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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, Attacker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Everton | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:06, 25 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui (born 22 November 1987 in Etterbeek, Brussels) is a Belgian footballer of Moroccan descent currently playing for Premier League side Everton and the Belgian national team. He was previously at Standard Liège. He can play central midfield position, although at times he could operate as a second striker. His main attributes are his stamina, heading ability and tough tackling, though he has been criticized for being too aggressive at times.
Club career
Belgium
Fellaini began playing football at the age of 7 for Anderlecht. In his first season at Anderlecht's Academy, he scored 26 goals and in his second he scored 37. He was at the club's academy until the age of 10 when he joined Mons. Three years later, he joined R. Francs Borains before leaving the club when he signed for Sporting Charleroi. At the age of 17, he signed his first permanent contract with Standard Liège. Between 2006 and 2008, he made 84 appearances for the club, scoring 11 times.[1] He is known for his heading ability and stamina, which made him one of the best box-to-box midfielders in the Belgian First Division and resulted in him winning the Ebony Shoe in 2008,[2] an award given to the best player of the season of African descent.
England
After rejected advances from Manchester United[3] and following reported interest from Aston Villa,[4] Real Madrid, Tottenham and Bayern Munich,[5] Fellaini signed for Everton in September 2008 on a five year deal from Standard Liège for an initial transfer fee of £12 million rising to £15 million (a record for a Belgian player and a club record for Everton).[6] He made his Everton debut in a 3–2 away victory at Stoke City on 14 September 2008,[7] and scored his first goal for the team against Newcastle United in a 2-2 home draw on 5 October 2008.[8] At the end of the 2008–09 season Fellaini was named Everton's Young Player of the Season.[9] In his time in England he has become well known for his large "afro" hair, becoming a cult hero with Everton fans regularly sporting afro wigs as a homage to Fellaini. Fellaini was deployed as a Second striker during the 2008-09 season, when Everton had all of their forwards out injured, usually playing behind another midfielder being used as an attacker, Tim Cahill. After a degree of inconsistency in the attacking position and after this time of injury crisis had calmed and Everton signed Louis Saha and Jô, Fellaini reverted to play a key role in his favoured defensive midfield area. His performances in late 2009 and early 2010 became so impressive that David Moyes labelled him "as good as anyone in the league", and he re-iterated this after Fellaini won Man of the Match against Manchester City on January 16, in which he showed his ability to match the £15m price for the first time, showing off incredible passing ability, tackling and forward play. He also showed a memorable piece of skill, dispossessing Craig Bellamy of the ball before performing a Marseille turn or a "Maradona" to manouvre around him. [10]
International career
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Fellaini was eligible to play for Belgium or Morocco. Having already played for Belgium at youth level, he chose to continue representing the country of his birth. He scored his first goal in a 2-1 defeat against Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualification.
Fellaini also represented the U-23 team at the 2008 Olympics and achieved 4th place, losing to Brazil.
International goals
- Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007-03-24 | Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels |  Portugal |
1-1 | 1-2 | 2008 Euro Qualifying |
| 2 | 2008-10-11 | Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels |  Armenia |
2-0 | 2-0 | 2010 World Cup Qualifying |
| 2 | 2009-11-15 | Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent |  Hungary |
1-0 | 3-0 | Friendly |
Personal life
Fellaini was born to Moroccan parents from Tangier and brought up in Brussels.[11] His father, Abdellatif, was a former goalkeeper for Raja Casablanca and Hassania Agadir who signed for Racing Mechelen but was unable to play as his former Moroccan club refused to release his paperwork. Instead of returning home, he opted to become a bus driver for STIB.[12]
Statistics
Club
Template:Football player statistics 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2006–07 |rowspan="2" align=center valign=center|Standard Liege |rowspan="2" align=center valign=center|Belgian First Division |30||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||30||3 |- |2007–08 |30||6||0||0||0||0||0||0||30||6 |- Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2008-09 |rowspan="2" align=center valign=center|Everton |rowspan="2" align=center valign=center|Premier League |30||8||2||1||1||0||0||0||33||9 |- |2009-10 |20||2||1||0||2||0||5||1||28||3 |}
- Updated as of January 16 2010
Honours
Standard Liège
Winner
- Belgian First Division - 2007–08
- Belgian Ebony Shoe - 2008
Everton FC
Runners-Up
- FA Cup - 2009
- Young Player of the Season - 2008/09
References
- ^ "Players: Squad Profiles: Marouane Fellaini". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
- ^ "Ebbenhouten Schoen voor Marouane Fellaini". www.hln.be. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2008-09-02. Template:Nl icon
- ^ "Richardson could quit United". SkySports.com. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ Aston Villa weigh up move for Standard Liege star Marouane Fellaini Daily Mirror, 29 August 2008
- ^ Premier League - Toffees' Fellaini bid comes unstuck Eurosport, 25 March 2008
- ^ Marouane Fellaini signs for Everton Everton FC, 2 September 2008
- ^ Marouane Fellaini at Soccerbase
- ^ Barder, Russell (2008-10-05). "Everton 2-2 Newcastle". BBC Sport Online. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ^ King, Dominic (2009-05-23). "Fulham FC v Everton FC: Young gun to marked man for Fellaini". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=726539&sec=england&cc=3436
- ^ http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/international/Collins39-calling.4812160.jp
- ^ Marouane Fellaini prêt pour le top 10 européen? Bladi, 26 March 2008 Template:Fr icon
External links
- Marouane Fellaini at Soccerbase
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