Ilyas Chouaref

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Ilyas Chouaref
Chouaref with Sion in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Châteauroux, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Sion
Number 7
Youth career
2006–2018 Châteauroux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Châteauroux II 28 (9)
2018–2022 Châteauroux 73 (4)
2022– Sion 122 (16)
International career‡
2019 France U19 1 (0)
2025– Malta 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:15, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:50, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Ilyas Chouaref (born 12 December 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Sion. Born in France, he plays for the Malta national team.

Club career

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Chouaref is a youth product of LB Châteauroux. He made his debut with them in a 2–1 Ligue 2 loss to Le Havre AC on 4 December 2018.[1] On 1 October 2019, he signed a professional contract with the club.[2]

On 12 June 2022, Chouaref transferred to Sion in Switzerland.[3]

International career

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Born in France, Chouaref is of Moroccan and Maltese descent. He was a youth international for France.[4] On 18 February 2025, Bjorn Vassallo, president of the Malta FA confirmed that Chouaref had obtained Maltese citizenship.[5]

On 21 March 2025, Chouaref made his debut for Malta against Finland in a World Cup qualifying match, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 loss.[6]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 16 December 2025[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
LB Châteauroux 2018–19 Ligue 2 11 1 1 0 – – 12 1
2019–20 Ligue 2 22 2 1 0 – – 23 2
2020–21 Ligue 2 34 1 1 0 – – 35 1
2021–22 National 6 0 0 0 – – 6 0
Total 73 4 3 0 — — 76 4
FC Sion 2022–23 Super League 32 1 4 1 – 2[b] 0 38 2
2023–24 Challenge League 35 6 4 1 – – 39 7
2024–25 Super League 37 6 3 0 – – 40 6
2025–26 Super League 18 3 3 1 – – 20 3
Total 122 16 14 3 — 2 0 138 19
Total 194 19 15 2 — 2 0 211!21

International

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As of match played 17 November 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Malta 2025 8 0
Total 8 0

Personal life

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His elder half-brother Hamza Sakhi is also a footballer.[8][9]

Notes

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  1. ^ includes Coupe de France and Swiss Cup
  2. ^ appearances in Swiss Super League Relegation play-off

References

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