Ibrahim Maaroufi

Infobox Football biography
playername = Ibrahim Maaroufi
fullname = Ibrahim Maaroufi


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1989|01|18
cityofbirth = Brussels
countryofbirth = Belgium
height = height|m=1.83
position = Midfielder
currentclub = FC Twente
clubnumber = 27
youthyears = ?
?–2006

youthclubs = Anderlecht
PSV Eindhoven
years = 2006–
2008–
clubs = Internazionale
→ FC Twente ("loan")
caps(goals) = 1 (0)
0 (0)
nationalyears =
2006–
2007
nationalteam = Morocco U-20
Morocco U-23
Belgium U-21
nationalcaps(goals) =
? (?)
1 (0)
pcupdate = October 29, 2006
ntupdate =

Ibrahim Maaroufi ( _ar. 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.

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. [ [http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=25450&L=en F.C. Internazionale Milano ] ] He was also called-up for the match against Serbia in March 2007. [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=516977.html uefa.com - UEFA European U-21 C'ship - News & Features - News specific ] ]

He played his last Belgian U-21 cap against Austria U-21, on 7 September, 2007. [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/fixturesresults/round=15084/match=300251/report=lu.html uefa.com - UEFA European U-21 C'ship - Fixtures & Results - Match Specific ] ]

He then accepted call-up from Morocco Olympics team again, for AFC Preliminary Competition - 2008 Olympic in October 2007, verse Cameroon. [ [http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=27629&L=en F.C. Internazionale Milano ] ]

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