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Marouane Fellaini 
Personal information Full name Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui[1] Date of birth 22 November 1987 Place of birth Etterbeek, Belgium Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in) [2] Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Everton Number 25 Youth career 1994–1997 Anderlecht 1997–2000 Mons 2000–2002 R. Francs Borains 2002–2004 Sporting Charleroi 2004–2006 Standard Liège Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006–2008 Standard Liège 60 (9) 2008– Everton 82 (11) National team‡ 2007– Belgium 31 (5) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2011 (UTC)Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui (born 22 November 1987) is a Belgian footballer who plays for Everton and the Belgium national football team. Fellaini is of Moroccan descent.
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Club career
Early career
Born in Etterbeek, Brussels, Fellaini began playing football at the age of 7 for Anderlecht. In his first season at Anderlecht's Academy, he scored 26 goals and in his second he scored 37. He was at the club's academy until the age of 10 when he joined Mons. Three years later, he joined R. Francs Borains before leaving the club when he signed for Sporting Charleroi. At the age of 17, he signed his first permanent contract with Standard Liège. Between 2006 and 2008, he made 84 appearances for the club, scoring 11 times.[3] He is known for his heading ability and stamina, which made him one of the best box-to-box midfielders in the Belgian First Division and resulted in him winning the Ebony Shoe in 2008,[4] an award given to the best player of the season of African descent.
Everton
Fellaini playing for Everton
After rejected advances from Manchester United[5] and following reported interest from Aston Villa,[6] Real Madrid, Tottenham and Bayern Munich,[7] Fellaini signed for Everton in September 2008 on a five-year deal from Standard Liège for an initial transfer fee of £15 million (a record for a Belgian player and a club record for Everton).[8] He made his Everton debut in a 3–2 away victory at Stoke City on 14 September 2008,[9] and scored his first goal for the team against Newcastle United in a 2–2 home draw on 5 October 2008.[10] At the end of the 2008–09 season Fellaini was named Everton's Young Player of the Season.[11]
In his time in England he has become well known for his large "afro" hair, becoming a cult hero with Everton fans regularly sporting afro wigs as a homage to Fellaini. Fellaini was deployed as a Second striker during the 2008–09 season, when Everton had all of their forwards out injured, usually playing behind another midfielder being used as an attacker, Tim Cahill. After a degree of inconsistency in the attacking position and after this time of injury crisis had calmed and Everton signed Jô, Fellaini reverted to play a key role in his favoured defensive midfield area. His performances in late 2009 and early 2010 became so impressive that David Moyes labelled him "as good as anyone in the league", and he re-iterated this after Fellaini won Man of the Match against Manchester City on January 16, in this match he showed off incredible passing ability, tackling and forward play. Fellaini was stretchered off in the 34th minute of the Merseyside Derby on 6 February after a two footed tackle by Sotirios Kyrgiakos, ruling him out for the rest of the season.
Fellaini suffered an ankle injury in the F.A Cup replay victory against Chelsea on February 19 and although he was able to play in the 2-0 win against Sunderland a week later, Everton confirmed he had to undergo surgery on the injury which ruled him out for the remainder of the 2010/11 season. Speculation had increased that a number of top European clubs were preparing a bid for the midfielder, but Fellaini stated that he would like to stay with Everton. The club announced that Fellaini opened new contract negotiations in early April, 2011.[12]
Fellaini made his return from injury in a pre-season friendly against Bury on July 15, 2011. On Saturday 20 August 2011, Fellaini came on for Jermaine Beckford in the 63rd minute in a 1-0 loss to Queens Park Rangers at Goodison Park. On Saturday 1 October 2011, he started and played the full 90 minutes in the Merseyside derby with Liverpool at Goodison Park in a 2-0 defeat in the Barclays Premier League.
International career
Fellaini with Belgium in 2008Fellaini was eligible to play for Belgium or Morocco. Having already played for Belgium at youth level, he chose to continue representing the country of his birth. He scored his first goal in a 2–1 defeat against Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualification.
Fellaini also represented the U-23 team at the 2008 Olympics and achieved 4th place, losing to Brazil.
