Mehdi El Moutacim

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Mehdi El Moutacim
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 EIF
Number 1
Youth career
EIF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 EIF 31 (0)
2020 SJK 0 (0)
2020 → SJK Akatemia (loan) 15 (0)
2021– EIF 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3:56, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Mehdi El Moutacim (born 4 August 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EIF.

Early life[]

El Moutacim was born in Espoo, but moved to Ekenäs at the age of five.[1] He later joined the EIF youth system when he was seven.[1]

Club career[]

In 2017, El Moutacim spent time with both the under-17 squad and their reserve team, EIF Akademi.[2] After making nine appearances on the bench as an unused substitute for the first team between 2015 and 2017,[3] he signed his first professional contract with the club ahead of the 2018 Ykkönen season.[2][4] He made his debut on 6 March 2018 during their Finnish Cup group stage victory over Honka Akatemia at home, playing the full 90 minutes and keeping a clean sheet.[5] That year he appeared between the sticks in five league matches before becoming the full-time starter in 2019, playing in 26 of 27 games.[1][6]

He signed with Veikkausliiga club SJK in December 2019.[1][6] Two months later he made his club debut, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–3 defeat to Lahti in the Finnish Cup group stage.[7] However, the signing of Finland national team keeper Walter Viitala turned him into the third-stringer at the position.[8] He started the 2020 season with SJK Akatemia in Ykkönen, and in his first match with the reserves on 27 June he allowed three goals in a 0–3 defeat to his childhood team EIF.[9]

Personal life[]

He is of Moroccan descendence through his father.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Nuori maalivahtilupaus SJK:n riveihin" (Press release) (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b Asplund, Bubi (4 December 2017). "Ung målvakt och målvaktstränare klara för Ekenäs IF". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ^ Mehdi El Moutacim at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Maalivahtilupaus sopimukseen EIF:n kanssa". Kymppipaikka (in Finnish). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. ^ "EIF 3-0 Honka Akatemia". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b Asplund, Bubi (1 December 2019). "Målvakten Mehdi El Moutacim lämnar Ekenäs IF för spel i ligaklubben SJK - "Jag är exalterad över den här chansen"". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  7. ^ "SJK kaatui lopulta virheisiin" (Press release) (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  8. ^ Kuparinen, Heikki (16 February 2020). "SJK iski jälleen siirtomarkkinoilla – nyt haaviin Veikkausliigan nollapeliennätyksen haltija". Suomi Futis (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  9. ^ Långkvist, Carl-Magnus (27 June 2020). "Glödhet minut bäddade för EIF:s premiärseger – Mehdi El Moutacim fick vittja nätet tre gånger mot moderklubben". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  10. ^ Kuparinen, Heikki (1 December 2019). "SJK värväsi maalivahtilupauksen Ykkösestä – koko ura samassa seurassa". Suomi Futis (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 August 2020.

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