Mohamed Abarhoun

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Mohamed Abarhoun
Abarhoun playing for Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-05-03)3 May 1989
Place of birth Tétouan, Morocco
Date of death 2 December 2020(2020-12-02) (aged 31)
Place of death Turkey
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2017 Moghreb Tétouan 164 (7)
2017–2019 Moreirense 37 (1)
2019–2020 Çaykur Rizespor 36 (3)
Total 237 (11)
International career
Morocco U20
2012 Morocco U23 3 (0)
2013–2014 Morocco 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamed Abarhoun (3 May 1989 – 2 December 2020) was a Moroccan professional footballer who played as a defender. He played domestic football for hometown club Moghreb Tétouan, Portuguese club Moreirense, and Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor. Aberhoun also represented Morocco at under-20, under-23 and senior level. He died of stomach cancer at the age of 31.

Club career

Abarhoun was born in Tétouan, Morocco on 3 May 1989. He played as a centre-back for local club Moghreb Tétouan between 2010 and 2017. He was hailed as part of the club's "golden generation" that won the Botola Pro 1 league in 2012 and 2014 and took part in the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.[2] He made 164 league appearances for the club and scored 7 goals.[1]

Abarhoun joined Portuguese Primeira Liga club Moreirense in 2017.[2] He made 23 league and 5 cup appearances for the club in the 2017–18 season, and 14 league and 1 cup appearance in the 2018–19 season.[3] Abarhoun was the preferred starting centre-back for the club in the first part of the season.[4]

Abarhoun joined Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor in January 2019 on an 18 month initial contract.[2][5][6] The transfer fee generated €200,000 for Moreirense.[4] Rizespor manager Okan Buruk stated that Abarhoun was brought in to bolster the club's defence during their fight to avoid relegation from the Süper Lig.[6] Aberhoun played in 16 league games for Rizespor that season and the club finished mid-table in 11th position.[7][3] Abarhoun made 20 league for Rizespor in the 2019–20 season before illness ended his career.[3] His last match was a 2–1 defeat at home to İstanbul Başakşehir on 24 February 2020.[8] He also made one cup appearance, during a 2-1 loss away to Galatasaray in the second leg of the 8th round of the Turkish Cup on 23 January 2020.[3]

International career

Abarhoun played nine games for the Morocco U20 team and eight for the Morocco U23 team, including three at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][9] He made his senior international debut in 2013 and went on to earn seven international caps.[1]

Illness and death

In February 2020 Abarhoun reported feeling sick prior to a league match against Trabzonspor. He was taken to Istanbul's Acıbadem Hospital and was diagnosed with diagnosed with stomach cancer.[10][11][12] In June 2020 a Rizespor spokesman claimed that Abarhoun was seriously ill and expected that he would not return to playing football.[13] He was released by Rizespor at the end of the season, but continued to receive financial support from the club for his condition.[10][11]

Abarhoun announced that he was recovering and feeling better in October 2020 and was hopeful of a return to football, but he died of the disease on 2 December 2020, at the age of 31.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mohamed Abarhoun". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e Hatim, Yahia (2 December 2020). "Moroccan Football Player Mohamed Abarhoun Dies From Cancer at 31". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Mohamed Abarhoun at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b Fonseca, Marta (4 February 2019). "Moreirense perde Loum mas ganha Camará". ComUM (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Çaykur Rizespor, Mohamed Aberhoune ile anlaştı" (in Turkish). Haber Turk. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Mohamed Abarhoun signe en Turquie". Le360 Sport (in French). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Summary - Süper Lig - Turkey". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Maroc / Foot : l'international Mohamed Abarhoun est mort". L-FRII (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  9. ^ Mohamed Abarhoun – FIFA competition record (archived)
  10. ^ a b "Son dakika: Çaykur Rizespor Mohamed Abarhoun'un hayatını kaybettiğini açıkladı". Yeni Çağ Gazetesi. 2 December 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Mohamed Abarhoun, 31 yaşında hayatını kaybetti". NTVSpor.net.
  12. ^ "Çaykur Rizespor'dan Mohamed Abarhoun açıklaması". Haber7 (in Turkish). 5 March 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Çaykur Rizesporlu Abarhoun'un Futbol Hayatı Tehlikede". Rizedeyiz (in Turkish). 20 June 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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