Merwan Ifnaoui

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Merwan Ifnaoui
File:Red Star-Ajaccio, 26-08-2024, Merwan Ifnaoui (cropped).jpg
Ifnaoui with Red Star in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Colombes, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Troyes
Number 10
Youth career
La Garenne-Colombes
Asnières
Red Star
Gennevilliers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Gennevilliers
2019–2020 Lagoa
2020–2023 Racing Club de France 39 (12)
2023–2025 Red Star 81 (5)
2025– Troyes 14 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:01, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Merwan Ifnaoui (born 22 October 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Troyes.[2]

Career

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Born in Colombes, France,[1] Ifnaoui grew up in the Agnettes neighbourhood of Gennevilliers.[3] He played youth football for La Garenne-Colombes, Asnières and Red Star before returning to Gennevilliers at U19 level, where he captained the team in the 2018–19 season.[3] He had a stint with a Portuguese club in Lagoa, Azores.[3]

From 2020 Ifnaoui played for Racing Club de France.[3] He contributed seven goals and seven assists in the first half of the 2022–23 season with the club being in contention for promotion to Championnat National.[3]

Ifnaoui joined Red Star of the third-tier Championnat National in February 2023.[3] The transfer fee paid to Racing Club de France Football was reported as €50,000.[3]

During October 2023 he made three assists scoring once and was nominated for the player of the month award.[3] On 11 May 2024, the French Football Federation awarded him the title of best player in the Championnat National for the 2023–24 season.[4] At the time, he had scored three goals and provided seven assists in 32 league appearances.[4]

On 27 June 2025, Ifnaoui signed a two-year contract with Troyes.[5]

Personal life

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Born in France, Ifnaoui is of Moroccan descent.[6]

Career statistics

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As of match played 26 August 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coupe de France Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing Club de France 2020–21 Championnat National 3 3 0 — 3 0
2021–22 Championnat National 3 22 5 — 22 5
2022–23 Championnat National 2 14 7 — 14 7
Total 39 12 — 39 12
Red Star 2022–23 Championnat National 14 0 — 14 0
2023–24 Championnat National 33 3 1 0 34 3
2024–25 Ligue 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 39 3 1 0 40 3
Career total 78 15 1 0 79 15

Honours

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Racing Club de France

Red Star

Individual

  • Championnat National best player: 2023–24[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Merwan Ifnaoui at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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