Ibrahim Maaroufi

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Personal information
Ibrahim Maaroufi
Full name	Ibrahim Maaroufi
Date of birth	January 18, 1989 (age 18)
Place of birth	Brussels, Belgium
Nickname	ibby
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Internazionale
Number	50
Youth clubs
? ?-2006 2006-	Anderlecht PSV Eindhoven Internazionale Primavera
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-	Internazionale	1 (0)
National team
	Morocco U-20 Morocco U-23 / Olympics Belgium U-21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 29, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Ibrahim Maaroufi (Arabic: ابراهيم معروفي‎) (born January 18, 1989 in Brussels, Belgium) is a Moroccan-Belgian football (soccer) midfielder for F.C. Internazionale Milano Primavera.

He was called up to the first team many times, and made his first team and Serie A debut against A.S. Livorno Calcio, 25 October 2006, as a substitute for Dejan Stanković in the 82nd minute, becoming the second youngest player in the history of Inter, older than Goran Slavkovski but younger than Giuseppe Bergomi.

He played his first Coppa Italia match as a starter on November 9, 2006, against F.C. Messina Peloro. He also played the return leg.

[edit] International career

He played for both Belgium and Morocco in youth level. He was trained with Morocco Olympics team in December, 2006. But made his U-21 team debut for Belgium against Sint-Truidense.[1] in February 2007. He also callup against Serbia in March 2007.[2]