Ibrahim Afellay
Ibrahim Afellay with the Netherlands national football team in 2011
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| Full name | Ibrahim Afellay | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Winger | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Stoke City | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1990–1995 | USV Elinkwijk | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2003 | PSV Eindhoven | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | PSV Eindhoven | 159 | (35) | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Barcelona | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Schalke 04 (loan) | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 19 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 2015– | Stoke City | 40 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 2007– | Netherlands | 53 | (7) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:23, 26 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:30, 29 March 2016 (UTC) |
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Ibrahim Afellay (born 2 April 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Stoke City and the Dutch national team.
He played youth football at Elinkwijk before joining the PSV Eindhoven youth academy at age 10. After debuting in 2004, he represented PSV for eight seasons, helping them to four Eredivisie titles before moving to Barcelona for €3 million in January 2011. Rarely used by Barcelona and marred by injury, he was loaned to Schalke 04 and Olympiacos before signing for Stoke City in 2015.
Making his Netherlands national team debut in 2007, Afellay appeared at the 2010 World Cup, contributing to the Dutch side finishing in second place in the tournament. He was also present at Euro 2008 and Euro 2012, making over 50 appearances in total.
Afellay is of Moroccan Riffian descent; his parents left their hometown Al Hoceima in the 1960s to work in the Netherlands. He grew up in Overvecht, a neighbourhood in Utrecht with a large immigrant population. Afellay and his brother, Ali, were brought up by their mother, Habiba, after his father died when he was young. Afellay started to play football at local side VSK, but joined USV Elinkwijk after one season.
Afellay left Elinkwijk in 1996 for PSV. Afellay's official debut for PSV was on 4 February 2004 during a KNVB Cup match against NAC Breda at the age of 17. His first Eredivisie fixture followed ten days later against FC Twente. Afellay played one more senior match in the 2003–04 season. He signed a new contract at PSV in May that would run until 2007. In the next season, Afellay got a place in the first eleven against Roda JC in December. But during the winter break training camp in Dubai, he suffered a broken toe. Afellay was unable to play for three months. He played nine matches in total in the 2004–05 season; his most memorable being PSV's final home game against Feyenoord (2–4). Afellay scored twice and provided an assist in the match. He also won the KNVB Cup after appearing as a substitute in the final against Willem II, which PSV won 4–0.
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