Akram Afif

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Akram Afif
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Personal information
Full name Akram Hassan A. Y. Afif[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-18) 18 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Doha, Qatar
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Villarreal
Youth career
Al Sadd / Aspire Academy
2012–2014 → Sevilla (loan)
2014–2015 → Villarreal (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Eupen 25 (8)
2016– Villarreal 0 (0)
International career
2014 Qatar U19 5 (4)
2014–2015 Qatar U20 7 (1)
2015– Qatar 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Akram Afif (Arabic: أكرم عفيف‎‎; born 18 November 1996) is a Qatari football player who currently plays for Spanish side Villarreal CF as a forward. He also plays for the Qatar national football team and the Qatar national under-20 football team. He is considered to be one of the most promising players to emerge from Qatar.[2][3]

Personal

Afif was born in Doha, Qatar.[4] He has a brother, Ali Afif, who is a footballer for QSL side Lekhwiya. His father played for Tanzanian side Simba and later played in Somalia before relocating to Qatar and playing for Al Gharafa.[5][unreliable source?] His mother, Fayza, comes from Yemen.[6]

He learned Spanish for his move to Sevilla.[7] In June 2015, he graduated from Aspire Academy.[8]

Club career

Youth career

He started off in the youth team of Al Sadd before moving to Spain to play for Sevilla's youth teams in October 2012.[9] He represented Sevilla in the 2013 Al Kass International Cup, netting a brace and earning an assist in the team's first match, which ended as a 3–0 victory against Aspire Academy.[10]

He later joined Villarreal's youth team.[11]

Senior career

In January 2015, he was signed by Eupen.[12] He scored a goal in his debut against Eendracht Aalst on 19 January.[13] On 24 January in his next match against Racing Mechelon, he assisted in three of his side's five goals.[14]

On 8 May 2016 it was confirmed that Afif would be rejoining Villarreal, this time on a permanent deal. In doing so, he became the first Qatari-born signing in La Liga history.[15]

International career

Afif featured in Qatar U20's AFC U-19 Championship qualification campaign in 2014.[16] During the main tournament, he scored the lone goal in the final against DPR Korea to give Qatar the victory.[17]

He was called up to the senior national team in September 2015 by coach Daniel Carreño.[18] He scored in Qatar's 15–0 win against Bhutan on 3 September 2015 during the 2018 World Cup Qualification rounds. He also registered an assist in the match.[19]

References

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