Ilyas Chouaref
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Chouaref with Sion in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 December 2000 | ||
| 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) |
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* 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
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
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
Club
- As of match played 16 December 2025[7]
| 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
- As of match played 17 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | 2025 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
Personal life
His elder half-brother Hamza Sakhi is also a footballer.[8][9]
Notes
- ^ includes Coupe de France and Swiss Cup
- ^ appearances in Swiss Super League Relegation play-off
References
- ^ "Le Havre vs. Châteauroux - 4 December 2018 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "Cette fois c'est officiel, Ilyas Chouaref passe professionnel à Châteauroux !". MaLigue2. 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Ilyas Chouaref est valaisan !" (in French). Sion. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ Diallo, Mouhamed (12 June 2020). "Une pépite marocaine de 19 ans dans le viseur de l'AS Saint-Etienne".
- ^ Malta National Teams Press Conference 🇲🇹 ⚽ | Malta National Teams Press Conference 🇲🇹 ⚽ | By Malta Football Association – 1900 | Facebook. Retrieved 18 February 2025 – via facebook.com.
- ^ "Malta-Finland | European Qualifiers 2026 | UEFA.com". Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ "Ilyas Chouaref Stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ Bouali, Julien Ben (16 January 2021). "Avant AJA-Châteauroux, Sakhi-Chouaref : "Sur le terrain, on est adversaires avant d'être frères"" [Before AJA-Châteauroux, Sakhi-Chouaref: "On the ground, we are adversaries before being brothers"]. Le Berry Républicain (in French). Le Berry (Groupe Centre-France). Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Auxerre - Berrichonne : le match d'une vie pour Hamza Sakhi" [Auxerre - Berrichonne : le match d'une vie pour Hamza Sakhi] (in French). Le Nouvelle Republique. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
External links
- Ilyas Chouaref at Soccerway
- Ilyas Chouaref at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Ilyas Chouaref at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)