Akram Afif
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif | ||
| Date of birth | 18 November 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Doha, Qatar | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Sporting Gijón (on loan from Villarreal) |
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| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Al Markhiya | |||
| Al Sadd | |||
| 2009–2015 | Aspire Academy | ||
| 2012–2014 | → Sevilla (loan) | ||
| 2014–2015 | → Villarreal (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Eupen | 25 | (8) |
| 2016– | Villarreal | 0 | (0) |
| 2016– | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Qatar U19 | 5 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Qatar U20 | 7 | (1) |
| 2015– | Qatar | 16 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2017 |
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Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif (Arabic: أكرم عفيف; born 18 November 1996) is a Qatari football player who plays as a forward for Spanish club Sporting de Gijón on loan from Villarreal CF and the Qatar national team.
He is considered to be one of the most promising players to emerge from Qatar.
Born in Doha, Qatar, Afif started off in the youth teams of Al-Markiya and then Al Sadd before joining the Aspire Academy as a full-time student in 2009. During his time at Aspire, Afif traveled to Spain on an exchange student program and played for the youth teams of Sevilla and Villarreal.
He represented Sevilla in the 2013 Al Kass International Cup, netting a brace and earning an assist in the team's first match, which ended as a 3–0 victory against Aspire Academy.
Afif later joined Villarreal's youth team.
In January 2015, Afif was signed by Eupen. He scored a goal in his debut against Eendracht Aalst on 19 January. On 24 January in his next match against KRC Mechelen, he assisted in three of his side's five goals.
Afif finished his first senior season with two goals in nine matches. On 18 March 2016, he scored a brace in a 4–0 home win against KSV Roeselare.
On 8 May 2016 it was confirmed that Afif would be rejoining Villarreal, this time on a permanent deal. In doing so, he became the first Qatari-born signing in La Liga history. On 4 August, he was loaned to fellow top tier club Sporting de Gijón in a season-long deal.
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