Fellah with Vålerenga in 2010
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohammed Fellah | ||
Date of birth | 24 May 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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FC Nordsjælland | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2004 | Holmlia | ||
2004–2006 | Vålerenga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2013 | Vålerenga | 121 | (17) |
2013–2016 | Esbjerg fB | 55 | (3) |
2016– | FC Nordsjælland | 10 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2004 | Norway U15 | 4 | (0) |
2005 | Norway U16 | 6 | (1) |
2006 | Norway U17 | 4 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Norway U18 | 12 | (1) |
2007 | Norway U19 | 5 | (2) |
2010 | Norway U21 | 3 | (3) |
2013– | Norway | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 January 2013 |
Mohammed Fellah (Arabic: محمد فلاح; born 24 May 1989) is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Nordsjælland.
Fellah was born in Oslo to Moroccan parents from Al Hoceima and was raised in Holmlia, a multicultural satellite town in southern part of Oslo. He started his football career with local side Holmlia SK before being discovered by Vålerenga. Fellah scored in his debut for Vålerenga in Tippeligaen. on 10 September 2006 in a match against Fredrikstad.
When the Norway U18 team met Turkey twice in three days in August 2007, Fellah was badly injured in a challenge with Serdar Aziz in the second game and broke his calf bone. He required surgery, and lost the rest of the 2007 season. The injury would not heal properly, and during the fall of 2008 he had to operate again. Fellah came back fully in the 2009 season playing a total of 23 games in Tippeligaen.
Fellah started Vålerenga's first 14 matches in Tippeligaen in the 2010 season and was voted "man of the match" in three of the games by Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang.
In August 2013 Fellah moved to Danish Superliga side Esbjerg fB on a three-year contract.
In May 2016, Fellah moved to Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjælland on a three-year contract.
Fellah is of Moroccan descent, but has represented Norway at youth international level. He played for the Norway U-17 national team in qualifiers for the 2006 UEFA European U-17 Championship, scoring the first goal for Norway in their 3–1 win over Liechtenstein.