Mohamed Elyounoussi Biography, Net Worth, Salary, Height, 6 Other Facts

The comely and ever-smiling Mohamed Elyounoussi is a Moroccan born professional footballer who flies the Norwegian flag and plays with Southampton.  His family migrated to Norway from Morocco when he was still a very young child.

Although by virtue of his Moroccan origin and Norwegian settlement he is eligible to represent either country in football, he declined to play for Morocco after they fired the coach who had called him to play initially and instead, chose to play for Norway.

Mohamed Elyounoussi Biography

Mohammed Elyounoussi was born on the 4^th of August 1994 in Al Hoceima in the northern part of Morocco and moved with his family to Norway when he was two years old and began playing senior football at 15. He attended high school in Norway and helped his father run a pizza restaurant there before going into football professionally.

He has three younger siblings including a younger brother Anwar Elyounoussi who plays as a forward for Norwegian club Fram Larvik and two cousins Tarik and Ridouan Elyounoussi football players for AIK and Krakeroy respectively. His older cousin Tarik was the motivation to go into football, Elyounoussi says. Before then his family seldom watched or followed the sport.

Mohamed Elyounoussi revealed in an interview with Southampton Football club that for his family, the road to success was to take education seriously, graduate top and get a high paying job, this changed for the young player when he learned that the game of football could be quite a lucrative venture plus it was healthy too.

Making his debut as a sub for the Sarpsborg 08 club at the age of 16 in Tippeligean at a match versus Odd Grenland on the 8^th of May 2011, Elyounoussi has since moved around several teams making outstanding performances and now more recently signing in a five-year contract with Southampton where he plays as a forward winger.

At Sarpsborg he made 28 appearances and scored 6 goals from the 1^st of January 2013 to 1^st of March 2014. Moving on to Molde from that time till the 1^st of July 2016 where he made 71 appearances in all, 64 of which were league and scored 33 goals across this time. Next, he went on to Swiss team Basel and remained there until the 29^th of June 2018 after scoring 23 goals in 65 appearances. He was signed by Southampton for a reported fee of £16 million on 29 June 2018.

Elyounoussi later joined Celtic on loan on 30 August 2019, until the end of the season.

International Career

The young Moroccan player has featured for the Norway national team at different levels since 2011 when he first played in the country’s colors for the under-17 team. In 2012, he got the chance to play for both the Norway under-18 and under-19 teams.

From 2013 to 2016, he wore the under-19 colors of Norway, appearing in 19 games and scoring 5 goals in the process. He got the call to join the senior national team of the country in 2014 and has since then appeared in 22 games scoring 5 goals.

Net Worth and Salary of Mohamed Elyounoussi

The current net worth of Southampton forward winger Mohammed Elyounoussi is €17.7 million. Given that the player is currently approaching his most productive years he has a current and growing market value at €15 million.

From the SFC records of their players, Elyounoussi earns €71,138 per week which translates into about €3.5 million euro a year

Dating and Girlfriend

The Southampton winger is very single he has revealed although he sees a relationship and a happy family in his nearest future.

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Height and Weight

Mohamed Elyounoussi or Moi as he often refers to himself has a good height for a football player. He stands at 5 feet 10 inches. More so, the FIFA index for players has it that he currently maintains a healthy weight at 70kg

Other Facts

1. Elyounoussi was not interested in football as a job from the onset but later found the game enthralling.

2. His mother calls him after games and gives him advice on how to play better

3. He sees Brian Deane who was his manager back at Sarpsborg as his mentor and despite leaving the team he still communicates with the premier league first goalscorer from 1992.

4. His career has, thus far, been decorated with a number of honors. He won the Tippeligaen as well as the Norwegian Cup in 2014 with Molde while in the 2016/2017 season, he won the Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup with Basel.

5. In his father’s Pizza restaurant, the number 24 Pizza on the menu is named after the football player.

6. As regards his religion, Mohamed Elyounoussi is a Muslim.

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