Yassine El Ghanassy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yassine El Ghanassy | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | La Louvière, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Oostende | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1998 | CS Fayt-Manage | ||
| 1998–2008 | La Louvière | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008 | La Louvière | 6 | (0) |
| 2008–2014 | Gent | 140 | (19) |
| 2012 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → SC Heerenveen (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2014 | → Al Ain (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Stabæk | 26 | (3) |
| 2016– | Oostende | 15 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Belgium U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Belgium U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Belgium U21 | 7 | (1) |
| 2011– | Belgium | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 July 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:56, 12 February 2016 (UTC) |
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Yassine El Ghanassy (born 12 July 1990) is a Belgian-Moroccan footballer who plays as a left winger for K.V. Oostende.
Yassine El Ghanassy was born on 12 July 1990 as the only son of the former football player Hajjaj El Ghanassy. He started playing when he was fifteen at the team Fayt-Manage in Hainaut. He was signed by the youth team of La Louvière, where he quickly gained the attention of many sides. At the age of sixteen, he went to the English team Birmingham City FC, impressing on trial, but a transfer didn't follow as La Louvière wanted a transfer price which was too high for such a young player.
In 2008 El Ghanassy made his debut in the first team of La Louvière. The team had just been relegated to the Third Division and was about to merge with RACS Couillet. El Ghanassy got some playing time, but nevertheless left for AA Gent not long afterwards.
Although he was initially added to the youth team, he played a number of games in the Jupiler Pro League. Thanks to his creativity and drive he was being named as the successor to Bryan Ruiz, who left in the summer of 2009 for FC Twente. Due to their similarities as players, he has been compared to Ruiz by many pundits.
In his early games for Gent, El Ghanassy became known as a fine passer of the ball, and one who provided many assists from his team-mates, but rarely scored himself. His first goal was scored in the Belgian League playoffs in 2009/10 against Zulte Waregem. Since that goal he has become more prolific. One of his most important contributions in recent years was a goals against the Belarusian team FC Naftan Novopolotsk in the Champions League qualifiers. It was the only goal in that game, which meant that Gent qualified for the third qualifying round.
More recently, El Ghanassy has been followed by several European top teams, with Manchester City F.C., AC Milan, Everton FC, RSC Anderlecht, Sunderland A.F.C. and Olympique Lyonnais being linked with the Belgian. He admitted recently that the attention of Anderlecht flattered him.
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