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Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui is a Belgian footballer who plays for English club Manchester United and the Belgium national team.

Born in Etterbeek to Moroccan parents, Fellaini played youth football for Anderlecht, R.A.E.C. Mons, Royal Francs Borains and Charleroi S.C. before joining Standard Liège. After winning the Belgian First Division and the Ebony Shoe as a Liège player, he moved to England to join Everton.

At Everton, he was the club's Young Player of the Season for 2008–09, when the club were losing finalists in the FA Cup. After five years, he moved to Manchester United in a deal worth £27.5 million in September 2013.

Fellaini was eligible to play for either Belgium or Morocco. He chose to represent Belgium, from youth level upwards and represented the U-23 team at the 2008 Olympics, achieving 4th place, losing to Brazil.

His senior team debut was made in February 2007, and his first goal for the senior team came in a 2–1 defeat against Portugal in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualification match.

Fellaini made seven appearances in Belgium's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, scoring once, as the Red Devils reached the finals for the first time since 2002.