Amin Tareq Affane (, ; ; born 21 January 1994) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Lärje-Angereds IF

Affane, who was playing for the Division 3 team

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, agreed to join Chelsea in January 2010, leaving Lärje-Angereds IF to head to London ahead of interest from some of Europe's biggest teams including

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, and

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Chelsea

He missed much of his first year in England due to injury, but pressed on towards the end of the season and put a run of games together in the Under-18s. He made his reserve debut in April 2011.

Loan to Roda JC

On 30 August 2012, Affane signed a season-long loan deal with the Dutch side

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. On 1 September 2012, Affane made his debut for the club against Willem II where he came on as a substitute in the second half and provided the assist for Krisztián Németh's goal and also won the

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. Roda JC went on to win the match 3–0 and this was their first league win in the 2012–13 season. He started his first game for Roda in their next fixture on 16 September 2012 away to

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, where the game ended in a 4–0 loss. On 25 September 2012, Affane made his

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debut for Roda, where they lost 1–0 at home to

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in the

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. On 30 September 2012, he scored his first goal for Roda in an

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match where they lost 3–2 to

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. He came in as a substitute in the 71st minute and awarded the team with a hard shot from 22 meters and scored the equalizer from a pass by Abel Tamata, 2–2 in the 78th minute. On 20 October 2012, Amin again came in to play as a substitute in the second half of the match where they were drawn 1–1 to

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and assisted the only goal by them, which was scored by

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, while Affane's low cross was missed by Twente

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. On 11 November 2012, Affane set up their two goals which were scored by Senharib Malki and Bart Biemans, both from corners in a 5–2 away loss against

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. Amin Affane returned to Chelsea after seeing the loan spell at

side

cut short. He initially saw plenty of first-team football at Roda, but fell out of favour in February and has subsequently been deemed surplus to requirements.

Energie Cottbus

On 27 May 2013 it was announced that Affane had signed a three-year contract with Energie Cottbus. After Cottbus were relegated from the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the 2013–14 season, he signed for

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AIK

On 5 January 2016, Affane signed a three-year contract with Swedish club AIK.

IFK Göteborg

Affane finished up his career at

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before deciding to retire from professional football at the age of 26.

International career

Affane represented Sweden at the

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, U19, and U21 levels. He was also eligible to play for

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Career statistics

Club

:¹Includes other competitive competitions, including the

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Honours

;Chelsea Youth *

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: 2011–12

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Affane, Amin 1994 births Living people Swedish people of Moroccan descent Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Chelsea F.C. players Roda JC Kerkrade players FC Energie Cottbus players VfL Wolfsburg II players Arminia Bielefeld players AIK Fotboll players IFK Göteborg players Örgryte IS players Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Eredivisie players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Allsvenskan players Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Footballers from Gothenburg 21st-century Swedish sportsmen