Merwan Ifnaoui
.jpg) Ifnaoui with Red Star in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 October 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Colombes, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Troyes | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| La Garenne-Colombes | |||
| Asnières | |||
| Red Star | |||
| Gennevilliers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Gennevilliers | ||
| 2019–2020 | Lagoa | ||
| 2020–2023 | Racing Club de France | 39 | (12) |
| 2023–2025 | Red Star | 81 | (5) |
| 2025– | Troyes | 26 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2026 | |||
Merwan Ifnaoui (born 22 October 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Troyes.[2]
Career
[edit]Born in Colombes, France,[1] Ifnaoui grew up in the Agnettes neighbourhood of Gennevilliers.[3] He played youth football for La Garenne-Colombes, Asnières and Red Star before returning to Gennevilliers at U19 level, where he captained the team in the 2018–19 season.[3] He had a stint with a Portuguese club in Lagoa, Azores.[3]
From 2020 Ifnaoui played for Racing Club de France.[3] He contributed seven goals and seven assists in the first half of the 2022–23 season with the club being in contention for promotion to Championnat National.[3]
Ifnaoui joined Red Star of the third-tier Championnat National in February 2023.[3] The transfer fee paid to Racing Club de France Football was reported as €50,000.[3]
During October 2023 he made three assists scoring once and was nominated for the player of the month award.[3] On 11 May 2024, the French Football Federation awarded him the title of best player in the Championnat National for the 2023–24 season.[4] At the time, he had scored three goals and provided seven assists in 32 league appearances.[4]
On 27 June 2025, Ifnaoui signed a two-year contract with Troyes.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Born in France, Ifnaoui is of Moroccan descent.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 26 August 2024[2]
| Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Racing Club de France | 2020–21 | Championnat National 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Championnat National 3 | 22 | 5 | — | 22 | 5 | ||
| 2022–23 | Championnat National 2 | 14 | 7 | — | 14 | 7 | ||
| Total | 39 | 12 | — | 39 | 12 | |||
| Red Star | 2022–23 | Championnat National | 14 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Championnat National | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |
| 2024–25 | Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 78 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 15 | ||
Honours
[edit]Racing Club de France
Red Star
Individual
- Championnat National best player: 2023–24[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Merwan Ifnaoui at WorldFootball.net
- 1 2 Merwan Ifnaoui at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pruneta, Laurent (6 November 2023). ""Ces joueurs-là donnent du bonheur aux gens" : Merwan Ifnaoui, la révélation du Red Star en National" ["These players give happiness to people": Merwan Ifnaoui, the revelation of Red Star in National]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- 1 2 3 Sermaise, Florian (11 May 2024). "National : Merwan Ifnaoui (Red Star) meilleur joueur de la saison" [National: Merwan Ifnaoui (Red Star) best player of the season]. Foot National (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ↑ "Merwan Ifnaoui est Bleu et Blanc" [Merwan Ifnaoui is Blue and White] (in French). ES Troyes AC. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ↑ نيوز, زووم (12 May 2024). "مروان افناوي.. قصة نجاح لاعب المغربي الذي أبهر عالم كرة القدم في فرنسا".
- ↑ "Et le Racing CF renaît". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ↑ Garlan, Victor (26 April 2024). "Le Red Star sacré champion de National". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Merwan Ifnaoui at WorldFootball.net
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