Mohamed Amissi

Mohamed Amissi
Personal information
Date of birth	3 August 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Brussels, Belgium
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Modern Sport
Youth career
	Beerschot
0000–2014	Anderlecht
2014–2019	NAC Breda
2019–2020	Heracles Almelo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–2022	Heracles Almelo
2022–2023	Roda JC Kerkrade
2023	União de Leiria
2023–2024	Baladiyat El Mahalla
2024–	Modern Sport
International career‡
2019	Burundi U20
2019–	Burundi
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2023

Mohamed Amissi (born 3 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Burundi national team.

Club career

On 13 August 2019, Amissi signed a two-year contract with an option for one further season with Heracles Almelo.^[1]

On 31 January 2022, Amissi moved to Roda on a 1.5-year contract.^[2] On 18 January 2023, Amissi's contract with Roda was terminated by mutual consent.^[3]

On 23 January 2023, Portugal's Liga 3 side União de Leiria announced the signing of Amissi on a two-and-a-half-year contract.^[4] On 6 August 2023, after making just 5 appearances for the club, Leiria announced that Amissi's contract had been terminated by mutual agreement.^[5] Later that month, he moved to Egypt to play for Baladiyat El Mahalla, followed by Modern Sport a year later.^[6]

International career

He made his Burundi national team debut on 11 June 2019 in a friendly against Algeria, as a 58th-minute substitute for Hussein Shabani.^[7] He had not played on the senior level in club football at that point.

Amissi played for the national team in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the first continental tournament in their history.^[8]

References

^ HERACLES ALMELO LEGT MO AMISSI VAST, heracles.nl, 13 August 2019
^ "MOHAMED AMISSI VERSTERKT RODA JC OP DEADLINE DAY" (Press release) (in Dutch). Roda. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "RODA JC EN MOHAMED AMISSI IN GOED OVERLEG UIT ELKAAR" (in Dutch). Roda. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^ "Mo Amissi é o novo reforço da UD Leiria" [Mo Amissi is UD Leiria's new reinforcement]. uniaodeleiria.pt (in European Portuguese). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
^ "Comunicado: Mohamed Amissi" [Announcement: Mohamed Amissi]. uniaodeleiria.pt (in European Portuguese). 6 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
^ "Modern Future sign ex-Arsenal youngster & Ghana captain among 15 names". KingFut. 6 September 2024.
^ "Algeria v Burundi game report". Soccerway. 11 June 2019.
^ "Burundi reveal squad for historic first AFCON appearance". 11 June 2019.

External links

Mohamed Amissi at Soccerway
Mohamed Amissi at National-Football-Teams.com
Mohamed Amissi at WorldFootball.net
Mohamed Amissi at Heracles Almelo's website

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[1] HERACLES ALMELO LEGT MO AMISSI VAST, heracles.nl, 13 August 2019

[2] "MOHAMED AMISSI VERSTERKT RODA JC OP DEADLINE DAY" (Press release) (in Dutch). Roda. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[3] "RODA JC EN MOHAMED AMISSI IN GOED OVERLEG UIT ELKAAR" (in Dutch). Roda. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

[4] "Mo Amissi é o novo reforço da UD Leiria" [Mo Amissi is UD Leiria's new reinforcement]. uniaodeleiria.pt (in European Portuguese). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

[5] "Comunicado: Mohamed Amissi" [Announcement: Mohamed Amissi]. uniaodeleiria.pt (in European Portuguese). 6 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

[6] "Modern Future sign ex-Arsenal youngster & Ghana captain among 15 names". KingFut. 6 September 2024.

[7] "Algeria v Burundi game report". Soccerway. 11 June 2019.

[8] "Burundi reveal squad for historic first AFCON appearance". 11 June 2019.

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