Tarik Elyounoussi
Tarik Elyounoussi (2012 )
Tarik Elyounoussi ( born February 23, 1988 in al - Hoceima, Morocco) is a Norwegian football player who currently is used both for the TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and for the Norwegian national team used. His former position is that of the center-forward.
Club career
Fredrikstad FK
Elyounoussi started his professional football career with the club Fredrikstad FK. He started with the juniors, but were already at the age of 17 years his professional debut in a 1-2 defeat against Start Kristiansand. In the same season he came to two other stakes for the next he was permanently recalled to the first team squad. In the following three seasons Elyounoussi matured into one of the stars of the team, scoring 20 goals in 56 other games.
SC Heerenveen
So also prominent staffed teams were aware of the Norwegians, who turned his back on his old club in July 2008 and for 3.7 million euro moved to the Netherlands for SC Heerenveen. The transfer fee of almost four million euros is to this day a record for the applicable standards Fredrikstad. In his first season Elyounoussi was indeed in almost every game in the squad, but the status as a reservist he did not come out, he managed only seven out of 34 match days in the starting lineup of his new club. This season, he scored a total of only two hits, which meant a step back from the previous seasons in Norway for him.
Due to this, the club decided during the winter break the following season 2009/10, to give Elyounoussi. With the Lillestrøm SK a buyer was found, so that he returned for a few months after Norway. Back in the Tippeligaen he made it again for a regular player, scoring four goals in 14 games.
The following season, he was back at SC Heerenveen under contract, but came across the Hinserie 2010/11 only a good hour operating time, so he left the club again, this time to purchase basis.
Fredrikstad FK
The customer was his old club Fredrikstad FK in the included cup he brought it in 2011 to 31 duty stakes, in which he was able to achieve 13 goals. The 2012 season, he completed only half in Fredrikstad, before the club sold him one more time. Although the transfer fee of 1.1 million euros was not as high as in 2008, but made the transfer yet become a lucrative business.
Rosenborg Trondheim
From August 2012 to June 2013 Elyounoussi went for Rosenborg Trondheim hunting for goals. In 23 league games get him six hits.
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
For the 2013/14 season Elyounoussi moved to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. He signed a contract until June 30, 2017.
National
For the U -21 Norway Tarik Elyounoussi ran to a total of 25 times. The qualification for the 2009 European Championships he missed, however.
Elyounoussi is an active player of the Norwegian national team. He made his debut on 28 May 2008 in a 2-2 draw against Uruguay, when he immediately scored his first goal. He is currently struggling with Norway to qualify for the Football World Cup 2014, last he succeeded on October 16, 2012 against Cyprus a hit.
Private life
His younger cousin Mohamed Elyounoussi is also professional, he plays for Sarpsborg 08 Fotballforening.
Achievements
- Norwegian Cup Winners ( 1): 2006
- Dutch Cup Winners ( 1): 2009