Youssef El-Arabi · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
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Youssef El-Arabi is a male association football player born in Caen on 1987-02-03. He holds citizenship in Morocco and France and speaks Arabic and Berber, with Berber as his native language. His name in his native language is يوسف العربي. He plays as a forward, wearing the sport number 9.
El-Arabi has represented Morocco in international competition, including the 2012, 2013, and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. His club career includes stints with Granada CF, Stade Malherbe Caen, Al Hilal SFC, and Nantes. He began his professional work period in 2008.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Youssef El-Arabi is referenced by 411 other articles, and connects out to Al-Duhail SC, Mounir El Hamdaoui and Giovanni Silva de Oliveira.
It sits within the topics 1987 births, 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 2025
- Nantes
- Date of birth
- ( 1987-02-03 ) 3 February 1987 (age 39)
- Place of birth
- Caen , France
- Height
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Forward
- Current team
- Nantes
- 2001 2002
- Caen
- 2002 2004
- SC Hérouville Football
- 2004 2007
- USON Mondeville
- Years
- Team
- 2007 2009
- Caen B
- 2008 2011
- Caen
- 2011 2012
- Al-Hilal
- 2012 2016
- Granada
- 2016 2019
- Al-Duhail
- 2019 2024
- Olympiacos
- 2024 2025
- APOEL
- 2010 2021
- Morocco
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Nantes
- Position
- Attacker
- Nationality
- Morocco
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Caen
- Languages spoken
- Berber
- Native language
- Berber
- Participant in
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Olympiacos F.C.
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Morocco
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Youssef-el-arabi.jpg
- Height
- 183
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1987-02-03
- sport number
- 9
- Commons category
- Youssef El-Arabi
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- name in native language
- يوسف العربي
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Encyclopedic overview
Youssef El-Arabi (Arabic: يُوسُف الْعَرَبِيّ; born 3 February 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Nantes.
He began his career with hometown club Caen in Ligue 1, making his debut in 2008. After a season in Saudi Arabia with Al Hilal he signed for La Liga club Granada for a club record €5 million in 2012. He scored 45 goals in 134 official games before leaving for Al-Duhail in 2016. In three years in the Qatar Stars League, he was top scorer twice, and totalled 107 goals in 95 games across all competitions before returning to Europe with Olympiacos.
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