Ayoub El Kaabi
![]() El Kaabi with Morocco during the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 25 June 1993||
Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hatayspor | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2017 | RAC | 18 | (25) |
2017–2018 | RSB | 38 | (22) |
2018–2020 | Hebei China Fortune | 28 | (9) |
2019 | → Wydad AC (loan) | 15 | (9) |
2020–2021 | Wydad AC | 40 | (24) |
2021– | Hatayspor | ||
National team‡ | |||
2018– | Morocco A' | 14 | (12) |
2018– | Morocco | 10 | (2) |
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Honours | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:05, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
Ayoub El Kaabi (Arabic: أيوب الكعبي; born 25 June 1993) is a Moroccan footballer who currently plays as a forward or winger for Hatayspor and the Morocco national team.[2] He was the top goalscorer of the CHAN 2018 taking place on home soil with 9 goals, thus making him the first player to reach that tally in a single competition, having surpassed the previous record set by Zambia's Given Singuluma who had scored 5 goals in 2009.
After netting a brace in the semi final against Libya, Morocco made it to the final of the CHAN for the first time in history. [3][4]
Club career[]
El Kaabi joined RS Berkane as a transfer from Racing de Casablanca during summer 2017. He was the top scorer in the Botola 2 during the 2016-17 season with 25 goals.[5]
In 2018, El Kaabi was purchased by Hebei China Fortune for a transfer fee of €5 million.[6]
International career[]
El Kaabi made his international debut for Morocco on 13 January 2018 in a 2018 Africa Nations Championship group stage match against Mauritania, scoring 2 goals.[7]
El Kaabi scored his first international hat trick on 17 January 2018 against Guinea.[8]
In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[9]
Career statistics[]
International[]
- Statistics accurate as of match played 9 September 2018.[10]
Morocco | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2018 | 13 | 11 |
Total | 13 | 11 |
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.[4]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 January 2018 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–0 | 2018 African Nations Championship |
2. | 3–0 | |||||
3. | 17 January 2018 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–1 | ||
4. | 2–1 | |||||
5. | 3–1 | |||||
6. | 27 January 2018 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | ||
7. | 31 January 2018 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–1 | ||
8. | 2–1 | |||||
9. | 4 February 2018 | ![]() |
4–0 | 4–0 | ||
10. | 27 March 2018 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
11. | 4 June 2018 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–1 |
Honours[]
Wydad AC
RS Berkane
- Coupe du Trône: 2018
Morocco
Individual
- RSB Player of the Season: 2018
- Team of The African Nations Championship: 2018, 2020
- Best Player in African Nations Championship: 2018
- Top Scorer in African Nations Championship (9 buts): 2018
- Top Scorer in Botola (18 buts): 2021
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Hatayspor yeni forvetini buldu: Ayoub El Kaabi". www.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Ayoub El Kaabi". Player. Football Database.eu. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "El Kaabi, Ayoub". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Transfert. Officiel: la RSB s'offre la vedette de la D2 et enflamme le Mercato". Le 360 Sport (in French). 20 June 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Chinese Club Forced Zamalek to withdraw interest from Morocco striker Ayoub El-Kaabi". 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Morocco Crushes Mauritania 4-0 in Opening Match of CHAN 2018". Morocco World News. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "CHAN: Morocco Beats Guinea Thanks to Kaabi's Hat-trick". Morocco World News. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ayoub El Kaabi at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Morocco 4-0 Nigeria - February 04, 2018 / CHAN 2018".
External links[]
- Ayoub El Kaabi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ayoub El Kaabi at Soccerway
- Moroccan footballers
- Morocco international footballers
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Racing de Casablanca players
- RS Berkane players
- Wydad AC players
- Botola players
- Hebei F.C. players
- Chinese Super League players
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Sportspeople from Casablanca
- Association football forwards
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- 2020 African Nations Championship players