International goals
- Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 2007–03–24 Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels 
Portugal1–1 1–2 2008 Euro Qualifying 2 2008–10–11 Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels 
Armenia2–0 2–0 2010 World Cup Qualifying 3 2009–11–15 Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 
Hungary1–0 3–0 Friendly 4 2010–10–12 Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels 
Austria2–2 4–4 2012 Euro Qualifying 5 2011–10–11 Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf 
Germany1–3 1–3 2012 Euro Qualifying Personal life
Fellaini was born to Moroccan parents from Tangier and brought up in Brussels.[13] His father, Abdellatif, was a former goalkeeper for Raja Casablanca and Hassania Agadir who signed for Racing Mechelen but was unable to play as his former Moroccan club refused to release his paperwork. Instead of returning home, he opted to become a bus driver for STIB.[14]
Statistics
Club
As at 17 November 2011
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total 2006–07 Standard Liege Belgian First Division 30 3 - - - 30 3 2007–08 30 6 - - - 30 6 Standard Liege 60 9 - - - 60 9 England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total 2008–09 Everton Premier League 30 8 4 1 1 0 - 35 9 2009–10 23 2 2 0 2 0 7 1 34 3 2010–11 20 1 3 1 2 1 - 25 3 2011–12 9 0 0 0 3 1 - 12 1 Everton 82 11 9 2 8 2 7 1 106 16 Career Total 142 20 9 2 8 2 7 1 166 24 Honours
Standard Liège
Winner
- Belgian First Division – 2007–08
- Belgian Ebony Shoe – 2008
Everton
Runners-Up
- FA Cup – 2009
- Young Player of the Season – 2008/09
References
- ^ "Statistics" (PDF). Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/c2/3b/0,,12306~146370,00.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ^ [w.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~44293,00.html "Premier League Player Profile"]. Premier League. w.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~44293,00.html. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ "Players: Squad Profiles: Marouane Fellaini". www.evertonfc.com. http://evertonfc.com/player-profile/marouane-fellaini. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
- ^ "Ebbenhouten Schoen voor Marouane Fellaini". www.hln.be. 2008-04-28. http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1325/Standard/article/detail/259456/2008/04/28/Ebbenhouten-Schoen-voor-Marouane-Fellaini.dhtml. Retrieved 2008-09-02. (Dutch)
- ^ "Richardson could quit United". SkySports.com. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11667_2492890,00.html. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ Aston Villa weigh up move for Standard Liege star Marouane Fellaini Daily Mirror, 29 August 2008
- ^ Premier League – Toffees' Fellaini bid comes unstuck Eurosport, 25 March 2008
- ^ Marouane Fellaini signs for Everton Everton FC, 2 September 2008
- ^ Marouane Fellaini career stats at Soccerbase
- ^ Barder, Russell (2008-10-05). "Everton 2–2 Newcastle". BBC Sport Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7639486.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ^ King, Dominic (2009-05-23). "Fulham FC v Everton FC: Young gun to marked man for Fellaini". Liverpool Echo. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2009/05/23/young-gun-to-marked-man-for-fellaini-100252-23692567/. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ "Everton open talks over new contract for midfielder Marouane Fellaini". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/apr/05/everton-marouane-fellaini-contract-moyes.
- ^ "Collins' calling - Scotland on Sunday". Scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com. http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/international/Collins39-calling.4812160.jp. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ Marouane Fellaini prêt pour le top 10 européen? Bladi, 26 March 2008 (French)
External links
- Marouane Fellaini career stats at Soccerbase
- Marouane Fellaini – UEFA competition record
- Marouane Fellaini – FIFA competition record
- Marouane Fellaini at the Internet Movie Database
- Premier League
Belgian Ebony Shoe Winners 1992: Amokachi | 1993: Ikpeba | 1994: Amokachi | 1995: Okpara | 1996: Babayaro | 1997: Mpenza | 1998: Addo | 1999: Oulare | 2000: Nzelo-Lembi | 2001: Mido | 2002: Dagano | 2003: Aruna | 2004: Kompany | 2005: Kompany | 2006: Boussoufa | 2007: Tchité | 2008: Fellaini | 2009: Boussoufa | 2010: Boussoufa | 2011: LukakuBelgium squads Belgium squad – 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Bailly • 2 De Roover • 3 Colpaert • 4 Vermaelen • 5 Mulemo • 6 Lombaerts • 7 Overmeire • 8 Haroun • 9 Mirallas • 10 Vertonghen • 11 Martens • 12 Boeckx • 13 Gillet • 14 De Mul • 15 Pocognoli • 16 De Sutter • 17 Fellaini • 18 Ciman • 19 De Smet • 20 Vanden Borre • 21 Cordier • 22 Blondel • 23 Witsel • Coach: De Sart
Belgium squad – 2008 Summer Olympics Fourth Place Everton F.C. – current squad 1 Mucha · 2 Hibbert · 3 Baines · 5 Heitinga · 6 Jagielka · 7 Bilyaletdinov · 8 Saha · 10 Drenthe · 11 Stracqualursi · 12 Hahnemann · 14 McFadden · 15 Distin · 17 Cahill · 18 Neville (c) · 19 Gueye · 20 Barkley · 21 Osman · 23 Coleman · 24 Howard · 25 Fellaini · 26 Rodwell · 27 Vellios · 28 Anichebe · 30 Mustafi · 31 Forshaw · 43 McAleny · Manager: Moyes
Categories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- Belgian footballers
- Belgian Muslims
- Belgium international footballers
- Standard Liège players
- Everton F.C. players
- Belgian people of Moroccan descent
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Belgium
- Belgian Pro League players
- Premier League players
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- People from Etterbeek
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