| Osame Sahraoui | |
| Birth Date: | 11 June 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Oslo, Norway |
| Height: | 1.64 m |
| Position: | Left winger |
| Currentclub: | Lille |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Youthyears1: | –2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Hauketo |
| Youthyears2: | 2014–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Vålerenga |
| Years1: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Vålerenga |
| Caps1: | 84 |
| Goals1: | 13 |
| Years2: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs2: | Heerenveen |
| Caps2: | 47 |
| Goals2: | 9 |
| Years3: | 2024– |
| Clubs3: | Lille |
| Caps3: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021–2023 |
| Nationalteam1: | Norway U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023 |
| Nationalteam2: | Norway |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2024– |
| Nationalteam3: | Morocco |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 24 November 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 15 October 2024 |
Osame Sahraoui (ar|أسامة الصحراوي; born 11 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for club Lille and the Morocco national team.
Born in Norway, he is one-time international for Norway before switching to play for Morocco in 2024.
Growing up in Hauketo IF, Sahraoui joined Vålerenga's youth system in 2014.[1] Steadily advancing in the junior ranks, he signed his first professional contract in May 2019, then made his senior debut in June 2020 against Stabæk, where he provoked a penalty kick that equalised the match.[2] In July 2020, he signed a contract extension which runs until 2023.[3] On 26 July 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Strømsgodset.[4]
On 31 January 2023, Sahraoui signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.[5] He made his debut for the club the very next game on 4 Februari against FC Utrecht which resulted in a 1–0 defeat.[6]
On 1 August 2024, French Ligue 1 club Lille announced the signing of Sahraoui on a five-year contract.[7]
Born in Norway, Sahraoui is of Moroccan descent. He was previously called up to a training camp for Morocco youth national teams.[8]
On 8 October 2021, Sahraoui gained his first cap for the Norway U21 in a match against Croatia.[9]
In August 2023, Sahraoui received his first call-up to the Norway senior national team by head coach Ståle Solbakken, for a friendly match against Jordan and a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Georgia.[10]
On 30 August 2024, Sahraoui switched nationality to instead represent the Morocco national team.[11] He debuted with Morocco in a 4–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Central African Republic on 15 October 2024.[12]
He was born and raised in Oslo, where his parents moved to from the city of Al Hoceima in northern Morocco.
Sahraoui's uncle, Mohammed Fellah, is a former professional footballer.[13]
| Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vålerenga | 2020 | Eliteserien | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 5 | |||
| 2021 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 32 | 2 | ||||
| 2022 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 84 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 91 | 13 | ||||
| Heerenveen | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 8 | |||||
| Total | 47 | 9 | 3 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 52 | 9 | ||||
| Lille | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 142 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 22 | |||
| Norway | 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 2 | 0 | ||