Mohamed Abarhoun

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Mohamed Abarhoun
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Abarhoun playing for Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-05-03)3 May 1989
Place of birth Tétouan, Morocco
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Place of death Turkey
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Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2017 Moghreb Tétouan 164 (7)
2017–2019 Moreirense 37 (1)
2019–2020 Çaykur Rizespor 36 (3)
Total 237 (11)
International career
Morocco U20
2012 Morocco U23 3 (0)
2013–2014 Morocco 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamed Abarhoun (Arabic: محمد أبرهون‎, translit. Muḥammad ‘Ābarhūn‎; 3 May 1989 – 2 December 2020) was a Moroccan professional footballer who played as a defender. He played domestic football for hometown club Moghreb Tétouan, Portuguese club Moreirense, and Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor. Abarhoun also represented Morocco at under-20, under-23 and senior level. He died of stomach cancer at the age of 31.

Club career

Abarhoun was born in Tétouan and played as a centre-back for local club Moghreb Tétouan between 2010 and 2017. He was hailed as part of the club's "golden generation" that won the Botola Pro 1 league in 2012 and 2014 and took part in the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.[2] He made 164 league appearances for the club and scored 7 goals.[1]

Abarhoun joined Portuguese Primeira Liga club Moreirense in June 2017 after refusing to sign a new contract with Tétouan.[2][3] Abarhoun was the eighth player brought to the club by new manager Manuel Machado.[3] He scored his only goal for the club on 10 September in a 2–0 win at Estroil Praia, their first win of the season.[4] Machado was sacked by the club in October following a run of poor results.[5] He went on to make 23 league and 5 cup appearances for the club in his first season, in which the club finished fourth from bottom in the league.[6][7] Abarhoun was the preferred starting centre-back for the club in the first part of the 2018–19 season, under new manager Ivo Vieira, and made 1 cup and 14 league appearances.[8][6]

Abarhoun joined Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor in January 2019 on an 18-month initial contract.[2][9][10] The transfer fee generated €200,000 for Moreirense.[8] Rizespor manager Okan Buruk stated that Abarhoun was brought in to bolster the club's defence during their fight to avoid relegation from the Süper Lig.[10] Abarhoun played in 16 league games for Rizespor that season and the club finished mid-table in 11th position.[11][6] Abarhoun made 20 league for Rizespor in the 2019–20 season before illness ended his career.[6] His last match was a 2–1 defeat at home to İstanbul Başakşehir on 24 February 2020.[12] He also made one cup appearance, during a 2–1 loss away to Galatasaray in the second leg of the 8th round of the Turkish Cup on 23 January 2020.[6]

International career

Abarhoun played nine games for the Morocco under-20 team and eight for the under-23 team.[2][13] This included three appearances at the 2012 Summer Olympics where the team drew two games and lost one to finish third in Group D.[2][14] He made his senior international debut in 2013 and went on to earn seven international caps.[1]

Illness and death

In February 2020 Abarhoun reported feeling sick prior to a league match against Trabzonspor. He was taken to Istanbul's Acıbadem Hospital and was diagnosed with stomach cancer.[15][16][17] In June 2020 a Rizespor spokesman claimed that Abarhoun was seriously ill and expected that he would not return to playing football.[18] He was released by Rizespor at the end of the season, but continued to receive financial support from the club for his condition.[15][16]

Abarhoun announced that he was recovering and feeling better in October 2020 and was hopeful of a return to football, but he died of the disease on 2 December 2020, at the age of 31.[2]

References

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  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Mohamed Abarhoun at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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  13. ↑ Mohamed Abarhoun – FIFA competition record
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