Amine Harit

Amine Harit (أمين حارث; born 18 June 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Marseille. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Early life
Born and raised in Pontoise to Moroccan parents, Harit acquired French nationality on 27 August 2003, through the collective effect of his parents' naturalization.

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.

Schalke 04
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. 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.

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. He was named Bundesliga 'Rookie of the Month' for December 2017, 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).

On 11 December 2019, Harit extended his contract with Schalke for a further three years, until 2024.

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. He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 Ligue 1 away win over Monaco, delivering an assist for the second goal. In the following match, against Rennes, Harit came on in the 59th minute and scored 12 minutes later, his first goal with OM. On 20 April 2022, he scored the winning goal in a 3–2 home win over his former club Nantes.

On 1 September 2022, Harit joined Marseille again for a season-long loan, this time with an option to make the move permanent. On 7 November, his transfer to OM was made permanent for a fee in the region of €5 million. After having made his 15th appearance of the season, an obligation-to-buy clause in his contract was triggered.

International career
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. He even went to play for France again. However, on 12 September 2017, Harit decided to switch his allegiance to the Morocco national team.

On 7 October 2017, Harit made his international debut for Morocco in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Gabon at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, replacing Nordin Amrabat in the 90th minute of the 3–0 victory.

In May 2018, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. On 13 November, he sustained a knee injury which ruled him out of the World Cup.

On 17 October 2023, Harit scored his first goal for the national team in a 3–0 victory against Liberia.

International
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.

Honours
France U19 Individual
 * UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2016
 * UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016
 * Bundesliga Rookie of the Year: 2017–18
 * Mars d'Or (Moroccan Youth Player of the Year): 2018
 * Bundesliga Player of the Month: September 2019
 * UEFA Europa League top assist provider: 2023–24