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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 December 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Châteauroux, France | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sion | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2018 | Châteauroux | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2022 | Châteauroux II | 28 | (9) |
2018–2022 | Châteauroux | 73 | (4) |
2022– | Sion | 110 | (14) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | France U19 | 1 | (0) |
2025– | Malta | 4 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:45, 17 September 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2025 |
Ilyas Chouaref (born 12 December 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Sion. Born in France, he represents the Malta national team.
Chouaref is a youth product of LB Châteauroux. He made his debut with them in a 2–1 Ligue 2 loss to Le Havre AC on 4 December 2018. [1] On 1 October 2019, he signed a professional contract with the club. [2]
On 12 June 2022, Chouaref transferred to Sion in Switzerland. [3]
Born in France, Chouaref is of Moroccan and Maltese descent. He was a youth international for France. [4] On 18 February 2025, Bjorn Vassallo, president of the Malta FA confirmed that Chouaref had obtained Maltese citizenship. [5]
On 21 March 2025, Chouaref made his debut for Malta against Finland in a World Cup qualifying match, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 loss. [6]
Club | Season | League | National Cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
LB Châteauroux | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 2 | |||
2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 1 | |||
2021–22 | National | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 73 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 76 | 4 | ||||
FC Sion | 2022–23 | Super League | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 [b] | 0 | 38 | 2 | |
2023–24 | Challenge League | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 39 | 7 | |||
2024–25 | Super League | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 6 | |||
2025–26 | Super League | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 1 | |||
Total | 110 | 14 | 13 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 125 | 16 | |||
Total | 183 | 18 | 15 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 200 | 20 |
His elder half-brother Hamza Sakhi is also a footballer. [8] [9]