Youssef Safri
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 Safri in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ????–1996 | Rachad Bernoussi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Rachad Bernoussi | 23 | (1) |
| 1998–2001 | Raja CA | 101 | (11) |
| 2001–2004 | Coventry City | 98 | (1) |
| 2004–2007 | Norwich City | 92 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Southampton | 39 | (0) |
| 2008–2013 | Qatar SC | 90 | (8) |
| Total | 443 | (25) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | Morocco U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2000 | Morocco U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 1999–2009 | Morocco | 79 | (9) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2023 | Qatar SC | ||
| 2024–2025 | Qatar SC | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Youssef Safri (Arabic: يوسف سفري, born 3 January 1977) is a Moroccan football coach and former player.
Club career
[edit]Safri started his youth career at Rachad Bernoussi. The following year, he was promoted to the senior squad.[2] He was a midfielder best known for his passing and tackling ability.
In August 2001, he joined Coventry City[3] where he played until 2004, scoring once against Sheffield Wednesday.[4] In December 2003, he had come under fire after breaking the leg of Sunderland player Colin Healy.[5] The next season, he joined Norwich City for an initial fee of £500,000 in the summer of 2004, after the Canaries had been promoted to the Premier League.
Safri became popular among the Norwich fans towards the end of the 2004–05 campaign and during the 2005–06 season following a series of impressive performances. He scored a 40-yard strike against Shay Given of Newcastle United in April 2005 during the team's fight against relegation from the Premiership. Safri was linked with a move to Feyenoord in the summer of 2005, but stayed at Carrow Road.
Following the 3–1 defeat at Plymouth Argyle in September 2006, Safri and teammate Dickson Etuhu were reported to have traded punches on the team bus during their return journey to East Anglia, although these reports are now thought to have been discredited.[6] After Peter Grant was appointed Norwich manager in October 2006, Safri was not a regular selection. There was speculation that he would leave the club in January 2007, fuelled by his comments in the Eastern Daily Press on 29 December 2006 in which Safri indicated that he would seek a transfer if Grant continued to use him as a substitute. Safri remained at Carrow Road until the end of the 2006–07 season, but after falling out with manager Peter Grant, Grant stated in the press on 1 August that Safri would not play for the club again.[7]
On 2 August 2007 he signed for Norwich's championship rivals Southampton on a two-year contract for a fee rumoured to be of the order of £250,000. On 24 October 2007 he was sent off in the 90th minute of Southampton's away defeat to Bristol City, for a heavy tackle on Lee Johnson, whose subsequent reaction to Safri pushing him by all accounts was exaggerated, resulting in a straight Red.[8]
On 7 July 2008 he joined Qatar Sports Club in a £300,000 transfer.[9]
International career
[edit]Safri was a key player with the Moroccan national team during the 2004 African Nations Cup, and was a member of the national squad competing at 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Safri qualified to play for Scotland through a maternal grandparent, but decided to play for his native Morocco, stating concerns about the Scottish weather.
Coaching career
[edit]At the end of 2013 season he retired and started a role of assisting coach in his first club Raja CA. In the following 2015–16 season, he was assistant manager of Jamal Sellami at Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi.
In May 2018, Safri returned to Raja, again as assistant manager, this time under manager Juan Carlos Garrido.[10] Garrido was sacked on 28 January 2019, and Safri was appointed caretaker manager.[11] It lasted for two days, before Patrice Carteron was appointed. Safri however, left the club on 12 June 2019.[12] In November 2019, Safri returned to Raja CA. Coached Islam Under-17s to a league title in 2017-18 and won Manager of the season.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Coventry City | 2001–02 | Championship | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |
| 2002–03 | Championship | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Championship | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| Total | 91 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 1 | ||
| Norwich City | 2004–05 | Premier League | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 20 | 2 | |
| 2005–06 | Championship | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2006–07 | Championship | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | ||
| Total | 83 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 4 | ||
| Southampton | 2007–08 | Championship | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | |
| Qatar SC | 2008–09 | Qatar Stars League | 22 | 3 | Unknown | 22 | 3 | |||||
| 2009–10 | Qatar Stars League | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||||||
| 2010–11 | Qatar Stars League | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | |||||||
| 2011–12 | Qatar Stars League | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
| 2012–13 | Qatar Stars League | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 90 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 301 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 13 | ||
- ^ Includes FA Cup
- ^ Includes Football League Cup
International
[edit]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 14 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 9 | |
- Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Safri goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 October 2002 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco |  Equatorial Guinea | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification | [17] |
| 2 | 4 February 2004 | Sousse Olympic Stadium, Sousse, Tunisia |  South Africa | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2004 African Cup of Nations | [18] |
| 3 | 5 June 2004 | Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi |  Malawi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [19] |
| 4 | 4 June 2005 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | Malawi | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [20] |
| 5 | 7 June 2008 | Nouakchott Olympic Stadium, Nouakchott, Mauritania |  Mauritania | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [21] |
| 6 | 14 June 2008 | Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda |  Rwanda | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [22] |
| 7 | 21 June 2008 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco | Rwanda | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [23] |
| 8 | 20 August 2008 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco |  Benin | 2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly | [24] |
| 9 | 11 October 2008 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | Mauritania | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [25] |
Honours
[edit]- Raja CA
- Moroccan League: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
- CAF Champions League: 1999
- CAF Super Cup: 2000
- Qatar SC
- Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2009
Morocco
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up:2004[26]
References
[edit]- ^ "Youssef Safri profile". ESPN. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.
