Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui is popularly known as Marouane Fellaini who is a professional Belgian football player. He plays for club known as Shandong Taishan F.C. Football Club and Belgium national team. His playing position is Midfielder. His shirt number is 25. His nickname is Giraffro. Adnan Januzaj and Fellainiar best friends. He is an amazing and brilliant football player.

Early Life

Marouane was born in 22^nd November 1987. His birth place is Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium. His parents are Abdellatif Fellaini who is a goalkeeper of Raja Casablanca and mother name is Hafida Fellaini. He has two brothers Mansour Fellaini and Hamza Fellaini. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. His nationality is Belgium.

Early Career

Fellaini began his professional football career in 2006 at the age of 19 in Standard Liege. He won the Belgium first division with his team and awards as the league’s best player.  He made 84 times appearance in two seasons and score 11 goals. After the end of season, Fellaini moved to Everton in September, 2008 and made his debut against Stoke City in 14^th September, 2008. In 5^th October, 2008, he scored his first goal in a match against Newcastle United. In 2008-09 season, he scored 9 goals for the club. He appears in 141 games and scored 25 goals in five successive seasons.

Later on, he moved to Manchester City in 2^nd September, 2013. He made his official club debut on 14^th September 2013 in a match against Crystal Palace. In 20^th October 2014, he scored his first competitive goal against West Bromwich Albion under a new management of Louis Van Gaal. He made improvement in his stat than the previous season.

International Career

Marouane has played from the Belgium national team. He scored his first national goal against Portugal in UEFA Euro 2008 qualification match.He made his seven appearances in Belgium’s 2014 World Cup qualification campaign. In 4^th June 2014, Marouane is selected as a part of Belgium’s 23-man squad for 2014 FIFA World Cup. In 17^th June 2014, the match against Algeria Fellaini came as on second-half Substitute. He was named in the starting line-up against Russia in 22^nd June 2014. Belgium was defeated by Argentina in Brazil in quarter final.

During qualification for UEFA Euro Cup 206, Fellaini scored two goals against Cyprus which makes the team victory. After that, they again won against Israel. In 7^th June 2015, he scored two opening goals against France at the State De France. He scored his sixth goal in four international appearances against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 2018 World Cup, Fellaini scored a goal which makes an equalizing goal against Japan in a round of 16.

Personal Life

Fellaini is unmarried but he was in love with Lara Binet. His height is 6 feet 4 inch and weight is 85 kg. His net worth is $30 million and salary is 5.2 Million Pound annual. His earning sources are national team, club deals, sponsorship deals and business. His car collections are Audi-A7 and ML-SUV Mercedes.