Mehdi El Moutacim
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 August 2000 | ||
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[]
- ^ a b c d "Nuori maalivahtilupaus SJK:n riveihin" (Press release) (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ a b Asplund, Bubi (4 December 2017). "Ung målvakt och målvaktstränare klara för Ekenäs IF". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Mehdi El Moutacim at Soccerway
- ^ "Maalivahtilupaus sopimukseen EIF:n kanssa". Kymppipaikka (in Finnish). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "EIF 3-0 Honka Akatemia". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "SJK kaatui lopulta virheisiin" (Press release) (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Kuparinen, Heikki (16 February 2020). "SJK iski jälleen siirtomarkkinoilla – nyt haaviin Veikkausliigan nollapeliennätyksen haltija". Suomi Futis (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kuparinen, Heikki (1 December 2019). "SJK värväsi maalivahtilupauksen Ykkösestä – koko ura samassa seurassa". Suomi Futis (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
External links[]
- Mehdi El Moutacim at FlashScore
- Mehdi El Moutacim at Soccerway
- Mehdi El Moutacim at WorldFootball.net
- SJK profile
- Living people
- 2000 births
- Finnish footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Ekenäs IF players
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
- SJK Akatemia players
- Ykkönen players
- Finnish people of Moroccan descent
- Sportspeople from Espoo