Sofian Kiyine
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 October 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Verviers, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | OH Leuven | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| JMG Academy Lier | |||
| –2015 | Standard Liège | ||
| 2015–2016 | Chievo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Chievo | 30 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Salernitana (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2019–2022 | Lazio | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Salernitana (loan) | 34 | (10) |
| 2021 | → Salernitana (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Venezia (loan) | 26 | (1) |
| 2022– | OH Leuven | 27 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Morocco U20 | 4 | (3) |
| 2018 | Morocco U23 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:16, 1 September 2020 (UTC) | |||
Sofian Kiyine (born 2 October 1997) is a Belgian born professional footballer who has represented the Morocco U20 and Morocco U23 national teams at international level. As of April 2023[update], he is suspended by his club, OH Leuven of the Belgian First Division A, after an incident in which he drove his car at high speed through the wall of a sports hall.[1]
Club career[edit]
Kiyine played for JMG Academy Lier, Standard Liège and Chievo in his youth.[2] He made his professional debut in the Serie A for Chievo on 8 January 2017 in a game against Atalanta.[3]
On 17 July 2019, he signed for Lazio and on the same day was sent on loan to Salernitana for the 2019–20 season.[4][5] On 28 January 2021, he returned to Salernitana on another loan.[6] On 30 August 2021, he signed on loan for Venezia, after that season Lazio sold him to OH Leuven where he signed a four-year deal until 2026.[7]
International career[edit]
Kiyine represented the Morocco U20 national team at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, scoring the side's only goal in the final wherein they won the competition.[8][9]
He is also eligible to represent Belgium and Italy, the latter because of his mother.[10]
Personal life[edit]
In late March 2023, Kiyine suffered non life-threatening injuries after he crashed his car violently while speeding at approximately 200 km/h.[11] His vehicle jumped the sloped center of a roundabout, flew 50m through the air and through the upper wall of a sports hall, where it landed on the floor inside the building.[12] No one else was injured in the crash. He was subsequently suspended by his club.[11] At the end of the season, the club announced that he would be re-integrated into the squad, and that both player and club would take part in road safety programmes.[13]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of match played 8 May 2022[14]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chievo | 2016–17 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Salernitana | 2017–18 | Serie B | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serie B | 34 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 11 | |||
| 2020–21 | Serie B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 60 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 13 | ||
| Venezia | 2021–22 | Serie A | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 125 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 14 | ||
Honours[edit]
Morocco
- Jeux de la Francophonie gold medalist: 2017
References[edit]
- ^ "Club relieves player that smashed his car into a sports hall of his duties for "an indefinite period"". vrtnws. VRT. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Un jeune Verviétois va recevoir sa chance en Serie A!" [A young Verviétois will receive his chance in Serie A!]. Footnews.be (in French). 26 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 8 January 2017.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Lazio, arrivano Kiyine e Ndrecka dal Chievo Verona". Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Salernitana, presi Kiyine, Lombardi e Giannetti". Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "SOFIAN KIYINE TORNA IN GRANATA" (in Italian). Salernitana. 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Sofian Kiyine naar OH Leuven".
- ^ "Jeux de la Francophonie Complete Program" (PDF). Jeux de la Francophonie. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Vidéo. Jeux de la Francophonie: en finale, les U20 misent sur Sofian Kiyine". 30 July 2017.
- ^ S.p.A., Società Editrice Athesis. ""Grazie Chievo, mi hai cambiato la vita"". L'Arena.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Exit from the road at 200 km / h in Belgium and landing in a gymnasium: the suspended footballer". Time News. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Victor, Tom (31 March 2023). "Footballer crashed car through wall of sports hall and rushed to hospital". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "Après l'accident de Sofian Kiyine, l'OHL veut sensibiliser à la sécurité routière". RTL info (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Sofian Kiyine". Soccerway.com.
External links[edit]
- Sofian Kiyine at WorldFootball.net
- Living people
- 1997 births
- Footballers from Verviers
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Belgian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Morocco men's youth international footballers
- Moroccan people of Italian descent
- Belgian sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Belgian people of Italian descent
- AC ChievoVerona players
- US Salernitana 1919 players
- SS Lazio players
- Venezia FC players
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- JMG Academy (Lier) players