Amin Affane

Amin Affane

Personal information
Full name	Amin Tareq Affane
Date of birth	(1994-01-21) 21 January 1994
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden[1]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	AIK
Number	39
Youth career
	Lärje-Angereds IF
2010–2012	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Chelsea	0	(0)
2012–2013	→ Roda JC (loan)	15	(1)
2013–2014	Energie Cottbus	9	(2)
2014–2015	VfL Wolfsburg II	22	(12)
2015	Arminia Bielefeld	8	(0)
2016–	AIK	23	(0)
National team‡
2009–2011	Sweden U17	14	(1)
2011–2012	Sweden U19	6	(0)
2017	Sweden U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2017

Amin Tareq Affane (Arabic: أمين طارق عفان‎‎, Arabic pronunciation: [ʔamiːn tˤaːˈrɪq ʕafaːn]), commonly known as Amin Affane (Swedish: [aˈmɪn aˈfan]);^[2] born 21 January 1994) is a Swedish footballer, of Moroccan descent, who plays for AIK.^[3]

Club career

Lärje-Angereds IF

Affane, who was playing for the Division 3 team Lärje-Angereds IF, agreed to join Chelsea in January 2010, leaving Lärje-Angereds IF to head to London ahead of interest from some of Europe's biggest teams including AC Milan, Juventus, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Manchester City.^[4]

Chelsea

He missed much of his first year in England due to injury, but has pressed on towards the end of the season and put a run of games together in the Under-18s. He made his reserve debut in April 2011.

Loan to Roda JC

On 30 August 2012, Affane signed a season-long loan deal with the Dutch side Roda JC.^[5]

On 1 September 2012, Affane made his debut for the club against Willem II where he came on as a substitute in the second half and provided the assist for Krisztián Németh's goal and also won the Man of the match. Roda JC went on to win the match 3–0 and this was their first league win in the 2012–13 season.^[6][7] He started his first game for Roda in their next fixture on 16 September 2012 away to AZ Alkmaar, where the game ended in a 4–0 loss.^[8] On 25 September 2012, Affane made his KNVB Cup debut for Roda, where they lost 1–0 at home to PEC Zwolle in the extra time.^[9] On 30 September 2012, he scored his first goal for Roda in an Eredivisie match where they lost 3–2 to Groningen. He came in as a substitute in the 71st minute and awarded the team with a hard shot from 22 meters and scored the equalizer from a pass by Abel Tamata, 2–2 in the 78th minute.^[10] On 20 October 2012, Amin again came in to play as a substitute in the second half of the match where they were drawn 1–1 to FC Twente and assisted the only goal by them, which was scored by Guus Hupperts, while Affane's low cross was missed by Twente goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov.^[11] On 11 November 2012, Affane set up their two goals which were scored by Senharib Malki and Bart Biemans, both from corners in a 5–2 away loss against Feyenoord at De Kuip.^[12] Amin Affane returned to Chelsea after seeing the loan spell at Eredivisie side Roda JC cut short.^[13] He initially saw plenty of first-team football at Roda, but fell out of favour in February and has subsequently been deemed surplus to requirements.

Energie Cottbus

On May 27, 2013, it was announced that Affane had signed a three-year contract with Energie Cottbus.^[14] After Cottbus were relegated from the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the 2013–14 season, he signed for VfL Wolfsburg II.

AIK

On January 5, 2016, Affane signed a three-year contract with Swedish club AIK Stockholm.^[15]

International career

Affane has represented Sweden at U17 level and U19 level. He is also eligible for Morocco.^[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 May 2017^{[17][18][19][20]}

¹Includes other competitive competitions, including the Johan Cruijff Shield.

Honours

Club

Chelsea Youth

• FA Youth Cup: 2011–12

References