Amine Harit (; born 18 June 1997) is a professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Early life

Born and raised in

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, France to Moroccan parents, Harit acquired

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on 27 August 2003, through the collective effect of his parents'

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Club career

Nantes

Harit made his debut for the

side on 13 August 2016 against

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. He played the whole match in a 1–0 away win.

Schalke 04

On 10 July 2017,

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

announced the signing of Harit on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Nantes was reported as €8 million, which could rise to €10 million with bonuses. He made his debut for the German club on 14 August in a

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against

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. He started the match and came off at halftime of a 2–0 away win. On 25 November 2017, Harit scored his first ever

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goal against

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rivals

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

as Schalke overturned a 4–0 deficit to a 4–4 draw in a historic

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match. He was named Bundesliga 'Rookie of the Month' for December 2017, going on to take the 'Bundesliga Rookie of the Year' award for the 2017–18 season. On 11 December 2019, Harit extended his contract with Schalke for a further three years, until 2024.

Marseille

On 2 September 2021, it was announced that Harit was loaned out to Ligue 1 club

for the

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season. He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 Ligue 1 away win over

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, delivering an assist for the second goal. In the following match, against

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, Harit came on in the 59th minute and scored 12 minutes later, his first goal with OM. On 20 April 2022, he scored the winning goal in a 3–2 home win over his former club Nantes. On 1 September 2022, Harit joined Marseille again for a season-long loan, this time with an option to make the move permanent. On 7 November, his transfer to OM was made permanent for a fee in the region of €5 million. After having made his 15th appearance of the season, an obligation-to-buy clause in his contract was triggered.

International career

Harit played for the France national youth teams starting from the France U18s until the France U21s. He is Moroccan by descent, and refused a call up to the Morocco U19s in October 2015. He even went to play for France again. However, on 12 September 2017, Harit decided to switch his allegiance to the Morocco national team. On 7 October 2017, Harit made his international debut for Morocco in a

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match against

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at the

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, replacing

Nordin Amrabat Noureddine "Nordin" Amrabat (, ; born 31 March 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Moroccan Botola Pro club Wydad. Amrabat played for Morocco, which he represented at two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, 2012 Olympic ...

in the 90th minute of the 3–0 victory. In May 2018, he was named in Morocco's 23-man

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for the

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in Russia. On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the

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. On 13 November, he sustained a knee injury which ruled him out of the World Cup. On 17 October 2023, Harit scored his first goal for the national team in a 3–0 victory against

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Personal life

In June 2018, Harit was behind the wheel in a fatal road traffic accident in

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which resulted in the death of a 28 year old pedestrian. Less than three weeks after the accident, Harit returned to training with Schalke. The Moroccan international was later sentenced to a four-month suspended sentence and a fine of approximately 8,600 dirhams (Euros 780). On March 20, 2020, during the early stages of

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, Harit visited a

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while disregarding the club's isolation mandate. It was later reported that Harit was fined 100,000

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s by Schalke.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.''

Honours

France U19 *

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Individual * UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016 *

Rookie of the Year: 2017–18 *Mars d'Or (Moroccan Youth Player of the Year): 2018 * Bundesliga Player of the Month: September 2019 *

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top assist provider: 2023–24

References

External links

Profile
at the Olympique de Marseille website * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harit, Amine 1997 births Living people Footballers from Pontoise Men's association football midfielders Moroccan men's footballers 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen Morocco men's international footballers Naturalized citizens of France French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers French sportspeople of Moroccan descent Ligue 1 players Bundesliga players Championnat National 3 players Paris Saint-Germain FC players Red Star FC players FC Nantes players FC Schalke 04 players Olympique de Marseille players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Germany 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players 21st-century French sportsmen