Naïm Aarab
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-02-07) 7 February 1988
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 RAS Saintoise
Youth career
Tubize
Anderlecht
NEC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 NEC 6 (0)
2008–2012 AEL 52 (0)
2010–2011 → Charleroi (loan) 29 (1)
2012–2013 Újpest 9 (0)
2013–2014 Sint-Truiden 26 (1)
2014–2016 Wydad 45 (4)
2015–2016 → Deinze (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 Deinze 2 (0)
2017–2019 Wydad
2019–2023 Tubize-Braine 19 (4)
2023– RAS Saintoise
International career
2009–2010 Belgium U21 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:59, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Naïm Aarab (born 7 February 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for RAS Saintoise.

Career

Aarab progressed through the youth ranks of Tubize and Anderlecht, before joining the reserves of Eredivisie club NEC. He signed his first professional contract − a one-year deal − with the club in 2007. Aarab made his league debut in a 5–0 loss against PSV, as an 84th-minute substitute for Jonas Olsson on 25 August 2007.[1]

Aarab decided to leave NEC after not reaching a new agreement, and in July 2008 he joined AEL in the Greek Super League.[2] He spent the 2010–11 season on loan at Charleroi, suffering relegation from the top division but also managing to score his first professional goal – on 23 October 2010 in a 3–2 loss to Sint-Truiden.[3]

On 23 July 2012, Aarab joined Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I side Újpest on a four-year contract.[4]

In September 2014, Aarab signed a three-year contract with Wydad.[5] In his first season with the Moroccan club, he only made one appearance. Wydad won the league title that season. In July 2015, he joined Deinze on loan.[5] There, he played 5 games until his loan period was terminated prematurely in January 2016.[6] He played no more games for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. In Morocco, Aarab struggled with injuries and at his own request he returned to Belgium in 2016 for his rehabilitation and joined Deinze on a permanent contract at the end of that year, where he played 2 matches. In 2017, Aarab returned to Wydad.[5] With the club, he won the national title twice and won the 2017 CAF Champions League and the 2018 CAF Super Cup.[7][8]

In September 2019, Aarab moved to Tubize-Braine.[9]

Honours

Wydad

References

  1. ↑ "PSV Eindhoven - NEC Nijmegen 5:0 (Eredivisie 2007/2008, 2. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Naim Aarab: Leur défense a du mal à se retourner". DH Les Sports + (in French). 19 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Sint-Truiden vs. Sporting Charleroi - 23 October 2010 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Újpest: Sztaniszavljevics és Aarab is szerződést kapott - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). 23 July 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "OFFICIEEL: Ex-Anderlecht-verdediger trekt naar Wydad Casablanca". Voetbalnieuws.be (in Dutch). 13 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Naïm Aarab verlaat SK Deinze". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 15 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Wydad Casablanca na African Champion!". BBC News Pidgin. 4 November 2017.
  8. 1 2 "CAF Super Cup 2018 – Tactical start list" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Naim Aarab, le nouveau mentor des Sang et Or". Édition digitale de Verviers (in French). 11 October 2019.
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