Anas Tahiri (Arabic: أنس طاهيري; born 15 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club Almere City.[1] Born in Belgium, he represented Morocco at youth international level.

Anas Tahiri
Tahiri with Heerenveen in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Almere City
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2013 JMG Academy Lierse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Lierse 56 (4)
2018–2021 RKC Waalwijk 87 (6)
2021–2022 CFR Cluj 4 (1)
2022–2024 Heerenveen 72 (6)
2024– Almere City 0 (0)
International career
2016 Morocco U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 August 2016

Club career

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Tahiri registered his Belgian Pro League debut for Lierse on 16 March 2014, aged 18, by replacing Ahmed El Messaoudi in the 87th minute of a 2–1 home defeat to Lokeren.[2] He played 63 games and scored five times during his stint at the Lier-based club, before moving to the Netherlands with RKC Waalwijk in the summer of 2018.

Tahiri contributed with 39 appearances and two goals in the 2018–19 season, as RKC Waalwijk achieved promotion to the Eredivise; He made his debut in the latter competition on 3 August 2019, in a 3–1 away loss to VVV-Venlo, and netted his first goal two weeks later in a 3–3 draw with Twente.

On 10 June 2021, he changed countries again after agreeing to a contract with CFR Cluj in Romania.[3]

On 7 January 2022, Tahiri returned to the Netherlands and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Heerenveen.[4]

On 3 September 2024, Tahiri joined Almere City on a two-season contract.[5]

International career

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Tahiri earned his first cap for the Morocco national under-23 team in a friendly 1–0 win against Cameroon, on 5 June 2016.[6]

Honours

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RKC Waalwijk

CFR Cluj[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Anas Tahiri at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Lierse vs. Lokeren - 16 March 2014 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Bine ai venit, Anas Tahiri!" [Welcome, Anas Tahiri!] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ^ "SC HEERENVEEN HAALT MIDDENVELDER TAHIRI" (Press release) (in Dutch). SC Heerenveen. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ^ "City haalt met Anas Tahiri ervaren kracht op middenveld" [City brings in experienced midfielder Anas Tahiri] (in Dutch). Almere City. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Mountakhab.net - Fiche de :Anas Tahiri". Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. ^ Anas Tahiri at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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