Selim Amallah

Selim Amallah (Arabic: سليم أملاح; born 15 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Standard Liège in the Belgian First Division A. Born in Belgium, he represents the Morocco national team.

Selim Amallah
Amallah in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996
Place of birth Saint-Ghislain, Belgium
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Standard Liège
Number 19
Youth career
2003–2008 RAEC Mons
2008–2012 Anderlecht
2012–2015 RAEC Mons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Mouscron 3 (0)
2016–2017 Tubize 24 (0)
2017–2019 Mouscron 52 (14)
2019– Standard Liège 60 (19)
National team‡
2019– Morocco 17 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2022

Club career

Standard Liège

On 12 December 2019, Amallah scored Standard Liège's second goal to put the club up on Premier League club Arsenal during the group stage of the Europa League; but Arsenal scored twice in the final 12 minutes to snatch a 2–2 draw.[1] Three days later, he scored in Standard's 1–1 draw against his former club and rivals Anderlecht.[2]

On 1 October 2020, in a UEFA Europa League play-off match against Fehérvár, Amallah scored twice from the penalty-spot to help secure a 3–1 win and qualification to the group stage.[3] In November 2020, he was awarded with the Belgian Lion Award, given to the best player of Arab origin playing in Belgium.[4] He succeeded his compatriot, Mehdi Carcela, who won the previous two editions.[4] On 13 March 2021, he scored the only goal as Standard defeated Eupen to reach the final of the Belgian Cup.[5]

International career

Amallah was born in Belgium and is of Moroccan and Italian descent.[6] He chose to represent the Morocco national team at the international level and made his competitive debut in a 0–0 draw with Mauritania on 15 November 2019 in qualification match for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

On 9 October 2020, he scored his first goal for the Atlas Lions in a match against Senegal after being set up by Achraf Hakimi. He then provided an assist for Youssef En-Nesyri's goal in the 71st minute as Morocco won 3–1.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of matches played 9 April 2021.[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mouscron 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 21520–8[lower-alpha 1]4319
2018–19 Belgian First Division A 19310–4[lower-alpha 1]2245
Total 40830–1265514
Standard Liège 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 257205[lower-alpha 2]2–329
2020–21 Belgian First Division A 238216[lower-alpha 2]4–3113
Total 481541116–6322
Career total 88237111612611836
  1. Appearances in Europa League play-offs
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Amallah goal.[10]
List of international goals scored by Selim Amallah
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
19 October 2020Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Senegal1–03–1Friendly
212 October 2021 Guinea2–14–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
33–1
414 January 2022Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon Comoros1–02–02021 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Arsenal came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Standard Liege and progress to the last 32 of the Europa League as group winners". BBC. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. "Selim Amallah scores as 10-man Anderlecht hold Standard Liege". Goal. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  3. "Standard Liège 3-1 Fehérvár". UEFA. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. "Selim Amallah named "Belgian Lion" of the year". Archyde. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. "Standard is eerste bekerfinalist na klasseflits van Amallah tegen Eupen". Sporza (in Dutch). 13 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  6. Tarik. "Sélim Amallah : Travailler dur car le travail paye toujours". lionsdelatlas.ma.
  7. "Morocco 0:0 Mauritania". ESPN. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  8. "African friendly results: Morocco dispatch Senegal, Tunisia thump Sudan". Goal. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  9. "Selim Amallah". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  10. "Selim Amallah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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