Ibrahim Afellay
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| Ibrahim Afellay | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Ibrahim Afellay | |
| Date of birth | April 2, 1986 | |
| Place of birth | Utrecht, Holland | |
| Position | midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | PSV Eindhoven | |
| Number | 20 | |
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| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2003-2007 | PSV Eindhoven | 44 (6) |
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Ibrahim Afellay (Arabic: ابراهيم أفيلاي) (born April 2, 1986 in Utrecht) is a Dutch footballer playing for PSV Eindhoven. Even though he has Moroccan roots, he plays for the Dutch national youth teams and has been pre-selected for the Dutch national team.
Afellay played for the youth of PSV since childhood (after spending his earliest years at amateur team Elinkwijk in Utrecht), and finally in February 2004, at the age of 17, he made his debut for PSV in the Dutch Cup match against NAC Breda. He would go on to play 2 league matches in the remainder of that season. In the following season (2004/2005), PSV's most successful since 1988 (winning the double and reaching the semi-final of the European Champions League), Afellay did not break through until the end of the year, with as highlight 2 goals in PSV's 4-2 win against Feyenoord in May 2005. He finished the season having played 7 matches and scored 2 goals.
In the 2005/2006 season, following the departure of many important players including midfielders Johann Vogel and Mark van Bommel, Afellay grew to be a first-team regular, and was even pre-selected for the Dutch national team. He played a total of 23 league matches during the season, in which he scored 2 goals. This amount could have been more were it not for the minor injuries he suffered throughout the season; one of his weaker points is indeed his lack of physical power. He weighs only 68 kilograms and is 1.81 metres tall.
[edit] Career Stats
| Season | Club | Country | Competition | Matches | Goals |
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| 2003/04 | PSV |  Netherlands |
Eredivisie | 2 | 0 |
| 2004/05 | PSV | Netherlands |
Eredivisie | 7 | 2 |
| 2005/06 | PSV | Netherlands |
Eredivisie | 23 | 2 |
| 2006/07 | PSV | Netherlands |
Eredivisie | 12 | 2 |
| Total | 44 | 6 |
[edit] External links
| PSV Eindhoven - Current Squad |
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1 Gomes | 2 Kromkamp | 3 Reiziger | 4 Alex | 5 Ball | 6 Simons | 7 Väyrynen | 8 Cocu | 9 Kluivert | 10 Koné | 11 Méndez | 14 da Costa | 15 Čulina | 16 Aissati | 17 Farfán | 18 Addo | 19 Lamey | 20 Afellay | 21 Moens | 22 Fehér | 23 Salcido | 24 Nguyen | 25 de Jong | 26 Tardelli | 30 Plá | 31 Coe | 33 Beerens | Coach: Koeman |
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