Amine Harit (Arabic: أمين حارث; born 18 June 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Marseille. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.
 Harit playing for Morocco in a friendly against Burkina Faso in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Amine Harit | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 June 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pontoise, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Marseille | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Argenteuil C.O. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Espérance Paris 19ème | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Espérance Paris 19ème | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Red Star | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Nantes | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Nantes B | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Nantes | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | Schalke 04 | 102 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | → Marseille (loan) | 33 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Marseille | 28 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | France U18 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | France U19 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | France U20 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | France U21 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Morocco | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life
Born and raised in Pontoise to Moroccan parents, Harit acquired French nationality on 27 August 2003, through the collective effect of his parents' naturalization.
Club career
Nantes
Harit made his debut for the Ligue 1 side on 13 August 2016 against Dijon. He played the whole match in a 1–0 away win.
Schalke 04
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On 10 July 2017, Schalke 04 announced the signing of Harit on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Nantes was reported as €8 million, which could rise to €10 million with bonuses. He made his debut for the German club on 14 August in a DFB-Pokal against BFC Dynamo. He started the match and came off at halftime of a 2–0 away win.
On 25 November 2017, Harit scored his first ever Bundesliga goal against Ruhr rivals Borussia Dortmund as Schalke overturned a 4–0 deficit to a 4–4 draw in a historic Revierderby match.[citation needed] He was named Bundesliga 'Rookie of the Month' for December 2017, going on to take the 'Bundesliga Rookie of the Year' award for the 2017–18 season.
On 11 December 2019, Harit extended his contract with Schalke for a further three years, until 2024.
Marseille
On 2 September 2021, it was announced that Harit was loaned out to Ligue 1 club Marseille for the 2021–22 Ligue 1 season. He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 Ligue 1 away win over Monaco, delivering an assist for the second goal. In the following match, against Rennes, Harit came on in the 59th minute and scored 12 minutes later, his first goal with OM. On 20 April 2022, he scored the winning goal in a 3–2 home win over his former club Nantes.
On 1 September 2022, Harit joined Marseille again for a season-long loan, this time with an option to make the move permanent. On 7 November, his transfer to OM was made permanent for a fee in the region of €5 million. After having made his 15th appearance of the season, an obligation-to-buy clause in his contract was triggered.
International career
Harit played for the France national youth teams starting from the France U18s until the France U21s. He is Moroccan by descent, and refused a call up to the Morocco U19s in October 2015. He even went to play for France again. However, on 12 September 2017, Harit decided to switch his allegiance to the Morocco national team.
On 7 October 2017, Harit made his international debut for Morocco in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Gabon at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, replacing Nordin Amrabat in the 90th minute of the 3–0 victory.
In May 2018, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. On 13 November, he sustained a knee injury which ruled him out of the World Cup.
On 17 October 2023, Harit scored his first goal for the national team in a 3–0 victory against Liberia.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nantes B | 2015–16 | CFA 2 | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Nantes | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |
| Schalke 04 | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 3 | ||
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 7 | |||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
| Total | 102 | 12 | 12 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | 119 | 13 | |||
| Marseille (loan) | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 | 0 | 34 | 5 | |
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Total | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 15 | 1 | 50 | 6 | |||
| Marseille | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | 42 | 2 | |
| Career total | 207 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 260 | 22 | ||
International
- As of match played 30 January 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 1 | |
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 October 2023 | Adrar Stadium, Agadir, Morocco | Liberia | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
France U19
Individual
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016
- Bundesliga Rookie of the Year: 2017–18
- Mars d'Or (Moroccan Youth Player of the Year): 2018
- Bundesliga Player of the Month: September 2019
References
External links
- Amine Harit at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Amine Harit at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Amine Harit – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French