Soufiane Rahimi

Soufiane Rahimi (سفيان رحيمي; born 2 June 1996) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al Ain and the Morocco national team.

He started his professional career playing for Raja CA.

A full international for Morocco since 2021, Soufiane represented the nation at the 2020 African Nations Championship, 2021 FIFA Arab Cup and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Rahimi scored a total of four goals for Raja CA in 2018 CAF Confederation Cup campaign, including two goals in the final against AS Vita Club in Casablanca.

In 2018, Rahimi was called up to the Moroccan national A' team by Jamal Sellami.

This allowed them to qualify and play the 2019 CAF Super Cup against Espérance Sportive de Tunis; which then ended up winning after a 2–1 victory.

He has been one of the highest performing players in his last two seasons in Botola, becoming a top pick for the Moroccan national team coach to join the local squad.

He has been closely linked with a move to Europe, and has stated his ambition of joining the Serie A in press conferences.

On 21 August 2021, he had played his last match with Raja CA in the 2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final, therefore defeating Al-Ittihad in penalties; before transferring to Emirati club Al Ain.

On September 17, Rahimi scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 victory against Al-Ittihad Kalba.

On 12 November 2022, Rahimi scored a double against Sharjah.

On 7 November 2023, Rahmi scored in a 3–2 victory against Al Fayha in the 2023–24 AFC Champions League to qualify his team into the Knock-out stages.

In the Round of 16, Rahimi scored the winning goal against Nasaf to qualify the team to the Quarter-finals.

Rahimi went on to score the winning goal in a 1–0 victory against Al Nassr in the first leg of the quarter-finals and two goals in the second leg.

Rahimi was the top goalscorer of the 2020 African Nations Championship, with five goals.

Rahimi represented Morocco in the 2020 African Nations Championship, He scored a double in his third game of the group stages against Uganda.

He scored in the quarter-finals in a 3–1 victory against Zambia.

Morocco won an astonishing 4–0 in the semi-finals against Cameroon.

With this performance, Rahimi managed of scoring a total of five goals thus helping his country to achieve the title and becoming the first and only country to win the Championship back to back.

He was awarded top scorer and best player of the tournament.

Born in Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Soufiane Rahimi is the older brother of Houssine Rahimi, who is a footballer and a striker.

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Al Ain

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