Ibrahim Afellay: biography, football career, personal life

Ibrahim Afellay is a talented player, whose career started in the Spanish "Barcelona". Footballer is equally effective on the position of both the attacker and the attacking midfielder. The main quality of Affelaya is the ability to conduct a dynamic game, to demonstrate effective dribbling, to give accurate, impetuous transfers to partners, speeding up the course of the fight.

early years

Professional career started for Afellay in the football academy of the Dutch club "YUSV Elinkwijk". In the season 1996/1997 the young player signed a preliminary contract with the leadership of the "PSV Eindhoven" team. He made his debut for the club from the Major League footballer in 2004, appearing on the field from the bench in the cup match against NAK Breda. For the first time in the championship Ibrahim Afellay played for Eindhoven on February 14 in the confrontation with Twente.

The real success came to the player after the meeting of "PSV" against "Feyenoord". Caught in the starting lineup, Ibrahim Afellay signed at the opponent's goal with two goals scored and made a good impression on the coaching staff of the team.

In November 2010, the Dutch press increasingly began to appear information about the interest in the young player from the leading European clubs. The most likely new place of work for the midfielder was considered the highest Spanish division.

Going to Barcelona

At the beginning of the 2010/2011 season, the Spanish champion officially announced that he had reached an agreement with PSV Eindhoven on the transfer of a talented midfielder. Soon, Ibrahim Affalay arrived in Barcelona for a medical examination. The term of the agreement was calculated for 4.5 years, and the amount prescribed in the contract amounted to 3 million euros.

In the midst of the 2011/2012 season, Ibrahim Affelai suffered an unpleasant injury. Doctors diagnosed the player with a cruciate ligament injury. Football player was immediately performed a complicated operation. In the subsequent recovery took more than six months.

After the recovery of the case of a young guy in the "Barcelona" went not the best way. A talented and still promising midfielder was rarely on the field. And it was released mainly for replacement. Soon Ibrahim Afellay began to think about changing the club.

Performances for Schalke 04

Ibrahim Afellay, whose goals remained in the past, managed to achieve the conclusion of a profitable contract with one of the best clubs of the German league - "Schalke". Here, the Dutch midfielder moved on loan.

In October 2012, Ibrahim Afellay not only celebrated the debut goal for the new team, but also did it in the Champions League match. Subsequently, the successful midfielder's game allowed the club to move far enough in the prestigious tournament.

In 2013, the management of the team received information that the club does not intend to buy a football player from the "Barcelona". Thus, at the end of the lease agreement, the guy was forced to return to the ranks of the Spanish champion.

Transfer to Stoke City

At the beginning of the season 2014/2015 Afellay was still not a place in the "Barcelona". Therefore, the club decided to send the player to rent. Ibrahim's new temporary team was the Greek Olympiakos. However, here the midfielder stayed only for six months.

Not wanting to "warm up" the bench in Barcelona, the player turned for help to his own agent in order to find a club for an adequate continuation of his career. Soon interest to the player showed the leadership of the team, "Stoke City", which performed in the English Premier League. After some time, the official transfer Afellay to the new club, where in the future he managed to firmly gain a foothold in the starting lineup to the position of midfielder.

Currently, Ibrahim continues to successfully perform for the English club. To date, on the account of the player 31 played a match and 2 goals scored in the championship.

Ibrahim Afellay: personal life

Footballer has the glory of an extremely decent and exemplary guy. Probably, the blame for all strict Islamic education, which was practiced in the player's family from an early age.

Even after moving to England and successfully continuing his career in Stoke City, Afellay was not seen in a single scandal, which regularly involved well-known football players. Quite often a guy can be seen at parties and social events. The player does not stay with celebrities and tries to lead the life of an average person.

Ibrahim spends his free time with his family and his girlfriend Dorian Rose Duinker. Occasionally it can be seen in the company with colleagues in the football "shop" Boyan Krkic and Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

Today, the state of Afellay is estimated at 7 million euros. The player managed to accumulate the major share of capital even during the performances for "Barcelona". However, despite the impressive cash reserve, Ibrahim does not have a business and a collection of expensive cars. According to official information, the only expensive property of the football player is the house in Athens.