Kerim Mrabti

Kerim Mrabti
Mrabti playing for Djurgårdens IF in 2015
Personal information
Full name Abdallah Kerim Mrabti
Date of birth (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994
Place of birth Nacka, Stockholm, Sweden[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Djurgårdens IF
Number 10
Youth career
1999–2010 Enköpings SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Enköpings SK 26 (6)
2013–2014 IK Sirius 45 (5)
2015– Djurgårdens IF 72 (18)
National team‡
2011–2013 Sweden U19 4 (0)
2014–2017 Sweden U21 17 (5)
2016– Sweden 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 May 2018

Kerim Mrabti (born 20 May 1994) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Djurgårdens IF as a midfielder.[2] He was born in Sweden to a half-Finnish and half-Swedish mother and a Tunisian father.

Career

Although he was born in Stockholm, Mrabti moved to Enköping as a five year old and started out playing for the local club Enköpings SK.[2] At age 17 he played a big part in Enköping winning their fourth tier league and getting promoted.[3] After the following season had ended in November 2012 he trialed with Uppsala based club IK Sirius and impressed enough to be signed on a two-year deal.[4]

After two seasons with IK Sirius, one season in the third tier and the next season in second tier Superettan, Mrabti was sold to Allsvenskan club Djurgårdens IF in early 2015 for 600,000–700,000 SEK.[5] On May 25 Mrabti scored his first two goals for Djurgården in the Tvillingderby against local rival AIK in front of 27 137 people at the Tele2 Arena in a game which ended 2–2.[6] At the end of the 2015 Allsvenskan season he received the player of the year award by the clubs supporter group Järnkaminerna as well as the award for best newcomer of the year in the entire league.[7][8] Ahead of the new season in 2017 Mrabti was handed the number 10 shirt. On 10 May 2018 he scored as Djurgården beat Malmö FF 3-0 in the Swedish Cup Final.[9]

International career

Mrabti has represented both the Sweden national under-19 football team and the Sweden national under-21 football team.[10] In January 2016 he suffered an ACL injury only 25 minutes into his Sweden national football team debut versus Estonia.[11] Mrabti was expected to back in full training in September later that year.[12]

Despite playing for Sweden in friendly matches Tunisia were keen to add him to their 2018 World Cup squad.[13]. On 13 May Mrabti announced he had turned down the opportunity. [14]

Personal life

Mrabti's father is Tunisian while his mother is half Swedish and half Finnish.[15] He first became a Djurgårdens IF supporter after attending the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifier against FK Partizan and he also visited the Djurgården training grounds to collect autographs from the players.[15] In November 2016 Mrabti said in the Fan-TV show "08 Fotboll" that his dream was to one day play in the German Bundesliga.

Career statistics

International

As of 11 January 2018.[16]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201610
201820
Total30

Honours

Club

Djurgårdens IF

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Kerim Mrabti". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 1 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Kerim Mrabti klar för Djurgården" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 8 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "ESK klart för ettan" (in Swedish). Upsala Nya Tidning. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kerim Mrabti till Sirius" (in Swedish). IK Sirius. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mrabti såldes för att rädda ekonomin" (in Swedish). Upsala Nya Tidning. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mrabti räddade poäng åt Djurgården" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Årets Järnkamin 2015: Kerim Mrabti" (in Swedish). Järnkaminerna. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Årets nykomling 2015: Kerim Mrabti" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  9. ↑ http://dif.se/djurgarden-cupmastare-malmo-kordes-over/
  10. ↑ "Första truppen för nya U21-landslaget" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Bekräftat: Stjärnan är korsbandsskadad" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Bekräftat: Efter Mrabtis skada – först då är han tillbaka" (in Swedish). Fotbolldirekt.se. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  13. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44085775
  14. ↑ https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/inget-vm-for-mrabti-har-tackat-nej/
  15. 1 2 "PÅ FD: Djurgårdens succéförvärv: "Vi kommer gå för en topp-placering"" (in Swedish). FotbollDirekt. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  16. ↑
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