Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohamed Elyounoussi | ||
Date of birth | 4 August 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Al Hoceima, Morocco | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Basel | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sarpsborg FK | |||
Sarpsborg 08 | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Sarpsborg 08 | 64 | (15) |
2014–2016 | Molde | 70 | (30) |
2016– | Basel | 31 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Norway U-17 | 4 | (0) |
2012 | Norway U-18 | 4 | (0) |
2012 | Norway U-19 | 1 | (0) |
2013– | Norway U-21 | 15 | (4) |
2014– | Norway | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2016 |
Mohamed "Moi" Elyounoussi (Arabic: محمد اليونسي; born 4 August 1994 in Al Hoceima, Morocco) is a Norwegian footballer, who plays as a forward for Basel in the Swiss Super League.
Elyounoussi made his debut in Tippeligaen when he came on as a sub in Sarpsborg 08's match against Odd Grenland on 8 May 2011.
On 15 March 2014 Elyounoussi moved to fellow Tippeligaen side Molde FK. During his first season with Molde FK he played in every league match and was the club's top scorer with 13 goals.
On 6 July 2016, Elyounoussi moved to Swiss Super League side FC Basel on a four-year contract. He made his first team league debut on 24 July in the 3–0 home win against Sion. He scored his first goal for his new club just one week later on 31 July during the away game against Vaduz. It was the third Basler goal of the game and they won 5–1. Elyounoussi scored a hat trick for Basel on 4 February 2017 during the home game against Lugano. These were the first three goals and were scored during the first 36 minutes of the game that Basel won 4–0.
In June 2011, Elyounoussi was called up for the Norway U-17 team.
In November 2013 he was called up to the senior Norwegian national team for their January 2014 international matches in Abu Dhabi. He made his debut there against Poland on 18 January 2014, replacing Erik Huseklepp in the 33rd minute of a 3–0 defeat.