Maarouf Youssef
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maroof Yusuf | ||
Date of birth | 20 December 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Al Mokawloon (on loan from Zamalek) | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Kwara United | ||
2011–2014 | Ittihad El Shorta | 55 | (6) |
2014– | Zamalek | 100 | (5) |
2018–2019 | → Al-Shorta (loan) | 30 | (3) |
2019– | → Al Mokawloon (loan) | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2018 |
Maroof Yusuf (born 20 December 1992) is a Nigerian-born Burkinabé footballer who plays for Al Mokawloon on loan from Zamalek as a midfielder.
Early life
[edit]Yussuf was born in Kwara state, Nigeria, where he attended the Government Secondary School, Ilorin[1]
Club career
[edit]Yussuf played for Egyptian clubs Ittihad El Shorta and Zamalek before moving to Al-Fateh of the Saudi Professional League in July 2018.[2]
International career
[edit]Maarouf is of Burkinabé descent.[1] He played for Burkina Faso on 14 November 2012 in a 1–0 friendly win against DR Congo. In May, 2017, he was called up to Nigeria's squad for of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers match against South Africa[3]
In July 2018 he began the process of obtaining Egyptian nationality.[4]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Zamalek SC
- Al-Shorta
References
[edit]- ^ a b "7 Things You Don't Know About Eagles New Boy Maroof Youssef".
- ^ M. Yusef at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Nigeria call up Zamalek midfielder Maarouf Yussuf for South Africa clash - Egyptian Football - Sports - Ahram Online". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "Third nationality lucky for Maarouf?". BBC Sport.
External links
[edit]- Maarouf Youssef at National-Football-Teams.com
- Maarouf Youssef at FootballDatabase.eu
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Nigerian people of Burkinabé descent
- Sportspeople of Burkinabé descent
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Burkinabé men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Egyptian Premier League players
- Kwara United F.C. players
- Ittihad El Shorta SC players
- Zamalek SC players
- Al-Shorta SC players
- Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC players
- Burkina Faso men's international footballers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Burkinabé expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq
- Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Iraq
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq
- 21st-century Burkinabé people