Marouane Fellaini

Marouane Fellaini
Fellaini playing for Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui[1]
Date of birth (1987-11-22) 22 November 1987 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1997 Anderlecht
1997–2000 Mons
2000–2002 R. Francs Borains
2002–2004 Sporting Charleroi
2004–2006 Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Standard Liège 64 (9)
2008–2013 Everton 141 (25)
2013–2019 Manchester United 119 (12)
2019–2024 Shandong Taishan 108 (39)
Total 432 (85)
International career
2004–2005 Belgium U18 3 (0)
2006 Belgium U19 6 (1)
2006 Morocco U20 1 (0)
2006–2007 Belgium U21 7 (0)
2007–2018 Belgium 87 (18)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Belgium
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Born in Etterbeek to Moroccan parents, Fellaini played youth football for Anderlecht, R.A.E.C. Mons, Royal Francs Borains and Charleroi before joining Standard Liège. After winning the Belgian Pro League and the Ebony Shoe as a Liège player, he moved to England to join Everton.

At Everton, Fellaini was the club's Young Player of the Season for 2008–09, when the club were losing finalists in the FA Cup. After five years at Everton, he transferred to Manchester United in a deal worth £27.5 million in September 2013. Fellaini spent over five years at Manchester United, helping the club win four trophies including the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Europa League. After more than a decade in England in total, Fellaini joined Chinese Super League club Shandong Taishan in February of 2019.

A full international for the Belgium national team from 2007 until his international retirement in March 2019, Fellaini amassed 87 caps and 36 goals for United. He played for the team at the 2008 Olympics, the 2014 World Cup, Euro 2016, and the 2018 World Cup, helping Belgium to third place in the latter tournament.

  1. ^ "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Belgium" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Marouane Fellaini: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 11 May 2022.