Ibrahim Salah (footballer, born 2001)
Ibrahim Salah (; born 30 August 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Ligue 1 club Rennes. Born in Belgium, he is a youth international for Morocco. Club career

Gent
A youth product of Union Saint-Gilloise and Beerschot, In 2020 he was set to join Leicester City but the move failed for administrative reasons. Salah joined the youth academy of Gent on 28 May 2021. He signed his first professional contract with the club on 27 December 2021. In the summer of 2022, he started training with the senior team in preparation for the 2022–23 season. He made his senior and Belgian First Division A debut with the club as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Westerlo on 7 August 2022. In the opening months of the 2022–23 season Gent head coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck
gave young players the chance to play in the first team such as Salah, Malick Fofana and Noah De Ridder. Salah and Fofana made their debut in that same game together against Westerloo. Vanhaezebrouck praised Salah for his efforts in training and said his standard was high enough to send a message to the more experienced players, and that he earned his place on merit. Rennes
On 31 January 2023, Salah joined Ligue 1 side Rennes. He scored his first goal for the club on 23 February 2023 as a substitute in a 2–1 home win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Europa League knockout round play-offs, a 106th-minute goal that put Rennes ahead on aggregate. However, his team eventually lost in a penalty shoot-out after Shakhtar Donetsk equalized later in extra time. On 12 August 2023, he scored his first two Ligue 1 goals in a 5–1 home win over Metz. International career
Born in Belgium, Salah is of Moroccan descent. He was called up to the Morocco U23s for a training camp in November 2022. In June 2023, he was included in the final squad of the under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Morocco itself, where the Atlas Lions won their first title and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. In August 2023, Salah was called up for the first time to join the Moroccan senior national team, for the upcoming games against Liberia and Burkina Faso. Honours 
Morocco U23

 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations: 2023

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2001 births
Living people
People from Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Moroccan men's footballers
Morocco men's youth international footballers
Belgian men's footballers
Belgian sportspeople of Moroccan descent
Men's association football wingers
K.A.A. Gent players
Stade Rennais F.C. players
Belgian National Division 1 players
Belgian Pro League players
Ligue 1 players
Belgian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France