Born and raised in Pontoise to Moroccan parents, Harit acquired French nationality on 27 August 2003, through the collective effect of his parents' naturalization.[3]
Club career
Nantes
Harit made his debut for the Ligue 1 side on 13 August 2016 against Dijon. He played the whole match in a 1–0 away win.[4]
On 10 July 2017, Schalke 04 announced the signing of Harit on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Nantes was reported as €8 million, which could rise to €10 million with bonuses.[5] He made his debut for the German club on 14 August in a DFB-Pokal against BFC Dynamo. He started the match and came off at halftime of a 2–0 away win.[6]
On 25 November 2017, Harit scored his first ever Bundesliga goal against Ruhr rivals Borussia Dortmund as Schalke overturned a 4–0 deficit to a 4–4 draw in a historic Revierderby match.[citation needed] He was named Bundesliga 'Rookie of the Month' for December 2017,[7] going on to take the 'Bundesliga Rookie of the Year' award for the 2017–18 season. In June 2018, Harit and his younger brother, were both involved in a road traffic accident which resulted in the death of a 28 year old pedestrian. The Morocco international was later sentenced to a four-month suspended sentence and a fine of approximately 8,600 dirhams (Euros 780).[8]
On 11 December 2019, Harit extended his contract with Schalke for a further three years, until 2024.[9]
Marseille
On 2 September 2021, it was announced that Harit was loaned out to Ligue 1 club Marseille for the 2021–22 Ligue 1 season.[10] He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 Ligue 1 away win over Monaco, delivering an assist for the second goal.[11] In the following match, against Rennes, Harit came on in the 59th minute and scored 12 minutes later, his first goal with OM.[12] On 20 April 2022, he scored the winning goal in a 3–2 home win over his former club Nantes.[13]
On 1 September 2022, Harit joined Marseille again for a season-long loan, this time with an option to make the move permanent.[14] On 7 November, his transfer to OM was made permanent for a fee in the region of €5 million.[15] After having made his 15th appearance of the season, an obligation-to-buy clause in his contract was triggered.[16]
Harit played for the France national youth teams starting from the France U18s until the France U21s. He is Moroccan by descent, and refused a call up to the Morocco U19s in October 2015.[17] He even went to play for France again. However, on 12 September 2017, Harit decided to switch his allegiance to the Morocco national team.[18]
On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[21][22] On 13 November, he sustained a knee injury which ruled him out of the World Cup.[23]
On 17 October 2023, Harit scored his first goal for the national team in a 3–0 victory against Liberia.[24][25]
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^"JORF n° 0198 du 28 août 2003 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 14674. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
^"Dijon vs. Nantes - 13 August 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^"Alles klar: Schalke schnappt sich Harit". kicker Online (in German). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
^"BFC Dynamo vs. Schalke 04 - 14 August 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
^"Schalke's Amine Harit named TAG Heuer Rookie of the Month for December". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ a b"Schalke's Amine Harit has passport confiscated over fatal road accident". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
^"Amine Harit extends Schalke contract". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^"Mercato - OM : Le message fort d'Amine Harit après ses grands débuts !". Le 10 Sport (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^"Rennes - Marseille : les notes du match". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^Soyer, Julien (21 April 2022). "FC Nantes. Amine Harit : " L'OM a du cœur cette saison "" [FC Nantes. Amine Harit: "OM has heart this season"]. Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^"Amine Harit joins Marseille on loan". FC Schalke 04. 1 September 2022.
^"Amine Harit's Marseille move becomes permanent after clause activated – Get French Football News". Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^SANE, Maïmouna (8 November 2022). "OM : C'est signé, Amine Harit nouvelle recrue (Officiel)". Africa Top Sports (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^"Liste des joueurs convoquées au stage de l'Equipe Nationale des U19 | الموقع الرسمي للجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم". Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^"Harit switches from France to Morocco". 12 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^"Maroc vs. Gabon - 7 October 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
^"Boufal left out by Morocco after Southampton fallout". Reuters. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^"Morocco World Cup 2022 squad: Who's in and who's out? | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^"Moroccan coach unveils list of 26 Atlas Lions in 2022 World Cup". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^"'It was meant to be' - Amine Harit's eerie comments days before injury ruled him out of World Cup". Goal.com. 13 November 2022.
^"CAN 2023 Qualifiers: Morocco beat Liberia (3-0) topping Group K". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^"Morocco sign off qualifying campaign with home win against Liberia". CAF. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^"A. Harit". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
^Amine Harit at National-Football-Teams.com
^ a b"Technical Reportfinals" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
^"Sellami, Azaro, Harit, Eto'o: Les gagnants des Mars d'Or 2018 !". 20 March 2018.
^"Amine Harit: Morocco international wins Bundesliga Player of the Month award". BBC Sport. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.