1. Tarik Elyounoussi started playing football in the club Nylende in Fredrikstad, and then joined Trosvik, in which many of the young players in the Fredrikstad youth team have their roots.
12 Facts About Tarik Elyounoussi
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Tarik Elyounoussi was considered to be the greatest talent Fredrikstad has produced in decades.
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Tarik Elyounoussi was sought after by various Premier League clubs in the summer of 2008.
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Tarik Elyounoussi scored in his debut match against FC Volendam.
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Tarik Elyounoussi netted an important equalizer for Heerenveen in their first round UEFA Cup match away against Vitoria FC, and his second league goal came against NEC Nijmegen.
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On 7 January 2011, Tarik Elyounoussi returned to Fredrikstad FK and Tippeligaen.
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Tarik Elyounoussi signed for Rosenborg on 9 August 2012, binding him to the club to the end of the 2015 season.
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Tarik Elyounoussi left Shonan at the end of the 2023 season, having scored five goals in 103 appearances for the Japanese club.
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Tarik Elyounoussi scored on his debut for the national team against Uruguay on 28 May 2008 after only four minutes on the pitch; this was one of the fastest ever debut goal on the national team.
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Tarik Elyounoussi scored his second national team goal on 15 January 2012, in the opening match of 2012 King's Cup against Denmark, which was his fifth cap for Norway.
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Tarik Elyounoussi was born in Al Hoceima, Morocco and he chose to represents the Norway national team.
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Tarik Elyounoussi is the cousin of Mohamed Tarik Elyounoussi, who is a Norwegian international footballer.