Oussama Falouh | |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1999 |
Birth Place: | Sidi Belyout, Casablanca, Morocco |
Death Place: | Casablanca, Morocco |
Height: | 1.77 m |
Position: | Left-back |
Youthyears1: | –2018 |
Youthclubs1: | Mohammed VI Football Academy |
Years1: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs1: | Strasbourg B |
Caps1: | 12 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs2: | FUS Rabat |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs3: | Angers B |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2021–2023 |
Clubs4: | → Avranches (loan) |
Caps4: | 22 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2021–2023 |
Clubs5: | → Avranches B (loan) |
Caps5: | 2 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2023 |
Clubs6: | Wydad Casablanca |
Caps6: | 0 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 37 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Oussama Falouh (ar|أسامة فلوح; 12 July 1999 – 2 November 2023) was a Moroccan footballer who played as a left-back. He played for a number of Moroccan and French clubs, and for the Morocco U23 national team. Falouh died on 2 November 2023 of injuries he sustained in a car crash the previous month.
Born on 12 July 1999,[1] Oussama was a product of the Mohammed VI Football Academy.He joined the B-team of French side RC Strasbourg in 2018.In 2019, he was transferred to Botola side FUS Rabat. He returned to France and joined Angers of Ligue 1 in July 2020,[2] [3] on a three-year deal.[4] He was loaned to Avranches of the third-tier Championnat National in July 2021 and again a year later.[5] [6] In the summer of 2023, Wydad Casablanca signed Falouh.[7]
On 11 October 2023, Falouh was seriously injured in a car crash involving a truck in Casablanca. Falouh, a passenger in the car, suffered multiple brain haemorrhages, a broken neck and thorax, entered a coma and was immediately admitted to intensive care. He would later be transferred to another healthcare facility by the club's officials.[8] [9] In the late hours of 2 November 2023, the club announced Oussama's death from his injuries. He was 24.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]