Marouane Fellaini

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Marouane Fellaini (born November 22, 1987 in Etterbeek) is a Belgian football player, currently playing for Standard Liège in the Jupiler League.

Fellaini was born to Moroccan parents and as a child belonged to numerous football academies. He began playing football at the age of seven for Anderlecht. He was at the club's academy until aged ten when he joined Mons and three years later joined R. Francs Borains. He then left the club and was signed by Sporting Charleroi.

At the age of seventeen he signed his first full-time contract with Standard Liège. On October 1, 2006 Fellani was linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur by British tabloid newspaper the News of the World.

[edit] Trivia

• His father played for Raja Casablanca during the 1970s.
• His idol is former footballer Zinedine Zidane.

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