Anass Achahbar (; born 13 January 1994) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Westlandia.

Career

Feyenoord

Born in

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, Achahbar made his professional debut for

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on 28 August 2011, as he replaced

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in the 81st minute of the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

home match against

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(2–2). Achahbar scored his first goal for Feyenoord in the 93rd minute of the first leg of the

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qualifier against

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, an important equalizer that meant that Feyenoord came away with a 2–2 draw.

Arminia Bielefeld (loan)

On 22 August 2013, Achahbar was sent on loan at

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

until the end of the season. He made 11 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga for the club, and also played in the

Oberliga Westfalen The Oberliga Westfalen is the highest level football league in the region of Westphalia, which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The league existed from 1978 to 2008, but was then replaced by the NRW-Liga, a new statewide league. W ...

for the second team. After his loan, he returned to Feyenoord for the 2014–15 season.

PEC Zwolle

On 21 May 2016, Achahbar signed a four-year contract with

side

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. In his first season at the club, he made 20 total appearances in which he scored one goal.

NEC (loan)

On 28 June 2017, Achahar joined second-tier

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

club

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on loan. He made his debut on 8 September 2017 in the 3–0 loss to

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. He came on for

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after 65 minutes. He suffered a number of injuries during his first period at the club. He had five stitches placed in his foot, broke a finger and had an injury to his shoulder. On 24 November, he made his return against

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. On 27 November, he scored his first goal of the season against

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. On 22 December, he scored the first hat-trick of his career against

Jong AZ Jong AZ is a Dutch association football team, based in Wijdewormer in the Zaanstreek. It is the reserve team of AZ, based in Alkmaar, and plays in the Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Net ...

(7–2 victory). In the following game against Go Ahead Eagles (5–1 win), he scored another hat-trick. Achahbar was loaned out to NEC for a second season in the 2018–19 season. In January 2019, after an argument with trainer

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during the away match against

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, he was demoted to the second team together with Brahim Darri and did not return to the first team after that. In the summer of 2019 Achahbar would return to PEC Zwolle, but eventually PEC Zwolle and Achahbar decided to terminate the ongoing contract.

Dordrecht

After practicing with

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for three weeks, he joined the club on 9 September for the 2019–20 season. After four months, in which he made 16 appearances, he left the club.

Sepsi OSK

On 18 January 2020, Achahbar signed a contract with

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side

Sepsi OSK Sepsi may refer to: *László Sepsi (born 1986), Romanian footballer of Hungarian descent *Sepsi-78, a football club from Seinäjoki, Finland *ACS Sepsi SIC ACS Sepsi SIC Sfântu Gheorghe or commonly Sepsi SIC is a women's basketball professional ...

. He was part of the team losing the

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. In the semi-finals, Achahbar had contributed with two goals as Sepsi won 5–1 over Politehnica Iași to advance to the final.

Aiolikos

On 15 September 2023, Achahbar signed for

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club Aiolikos.

Westlandia

On 28 december 2023, Achabar signed for

team Westlandia for the remainder of the season.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Feyenoord *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; ), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside the N ...

: 2015–16 Sepsi OSK *

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: 2021–22,

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

Netherlands U17 *

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Individual *

2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the tenth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Serbia hosted the tournament between the 3 and 15 May. 6 Teams also qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Players born af ...

Team of the Tournament *

2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, since its reclassification from an under-18 tournament in 2002, and the 62nd since the tournament was created in 1948. It was hosted in Li ...

Golden Boot:

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

*
Netherlands U17 stats
at OnsOranje
Netherlands U19 stats
at OnsOranje {{DEFAULTSORT:Achahbar, Anass 1994 births Living people Footballers from The Hague Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent Men's association football forwards Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players 2. Bundesliga players Oberliga (football) players Liga I players Super League Greece 2 players Vierde Divisie players VV Haaglandia players Feyenoord players PEC Zwolle players NEC Nijmegen players Arminia Bielefeld players FC Dordrecht players Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe players Aiolikos F.C. players RKVV Westlandia players Netherlands men's youth international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century Dutch sportsmen