Ibrahim Afellay
Ibrahim Afellay (born 2 April 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. He currently works for Dutch broadcaster NOS as a football pundit.
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Afellay with the Netherlands in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ibrahim Afellay | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1995 | USV Elinkwijk | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2003 | PSV Eindhoven | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | PSV Eindhoven | 221 | (35) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Barcelona | 41 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Schalke 04 (loan) | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 28 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Stoke City | 49 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | PSV Eindhoven | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 353 | (44) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2016 | Netherlands | 53 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
He played youth football at Elinkwijk before joining the PSV Eindhoven youth academy at age 10. After debuting in 2004, he represented PSV for eight seasons, helping them to four Eredivisie titles before moving to Barcelona for €3 million in January 2011. Rarely used by Barcelona and marred by injury, he was loaned to Schalke 04 and Olympiacos before signing for Stoke City in 2015. Afellay spent three seasons with Stoke before ending his career back at PSV.
Making his Netherlands national team debut in 2007, Afellay appeared at the 2010 World Cup, contributing to the Dutch side finishing in second place in the tournament. He was also present at Euro 2008 and Euro 2012, making over 50 appearances in total.