Anas Tahiri | |
Birth Date: | 15 May 1995 |
Birth Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
Height: | 1.79 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | –2013 |
Youthclubs1: | JMG Academy Lierse |
Years1: | 2014–2018 |
Caps1: | 56 |
Goals1: | 4 |
Years2: | 2018–2021 |
Clubs2: | RKC Waalwijk |
Caps2: | 87 |
Goals2: | 6 |
Years3: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs3: | CFR Cluj |
Caps3: | 4 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2022–2024 |
Caps4: | 72 |
Goals4: | 6 |
Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
Nationalteam1: | Morocco U23 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 19 May 2024 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 28 August 2016 |
Anas Tahiri (Arabic: أنس طاهيري; born 15 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Belgium, he represented Morocco at youth international level.
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.[1] 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.[2]
On 7 January 2022, Tahiri returned to the Netherlands and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Heerenveen.[3]
Tahiri earned his first cap for the Morocco national under-23 team in a friendly 1–0 win against Cameroon, on 5 June 2016.[4]
RKC Waalwijk
CFR Cluj