- ^ "EFFECTIF 1999". members.tripod.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Nixon, Alan (22 August 2001). "Tigana makes club-record £7.5m bid for Marlet". The Independent. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Coventry 2-0 Sheff Wed". BBC. 27 October 2001. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ "Sunderland fume at Safri". 9 December 2003. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Norwich Players Trade Blows After Defeat". Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2006.
- ^ "No way back for Safri". Retrieved 1 August 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bristol C 2 Saints 1". Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- ^ "Safri heading to Gulf". Sky Sports. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
- ^ Raja: Youssef Safri nommé entraîneur adjoint de Garrido Archived 6 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, sport24info.ma, 4 May 2018
- ^ Raja Casablanca sacks head coach Carlos Garrido, yabiladi.com, 29 January 2019
- ^ Officiel: Safri quitte le Raja Archived 6 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, sport24info.ma, 12 June 2019
- ^ Sellami et Safri au Raja, un come-back programmé ?, telquel.ma, 13 November 2019
- ^ "Youssef Safri » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Youssef Safri". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Youssef Safri - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Morocco v Equatorial Guinea, 13 October 2002". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Morocco - South Africa 1:1 (Africa Cup 2004 Tunisia, Group D)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Malawi v Morocco, 05 June 2004". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Morocco vs. Malawi". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Mauritania - Morocco 1:4 (WC Qualifiers Africa 2008/2009, Group 8)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Rwanda - Morocco 3:1 (WC Qualifiers Africa 2008/2009, Group 8)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Morocco - Rwanda 2:0 (WC Qualifiers Africa 2008/2009, Group 8)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Morocco vs. Benin". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Morocco - Mauritania 4:1 (WC Qualifiers Africa 2008/2009, Group 8)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "African Nations Cup 2004". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
External links
[edit]- Youssef Safri player profile at saintsfc.co.uk
- Youssef Safri player profile at canaries.co.uk
- Youssef Safri at Soccerbase
- BBC Sport – Safri signs for Southampton
Morocco squads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Footballers from Casablanca
- Morocco men's under-20 international footballers
- Morocco men's international footballers
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
- 2004 African Cup of Nations players
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
- Moroccan Muslims
- Moroccan emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in England
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Raja CA players
- CAF Champions League–winning players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Olympic footballers for Morocco
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Premier League players
- Qatar SC players
- Qatar Stars League players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Raja CA managers
- Moroccan expatriate football managers
- English Football League players
Safri in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ????–1996 | Rachad Bernoussi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Rachad Bernoussi | 23 | (1) |
| 1998–2001 | Raja CA | 101 | (11) |
| 2001–2004 | Coventry City | 98 | (1) |
| 2004–2007 | Norwich City | 92 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Southampton | 39 | (0) |
| 2008–2013 | Qatar SC | 90 | (8) |
| Total | 443 | (25) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | Morocco U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2000 | Morocco U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 1999–2009 | Morocco | 79 | (9) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2023 | Qatar SC | ||
| 2024–2025 | Qatar SC | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Youssef Safri (Arabic: يوسف سفري, born 3 January 1977) is a Moroccan football coach and former player.
Club career
Safri started his youth career at Rachad Bernoussi. The following year, he was promoted to the senior squad.[2] He was a midfielder best known for his passing and tackling ability.
In August 2001, he joined Coventry City[3] where he played until 2004, scoring once against Sheffield Wednesday.[4] In December 2003, he had come under fire after breaking the leg of Sunderland player Colin Healy.[5] The next season, he joined Norwich City for an initial fee of £500,000 in the summer of 2004, after the Canaries had been promoted to the Premier League.
Safri became popular among the Norwich fans towards the end of the 2004–05 campaign and during the 2005–06 season following a series of impressive performances. He scored a 40-yard strike against Shay Given of Newcastle United in April 2005 during the team's fight against relegation from the Premiership. Safri was linked with a move to Feyenoord in the summer of 2005, but stayed at Carrow Road.
Following the 3–1 defeat at Plymouth Argyle in September 2006, Safri and teammate Dickson Etuhu were reported to have traded punches on the team bus during their return journey to East Anglia, although these reports are now thought to have been discredited.[6] After Peter Grant was appointed Norwich manager in October 2006, Safri was not a regular selection. There was speculation that he would leave the club in January 2007, fuelled by his comments in the Eastern Daily Press on 29 December 2006 in which Safri indicated that he would seek a transfer if Grant continued to use him as a substitute. Safri remained at Carrow Road until the end of the 2006–07 season, but after falling out with manager Peter Grant, Grant stated in the press on 1 August that Safri would not play for the club again.[7]
On 2 August 2007 he signed for Norwich's championship rivals Southampton on a two-year contract for a fee rumoured to be of the order of £250,000. On 24 October 2007 he was sent off in the 90th minute of Southampton's away defeat to Bristol City, for a heavy tackle on Lee Johnson, whose subsequent reaction to Safri pushing him by all accounts was exaggerated, resulting in a straight Red.[8]
On 7 July 2008 he joined Qatar Sports Club in a £300,000 transfer.[9]
International career
Safri was a key player with the Moroccan national team during the 2004 African Nations Cup, and was a member of the national squad competing at 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Safri qualified to play for Scotland through a maternal grandparent, but decided to play for his native Morocco, stating concerns about the Scottish weather.
