Marouane Fellaini

Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui (born 22 November 1987) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Marouane Fellaini
Marouane Fellaini 2018.jpg
Fellaini playing for Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full nameMarouane Fellaini-Bakkioui[1]
Date of birth (1987-11-22) 22 November 1987 (age 36)[2]
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1994–1997Anderlecht
1997–2000Mons
2000–2002R. Francs Borains
2002–2004Sporting Charleroi
2004–2006Standard Liège
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008Standard Liège64(9)
2008–2013Everton141(25)
2013–2019Manchester United119(12)
2019–2023Shandong Taishan108(39)
Total432(85)
National team
2004–2005Belgium U183(0)
2006Belgium U196(1)
2006Morocco U201(0)
2006–2007Belgium U217(0)
2007–2018Belgium87(18)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Fellaini played youth football for Anderlecht, R.A.E.C. Mons, Royal Francs Borains and Charleroi S.C. before joining Standard Liège. After winning the Belgian First Division and the Ebony Shoe as a Liège player, he moved to England to join Everton.

After five years at Everton, he moved to Manchester United in a deal worth £27.5 million in September 2013. He spent five years with Manchester United, winning four trophies. In February 2019, Fellaini joined Shandong Luneng.

Fellaini played for Belgium between 2007 and 2018. He played over 80 times for his country. He represented the team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

Fellaini was born in Etterbeek, Brussels to Moroccan parents. In March 2020, during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, he tested positive to COVID-19.[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6][7][8]
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Standard Liège 2006–07 Belgian First Division 30 3 7 1 3[a] 0 40 4
2007–08 Belgian First Division 31 6 5 1 3[b] 0 39 7
2008–09 Belgian First Division 3 0 0 0 2[c] 0 5 0
Total 64 9 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 84 11
Everton 2008–09 Premier League 30 8 4 1 1 0 35 9
2009–10 Premier League 23 2 2 0 2 0 7[d] 1 34 3
2010–11 Premier League 20 1 3 1 2 1 25 3
2011–12 Premier League 34 3 6 1 3 1 43 5
2012–13 Premier League 31 11 4 1 1 0 36 12
2013–14 Premier League 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
Total 141 25 19 4 10 3 7 1 0 0 177 33
Manchester United 2013–14 Premier League 16 0 0 0 0 0 5[c] 0 21 0
2014–15 Premier League 27 6 4 1 0 0 31 7
2015–16 Premier League 18 1 6 2 2 0 8[e] 1 34 4
2016–17 Premier League 28 1 3 1 4 1 11[d] 1 1[f] 0 47 4
2017–18 Premier League 16 4 3 0 0 0 3[c] 1 1[g] 0 23 5
2018–19 Premier League 14 0 1 0 1 1 5[c] 1 21 2
Total 119 12 17 4 7 2 32 4 2 0 177 22
Shandong Taishan 2019 Chinese Super League 22 7 4 1 8[h] 4 34 12
2020 Chinese Super League 12 4 5 3 6[i] 1 23 8
2021 Chinese Super League 20 10 3 1 23 11
2022 Chinese Super League 28 7 0 0 0 0 28 7
2023 Chinese Super League 26 11 3 1 3[h] 1 1[j] 0 33 13
Total 108 39 15 6 0 0 11 5 7 1 141 51
Career total 432 85 63 16 17 5 58 10 9 1 579 117
  1. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 4.0 4.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearance in FA Community Shield
  7. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  8. 8.0 8.1 Appearances in AFC Champions League
  9. Appearances in Chinese Super League championship play-offs
  10. Appearance in Chinese FA Super Cup

International

 
Fellaini with Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium[N] 2007 8 1
2008 6 1
2009 7 1
2010 5 1
2011 6 1
2012 6 0
2013 9 2
2014 13 2
2015 6 6
2016 9 0
2017 5 1
2018 7 2
Total 87 18
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.[9]
List of international goals scored by Marouane Fellaini
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2 June 2007 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Portugal 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [10]
2 11 October 2008 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Armenia 2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [11]
3 14 November 2009 Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent, Belgium   Hungary 1–0 3–0 Friendly [12]
4 12 October 2010 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Austria 2–2 4–4 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification [13]
5 11 October 2011 Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany   Germany 1–3 1–3 [14]
6 29 May 2013 FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, United States   United States 4–1 4–2 Friendly [15]
7 7 June 2013 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Serbia 2–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [16]
8 5 March 2014 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Côte d'Ivoire 1–0 2–2 Friendly [17]
9 17 June 2014 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil   Algeria 1–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup [18]
10 28 March 2015 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Cyprus 1–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification [19]
11 3–0
12 31 March 2015 Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel   Israel 1–0 1–0 [20]
13 7 June 2015 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France   France 1–0 4–3 Friendly [21]
14 2–0
15 3 September 2015 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification [22]
16 5 June 2017 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Czech Republic[N] 1–0 2–1 Friendly [23]
17 6 June 2018 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Egypt 3–0 3–0 [24]
18 2 July 2018 Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia   Japan 2–2 3–2 2018 FIFA World Cup [25]

Notes

  1. ^ Fellaini caps against Romania on 14 November 2012, against Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 and against Czech Republic (included his one goal) on 5 June 2017 were counted by RBFA but not officially recognised by FIFA due to an excessive number of substitutions according to the Laws of the Game.[26][27][28][29]

Honours

Standard Liège

Manchester United

Shandong Taishan

Belgium

Individual

Marouane Fellaini Media

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