similarities in height and technique. Being inspired by Zinedine Zidane's success with Real Madrid he eventually, while still at Holmlia SK, decided to start playing in a playmaker role in midfield.

Of Moroccan descent, Fellah has also played for the Norway U-17 national team in qualifiers for the 2006 UEFA European U-17 Championship, scoring the first goal for Norway in their 3-1 win over Liechtenstein.^[1] The Norwegian U-17 coach, Øyvind Nilsen, said in March 2006 that Fellah was the fourth best player of his age group, behind Kim André Madsen, Per Egil Flo and Tommy Høiland.^[2]

Fellah was badly injured in an U18-match against Turkey in August (2007), where he broke his calf bone. His team played Turkey twice in three days. In the second game, Serdar Aziz broke Fellah's leg.^[3] Fellah required surgery, and lost the rest of the 2007 season. The injury would not heal properly, and the fall of 2008 he had to operate again. Fellah came back fully in the 2009 season where he played in total 23 games in Tippeligaen. He delivered at times very good performances, showing off his eminent shot technique on several occasions, as in the 4-1 victory against Lyn in September, 2009.

Fellah has started all 14 games so far in the 2010 season of Tippeligaen and has been voted man of the match in three of the games by Norwegian newspaper VG. During this period he has also established himself as an important player in the central midfield of the U-21 team of Norway, and has even been tipped by the media to take the step up to the national team.

Career statistics

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2006	Vålerenga	Tippeligaen	2	1	0	0	2	1
2007		Tippeligaen	7	0	2	0	9	0
2008		Tippeligaen	2	0	0	0	2	0
2009		Tippeligaen	23	2	6	5	29	7
2010		Tippeligaen	29	4	1	0	30	4
2011		Tippeligaen	23	2	2	1	25	3
Career Total			86	9	11	6	97	15

Honours

Vålerenga

• JET-turneringa 2006

References

1. ^ "Norway 3 Liechtenstein 1". UEFA. 2005-09-25. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under17/FixturesResults/Round=2151/Match=80853/Report=EV.html. Retrieved 2006-08-29. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "(Norwegian) Her er landets beste 17-åringer". Dagbladet. http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2006/03/14/460699.html. Retrieved 2006-08-30. 
3. ^ http://www.vpn.no/intervjuer/jeg_saa_at_den_brakk_med_en_gang_vpn_moeter_fellah

External links

• Norways five greatest talents ^{"Norwegian Language Link"}
• Fellah: "I play to entertain" ^{"Norwegian Language Link"}

Player Profiles

• Player profile on imScouting.com ^{"English Language Link"}
• Player profile on transfermarkt.co.uk ^{English Language Link"}
• Player profile on EuroRivals.net ^{"English Language Link"}
• Players profile on vif.no ^{"Norwegian Language Link"}
• Players profile on altomfotball.no ^{"Norwegian Language Link"}

Persondata
Name	Fellah, Mohammed
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Date of birth	24 May 1989
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
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