 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Afellay nemhuri yake ndeveMoroccan Dutch. Mushure mekunge vese mamaneja eMoroccan neDutch timu yenyika vamusarudzira zvikwata zvavo, akabatwa mudambudziko rekuti atambe timu yenyika yeMoroccan, nekuda kwekubva kwake kuMoroccan, kana kutamba timu yeDutch, Netherlands iri nzvimbo yake yekuzvarwa nekugara. Pakupedzisira akasarudza kutamba nechikwata chenyika cheDutch pasinei nekukwikwidzana kwakasimba kwenzvimbo dzepakati. Akaita kutanga kwake kwepasi rose mumutambo weEuro 2008 wekukwikwidza neSlovenia musi wa28 Kurume 2007. Akatamba mu2008 European Championshipssomutsivi. Masekondi mashomanene chete pashure pokutsiva Dirk Kuyt mumutambo weboka neItaly akapotsa awana chibodzwa asi kupfura kwake kwakarova pamusoro pemutsara. Mumutambo wavo wekupedzisira weboka neRomania, akapiwa nzvimbo mumutambo wekutanga gumi nerimwe pamwe chete naArjen Robben pakati. Musi wa12 Gumiguru 2010, Afellay akarova zvibodzwa zvake zvekutanga zvepasi rose mumutambo weEuro 2012 wekukwikwidza neSweden. 