Youness Rahimi

Youness Rahimi

Rahimi with Honka in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 31)
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position	Forward
Youth career
	HJK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Klubi 04	10	(1)
2012–2014	Honka	33	(2)
2014	→ Pallohonka	21	(10)
2014	→ Pallohonka	3	(1)
2015	HIFK	25	(1)
2016–2017	SJK	15	(1)
2017	Ilves	21	(3)
2018	Honka	27	(3)
2019–2020	RoPS	34	(6)
2021	Brattvåg	0	(0)
2022	PK-35	9	(0)
International career‡
2010–2011	Finland U-17	4	(1)
2012	Finland U-19	3	(0)
2014–2015	Finland U-21	6	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 February 2016

Youness Rahimi (born 13 February 1995) is a Finnish former professional football player.

Career

Rahimi played in the youth sector of HJK Helsinki. He also spent time on trial with Tottenham. ^[1]

Club

Rahimi made his league debut on 9 July 2012 with FC Honka against TPS. On 19 October 2012, he scored his first league goal against KuPS.

In December 2015, Rahimi signed with SJK, where he would go on to help his team secure third place in the 2016 season. ^{[2] [3]} For the 2017 season, Rahimi played at Ilves Tampere.

He got his first stint abroad in May 2021 when he signed for Norwegian third-tier side Brattvåg IL. ^[4]

International

Rahimi has represented Finland at youth and under-21 level. ^[5]

Personal life

Rahimi has also a dual Moroccan citizenship.

Career statistics

As of match played 19 July 2016 ^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League cup		Europa		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Klubi-04	2011	Kakkonen	10	1	0	0	–		–		10	1
Honka	2012	Veikkausliiga	7	1	0	0	0	0	–		7	1
	2013	Veikkausliiga	19	1	2	0	4	2	–		25	3
	2014	Veikkausliiga	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		33	2	3	0	5	2	0	0	41	4
Pallohonka (loan)	2012	Kakkonen	21	10	0	0	–		–		21	10
	2014	Kakkonen	3	1	0	0	–		–		3	1
	Total		24	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	11
HIFK	2015	Veikkausliiga	25	1	2	0	4	1	–		31	2
SJK	2016	Veikkausliiga	13	1	3	1	3	0	2	0	21	2
Ilves	2017	Veikkausliiga	21	3	7	3	–		–		28	6
Honka	2018	Veikkausliiga	27	3	5	6	–		–		32	9
RoPS	2019	Veikkausliiga	25	5	0	0	–		2	0	27	5
	2020	Veikkausliiga	9	1	1	0	–		–		10	1
	Total		34	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	37	6
Brattvåg	2021	2. divisjon	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
PK-35	2022	Ykkönen	9	0	0	0	–		–		9	0
Career total			196	28	21	10	12	3	4	0	233	41

References

1. Suomen jalkapalloilun ex-lupaus paljastaa nyt, miksi hänen perheensä menetti luottamuksen HJK:hon, Helsingin Sanomat, 7 November 2024
2. "Tapio Heikkilä ja Youness Rahimi SJK:n paitaan". www.sjk2007.fi (in Finnish). SJK. 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
3. "Tapio Heikkilä ja Youness Rahimi SJK:n paitaan". Archived from the original on 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2026-02-15.
4. Grannes, Odd-Sølve I. (12 May 2021). "Brattvåg signerte spiller med 150 kamper på toppnivå i Finland". Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
5. "Y. Rahimi". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

External links

• Profile at veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
• Youness Rahimi at Soccerway