Coaching career
At the end of 2013 season he retired and started a role of assisting coach in his first club Raja CA. In the following 2015–16 season, he was assistant manager of Jamal Sellami at Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi.
In May 2018, Safri returned to Raja, again as assistant manager, this time under manager Juan Carlos Garrido.[10] Garrido was sacked on 28 January 2019, and Safri was appointed caretaker manager.[11] It lasted for two days, before Patrice Carteron was appointed. Safri however, left the club on 12 June 2019.[12] In November 2019, Safri returned to Raja CA. Coached Islam Under-17s to a league title in 2017-18 and won Manager of the season.[13]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Coventry City | 2001–02 | Championship | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |
| 2002–03 | Championship | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Championship | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| Total | 91 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 1 | ||
| Norwich City | 2004–05 | Premier League | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 20 | 2 | |
| 2005–06 | Championship | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2006–07 | Championship | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | ||
| Total | 83 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 4 | ||
| Southampton | 2007–08 | Championship | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | |
| Qatar SC | 2008–09 | Qatar Stars League | 22 | 3 | Unknown | 22 | 3 | |||||
| 2009–10 | Qatar Stars League | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||||||
| 2010–11 | Qatar Stars League | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | |||||||
| 2011–12 | Qatar Stars League | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
| 2012–13 | Qatar Stars League | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 90 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 301 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 13 | ||
- ^ Includes FA Cup
- ^ Includes Football League Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 14 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 9 | |
- Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Safri goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 October 2002 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco |  Equatorial Guinea | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification | [17] |
| 2 | 4 February 2004 | Sousse Olympic Stadium, Sousse, Tunisia |  South Africa | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2004 African Cup of Nations | [18] |
| 3 | 5 June 2004 | Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi |  Malawi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [19] |
| 4 | 4 June 2005 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | Malawi | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [20] |
| 5 | 7 June 2008 | Nouakchott Olympic Stadium, Nouakchott, Mauritania |  Mauritania | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [21] |
| 6 | 14 June 2008 | Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda |  Rwanda | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [22] |
| 7 | 21 June 2008 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco | Rwanda | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [23] |
| 8 | 20 August 2008 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco |  Benin | 2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly | [24] |
| 9 | 11 October 2008 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | Mauritania | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [25] |
Honours
- Raja CA
- Moroccan League: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
- CAF Champions League: 1999
- CAF Super Cup: 2000
- Qatar SC
- Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2009
Morocco
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up:2004[26]
References
- ^ "Youssef Safri profile". ESPN. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.
- ^ "EFFECTIF 1999". members.tripod.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Nixon, Alan (22 August 2001). "Tigana makes club-record £7.5m bid for Marlet". The Independent. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Coventry 2-0 Sheff Wed". BBC. 27 October 2001. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ "Sunderland fume at Safri". 9 December 2003. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Norwich Players Trade Blows After Defeat". Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2006.
- ^ "No way back for Safri". Retrieved 1 August 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bristol C 2 Saints 1". Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- ^ "Safri heading to Gulf". Sky Sports. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
- ^ Raja: Youssef Safri nommé entraîneur adjoint de Garrido Archived 6 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, sport24info.ma, 4 May 2018
- ^ Raja Casablanca sacks head coach Carlos Garrido, yabiladi.com, 29 January 2019
- ^ Officiel: Safri quitte le Raja Archived 6 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, sport24info.ma, 12 June 2019
- ^ Sellami et Safri au Raja, un come-back programmé ?, telquel.ma, 13 November 2019
- ^ "Youssef Safri » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Youssef Safri". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Youssef Safri - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Morocco v Equatorial Guinea, 13 October 2002". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Morocco - South Africa 1:1 (Africa Cup 2004 Tunisia, Group D)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Malawi v Morocco, 05 June 2004". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Morocco vs. Malawi". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Mauritania - Morocco 1:4 (WC Qualifiers Africa 2008/2009, Group 8)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Rwanda - Morocco 3:1 (WC Qualifiers Africa 2008/2009, Group 8)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Morocco - Rwanda 2:0 (WC Qualifiers Africa 2008/2009, Group 8)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Morocco vs. Benin". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Morocco - Mauritania 4:1 (WC Qualifiers Africa 2008/2009, Group 8)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "African Nations Cup 2004". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
External links
- Youssef Safri player profile at saintsfc.co.uk
- Youssef Safri player profile at canaries.co.uk
- Youssef Safri at Soccerbase
- BBC Sport – Safri signs for Southampton
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