Romain Ghanem Paul Saïss ( Arabic : رومان غانم سايس ; born 26 March 1990 ) is a moroccan professional football player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and captains the Morocco home team. Saïss began his career with Valence, then played for Le Havre and Clermont of Ligue 2, and Angers of Ligue 1 before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2016. A full external since 2012, he has earned over 40 caps for Morocco. He represented the nation at two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Saïss began his senior career with Olympique de Valence in the Championnat de France Amateur 2 ( fifth-tier ), and supplemented his €500 monthly wage with washing up at his parents ‘ restaurant. At 21, he signed his beginning professional contract with Clermont Foot in Ligue 2. [ 3 ] In June 2013, Saïss moved across Ligue 2 to Le Havre AC on a two year deal. [ 4 ] When it ended, he joined Ligue 1 side Angers on a biennial condense. [ 5 ]

Wolverhampton Wanderers [edit ]

On 30 August 2016, Saïss moved to England, joining Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee on a four-year distribute. [ 6 ] He made his introduction on 17 September in a 2–0 win at Newcastle United. [ 7 ] In the crippled, he was subjected to racial pervert by opponent Jonjo Shelvey, who was given a five-match ban and £100,000 very well by The FA in December. [ 8 ] He scored his beginning goal for the clubhouse on 30 September 2017 in a 4–0 succeed against Burton Albion. [ 9 ] Following Wolves ‘s promotion to the Premier League in 2018, Saïss made his debut Premier League appearance as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford on 22 September 2018. [ 10 ] His inaugural starting signal in the Premier League came in a 1–2 frustration away to Cardiff City at the Cardiff City Stadium on 30 November. [ 11 ] Saïss scored his first Premier League goal for Wolves in a 1–1 draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage on 26 December 2018. [ 12 ] On 21 February 2019 he agreed a fresh sign until the summer of 2021. [ 13 ] On 25 July 2019 Saïss made his debut appearance in UEFA European golf club football competition as a late stand-in in Wolves ‘s 2–0 home gain against Crusaders in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round [ 14 ] and on 24 October he scored his first goal in such a competition when he scored the first step finish of a 2–1 away win at Slovan Bratislava in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage. [ 15 ] On 18 March 2021 it was announced that Saïss had triggered an automatic annual extension to his existing abridge with Wolves by making 20 starts in the Premier League during the 2020–21 season and would therefore remain with the club until June 2022. [ 16 ] On 15 December 2021 Saiss was described as the Moroccan Maldini by coach Bruno Lage, after his display in the away necktie at Brighton, where he scored the only goal in a much longed-for winnings.

International career [edit ]

Saïss, who was born and raised in France to a Moroccan father and a french mother, chose to represent the Morocco national team. He made his debut in a 1–0 friendly loss to Togo in November 2012. [ 4 ] Saïss was in the Moroccan squad that reached the quarter-finals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. He scored his beginning external finish in their 3–1 group gain over Togo. [ 17 ] In June 2018, he was named in Morocco ‘s 23-man police squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, [ 18 ] and featured in group games against Iran and Spain. After the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, in which Morocco made the last 16, Saïss became the captain of the Atlas Lions. [ 19 ]

personal life [edit ]

Saïss is a Muslim and observes fasting in the calendar month of Ramadan. [ 20 ]

career statistics [edit ]

cabaret [edit ]

As of match played 19 December 2021[21]

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 November 2021[28][29]
National team Year Apps Goals
Morocco 2012 1 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 0 0
2016 7 0
2017 13 1
2018 11 0
2019 9 0
2020 3 0
2021 9 0
Total 53 1

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list Morocco’s goal tally first.[28]

Honours [edit ]

club [edit ]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

individual [edit ]

  • Angers Player of the season: 2016

References [edit ]