Merwan Ifnaoui

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Merwan Ifnaoui
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Colombes, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Red Star
Number 10
Youth career
La Garenne-Colombes
Asnières
Red Star
Gennevilliers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Gennevilliers
2019–2020 Lagoa
2020–2023 Racing Club de France 39 (12)
2023– Red Star 37 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:29, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Merwan Ifnaoui (born 22 October 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as an midfielder for Championnat National club Red Star. [2]

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Career

Born in Colombes, France, [1] Ifnaoui grew up in the Agnettes neighbourhood of Gennevilliers. [3] He played youth football for La Garenne-Colombes, Asnières and Red Star before returning to Gennevilliers at U19 level, where he captained the team in the 2018–19 season. [3] He had a stint with a Portuguese club in Lagoa, Azores. [3]

From 2020 Ifnaoui played for Racing Club de France. [3] He contributed seven goals and seven assists in the first half of the 2022–23 season with the club being in contention for promotion to Championnat National. [3]

Ifnaoui joined Red Star of the third-tier Championnat National in February 2023. [3] The transfer fee paid to Racing Club de France Football was reported as €50,000. [3]

During October 2023 he made three assists scoring once and was nominated for the player of the month award. [3] On 11 May 2024, the French Football Federation awarded him the title of best player in the Championnat National for the 2023–24 season. [4] At the time, he had scored scored three goals and provided seven assists in 32 league appearances. [4]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 June 2024 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Coupe de France Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing Club de France 2020–21 Championnat National 3 30–30
2021–22 Championnat National 3225–225
2022–23 Championnat National 2 147–147
Total3912003912
Red Star 2022–23 Championnat National 140–140
2023–24 Championnat National33310343
Total37310383
Career total7615107715

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    References

    1. 1 2 Merwan Ifnaoui at WorldFootball.net
    2. 1 2 Merwan Ifnaoui at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pruneta, Laurent (6 November 2023). ""Ces joueurs-là donnent du bonheur aux gens" : Merwan Ifnaoui, la révélation du Red Star en National" ["These players give happiness to people": Merwan Ifnaoui, the revelation of Red Star in National]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
    4. 1 2 3 Sermaise, Florian (11 May 2024). "National : Merwan Ifnaoui (Red Star) meilleur joueur de la saison" [National: Merwan Ifnaoui (Red Star) best player of the season]. Foot National (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2024.


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