Marouane Fellaini
Fellaini playing for Manchester United in 2017
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Manchester United | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| 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 | 64 | (9) |
| 2008–2013 | Everton | 141 | (25) |
| 2013– | Manchester United | 88 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2005 | Belgium U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2006 | Belgium U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Belgium U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2007– | Belgium | 74 | (15) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2017 |
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Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui (pronounced [mɑrwan fɛlajni]; born 22 November 1987), known as Marouane Fellaini, is a Belgian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Belgium national team.
Born in Etterbeek to Moroccan parents, Fellaini played youth football for Anderlecht, R.A.E.C. Mons, Royal Francs Borains and Charleroi S.C. before joining Standard Liège. After winning the Belgian First Division and the Ebony Shoe as a Liège player, he moved to England to join Everton. At Everton, he was the club's Young Player of the Season for 2008–09, when the club were losing finalists in the FA Cup. After five years at Everton, he transferred to Manchester United in a deal worth £27.5 million in September 2013.
On the international stage, Fellaini has been a full international for Belgium since 2007, earning over 70 caps. He represented the team at the 2008 Olympics, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016.
Fellaini was born to Moroccan parents from Tangier and brought up in Brussels; he has an identical twin named Mansour Fellaini. 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. He would later take early retirement to oversee his son's career. Fellaini is a Muslim.
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