Ismaïl Aissati

PSV

Born in Utrecht to Moroccan parents, Aissati started playing football at a young age by joining DSO Utrecht and USV Elinkwijk before joining PSV Eindhoven in 2000 when he was twelve after being scouted before turning professional for the club in 2005. While at the youth team, Aissati revealed he travelled one hour from Utrecht to Eindhoven before learning to take a train at age fifteen. At age sixteen, Aissati was linked with a move to Barcelona and rejected the move when Barcelona came calling. On 28 August 2005, Aissati made his professional debut in Eredivisie in a PSV win over Roda JC. Aissati also made his first UEFA Champions League appearance for PSV Eindhoven on 19 October 2005. In doing so, he became the youngest Dutch player ever to play in the UEFA Champions League, taking over from Ryan Babel, who debuted also at age 17, but eight months older. In the match against A.C. Milan he came off the bench in the 63rd minute. However, on 1 November 2005 PSV Eindhoven played the return match against A.C. Milan where he played the whole match, with Andrea Pirlo as his opponent. Then in January 2006, Aissati signed a contract with the club, keeping him until 2009. On 4 February 2006, Aissati scored his first professional goal for PSV in a 3–2 win over Roda JC, which was the club he played against on his debut. His second goal for PSV came against Willem II on 25 March 2006. In his first season, Aissati made 17 league appearances and scored two times. However,…

Netherlands youth squads

Aissanti previously represent Netherlands U15, Netherlands U16 and Netherlands U17. He was part of the team winning 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. In 2007, he was also part of the team that defended their title for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands. Aissati played in the first match, in a 1–0 win against Israel U21, but was substituted in the first half by Otman Bakkal due to an injury. After the Dutch win over Portugal 2–1, they secured a semi final spot and a qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as reaching the finals after eliminating England after a 1–1 draw with 13–12 in a penalty shootout with 32 penalty kicks taken. The Dutch went on to retain their 2006 title by beating Serbia 4–1 in the final.

Morocco

On 20 October 2007, a Moroccan website stated that Ismaïl chose to represent the Morocco national team internationally instead of Netherlands, and that Henri Michel the coach of the will include him in the selection that will face France on 17 November in a friendly match in Paris. This, however, turned out to be a false statement. Then on 30 December 2008, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation revealed that Ismaïl Aissati would represent Morocco. However, this was denied by Aisatti, himself. It was thought that Aissati would most likely make his debut on 11 February 2009 against the Czech Republic in Casablanca, but he was later ruled out of this…

Aissati is a Muslim.

PSV

Eredivisie: 2005–06, 2007–08 Ajax

Eredivisie: 2011–12 KNVB Cup: 2009–10 Denizlispor

TFF First League: 2018–19 Netherlands U21

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 2006, 2007