Karim El Ahmadi
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El Ahmadi with Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karim El Ahmadi Aroussi | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Enschede, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| UDI Enschede | |||
| Twente | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | Twente | 89 | (3) |
| 2008–2012 | Feyenoord | 94 | (4) |
| 2011 | → Al Ahli (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Aston Villa | 51 | (3) |
| 2014–2018 | Feyenoord | 122 | (10) |
| 2018–2022 | Al-Ittihad | 90 | (0) |
| Total | 456 | (21) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2019 | Morocco | 66 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:14, 2 May 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:18, 12 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Karim El-Ahmadi Aroussi (Arabic: كريم الأحمدي; born 27 January 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. El-Ahmadi was born in the Netherlands and played for FC Twente and Feyenoord before moving to the Premier League with Aston Villa in 2012 and subsequently returning to Feyenoord in September 2014 and before moving to the Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Professional League in 2018. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Morocco internationally.