Merwan Ifnaoui

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

Merwan Ifnaoui

Ifnaoui with Red Star in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Colombes, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Red Star
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–	Red Star	39	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:04, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Career

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]

Career statistics

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

Racing Club de France

• Championnat National 3: 2021–22^[5]

Red Star

• Championnat National: 2023–24^[6]

Individual

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