Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 July 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Sidi Belyout, Casablanca, Morocco | ||
Date of death | 2 November 2023 | (aged 24)||
Place of death | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | Mohammed VI Football Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2019 | Strasbourg B | 12 | (0) |
2019–2020 | FUS Rabat | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Angers B | 1 | (0) |
2021–2023 | → Avranches (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2021–2023 | → Avranches B (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2023 | Wydad Casablanca | 0 | (0) |
Total | 37 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Oussama Falouh ( Arabic: أسامة فلوح; 12 July 1999 – 2 November 2023) was a Moroccan footballer who played as a left-back. He played for a number of Moroccan and French clubs, and for the Morocco U23 national team. Falouh died on 2 November 2023 of injuries he sustained in a car crash the previous month.
Born on 12 July 1999, [1] Oussama was a product of the Mohammed VI Football Academy. He joined the B-team of French side RC Strasbourg in 2018. In 2019, he was transferred to Botola side FUS Rabat. He returned to France and joined Angers of Ligue 1 in July 2020, [2] [3] on a three-year deal. [4] He was loaned to Avranches of the third-tier Championnat National in July 2021 and again a year later. [5] [6] In the summer of 2023, Wydad Casablanca signed Falouh. [7]
On 11 October 2023, Falouh was seriously injured in a car crash involving a truck in Casablanca. Falouh, a passenger in the car, suffered multiple brain haemorrhages, a broken neck and thorax, entered a coma and was immediately admitted to intensive care. He would later be transferred to another healthcare facility by the club's officials. [8] [9] In the late hours of 2 November 2023, the club announced Oussama's death from his injuries. He was 24. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]