Ibrahim Maaroufi

Ibrahim Maaroufi (Arabic: ابراهيم معروفي; born 18 January 1989) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He represented both Morocco U23 and Belgium U21 national teams at international level. In October 2007 Maaroufi declared himself for Morocco rather than Belgium.

Club career

Maaroufi started his career with Belgian team Anderlecht before moving to Dutch side PSV Eindhoven.

Inter Milan

Maaroufi was called up to the Inter Milan first team many times by Roberto Mancini, but finally made his first team and Serie A debut against Livorno, 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 for Inter Milan on 9 November 2006, against Messina Peloro. He also played the return leg. In total Maaroufi made six appearances for Inter with one coming in Serie A and five appearances coming in the Coppa Italia.

Twente loan

At the start of 2008–09 season Maaroufi moved on loan to Twente to gain more experience when he was signed by Fred Rutten who had previously coached him at PSV Eindhoven. Rutten left the club to join Schalke 04 and was replaced by Steve McLaren soon after.

Vicenza

In February 2009, the last day of transfer window, Maaroufi was sold to Vicenza in joint-ownership bid. He picked up a knee injury which ruled him out of some games. He was released by Vicenza in mutual consent on 24 August 2009.

Bellinzona

On 31 August 2009, Maaroufi agreed a three-year contract with Swiss Super League outfit Bellinzona.