Anas El Asbahi (born 15 October 1993) is a
Moroccan professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for the Swedish club
Nordic United FC
Nordic United FC is a Swedish football club located in Södertälje.
Background
Nordic United FC was founded in 2004 as Assyriska FF Babylon. Changes in identity have been the norm in recent years with the club being known as Södertälje FC, A ...
.
International career
In January 2014, coach
Hassan Benabicha, invited him to be a part of the
Morocca squad for the
2014 African Nations Championship
The 2014 African Nations Championship, known as the 2014 CHAN for short and as the Orange S.A., Orange African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 3rd edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by Confed ...
.
He helped the team to top group B after drawing with
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
and
Zimbabwe
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and defeating
Uganda
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.
The team was eliminated from the competition at the quarter-final zone after losing to
Nigeria
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.
Honours
Morocco
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Islamic Solidarity Games
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:
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
References
External links
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Living people
Moroccan men's footballers
Morocco men's A' international footballers
2014 African Nations Championship players
1993 births
Wydad AC players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Men's association football midfielders
Morocco men's international footballers
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
IR Tanger players
Raja CA players
Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Jönköpings Södra IF players
21st-century Moroccan sportsmen
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