El Mehdi Maouhoub (Arabic: المهدي موهوب; born 5 June 2003) is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a striker for Russian club Dynamo Moscow.
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| Date of birth | 5 June 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Fath Union Sport | 34 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → JS Soualem (loan) | 12 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Raja CA | 19 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Dynamo Moscow | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Morocco U17 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Morocco U20 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Morocco Olympic | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
He started his professional career with Fath Union Sport at the age of 17. In January 2023, he went on a six month-loan to JS Soualem where he scored 7 goals in 12 games. His then realized his childhood dream when he joined Raja CA in the summer of 2023 and won a historic undefeated domestic double. In 2024, he joined the Russian side Dynamo Moscow.
Early life
editMaouhoub was born in 2003 in Morocco. He started playing football at the age of six.[1] After playing for Fath Union Sport academy for many years, El Mehdi Maouhoub made his senior debut at under the coaching of Mustapha El Khalfi at the age of 17 years and 10 months.
Career
editFath US
editAfter playing for Fath Union Sport academy for many years, El Mehdi Maouhoub made his senior debut at under the coaching of Mustapha El Khalfi at the age of 17 years and 10 months.
On 4 April 2024, he made his first appearance in Botola against Maghreb AS replacing El Mehdi El Moubarik in the second half (1–1).[2] The newly appointed manager Demba Mbaye gave him more minutes and ultimately started him on 12 May against Raja CA in Stade Mohammed-V where he played 90 minutes (1–1).[3][4]
One week later, he finally scored his first professional goal against Ittihad Tanger (2–1 win).[5]
Loan to JS Soualem
editAfter a disappointing start of the 2022–23 season where he played once in 14 matches, he was loaned to Jeunesse Soualem for the remaining six months of the season. On 28 January 2023, he scored in his debut against Ittihad Tanger.[6]
He finished the season with 7 goals in 12 matches.
Raja CA
editHe signed a three-year contract with Raja CA during the 2023 summer.[7] He played his first match on 17 September 2023 against Maghreb AS and scored his first goal with the club on 6 January 2024 in Berrechid against MC Oujda.[8] On 14 February 2024, he was expelled against the Maghreb AS, just before half-time, for having collected two yellows.
On 20 February 2024, for his 10th match with the "Greens", he contributed to the victory of his team by scoring a brace against Hassania Agadir.[9]
Dynamo Moscow
editOn 23 August 2024, Maouhoub signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow.[10] The transfer fee was reported as €1,8 million.
He made his debut for Dynamo on 28 August 2024 in a Russian Cup 5–1 victory over Krylia Sovetov Samara.[11]
On his league debut on 1 September 2024 against Orenburg he converted a penalty kick for his first Dynamo goal.[12] In his third league game on 22 September 2024, an Oldest Russian derby game against Spartak Moscow, he was sent off 6 minutes after coming off the bench and getting booked twice, for arguing with a referee and diving.[13] On 24 October 2024, he scored his first career hat-trick in a 6–3 Russian Cup victory over Krylia Sovetov.[14]
International career
editEl Mehdi Maouhoub competed in the UNAF qualifications for the 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations with the Moroccan national U20 team. During this tournament, El Mehdi scored against Algeria but was sanctioned by the UNAF for an unsportsmanlike gesture after the goal.[15][16] Morocco nevertheless qualified for the final phase.
He therefore competed in the final phase of the CAN in February 2021. Competition at the end of which, Morocco is eliminated at the quarter-final by Tunisia on penalty. Maouhoub plays all the matches of the tournament, organized in Mauritania.
On 4 July 2024, he was selected by Tarik Sektioui in the final 18 player-list of the Moroccan U23 team to take part in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[17][18] He converted a penalty-kick against the United States U23 team in the quarter-finals clash.[19][20]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 24 November 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fath Union Sport | 2020–21 | Botola | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Botola | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Botola | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 3 | ||||
| JS Soualem (loan) | 2022–23 | Botola | 12 | 7 | — | — | — | 12 | 7 | |||
| Raja CA | 2023–24 | Botola | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 9 | ||
| Dynamo Moscow | 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 13 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 74 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 25 | ||
Honours
editMorocco U23
- Summer Olympics Bronze Medal: 2024[21]
References
edit- ^ "من هو المهدي موهوب مهاجم الرجاء البيضاوي المغربي المتألق؟". 365scores.com.
- ^ "MAS Fès 1-1 FUS Rabat - 04 avril 2021 / Botola Pro Inwi 2020/2021". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Demba Mbaye". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Raja Casablanca 1-1 FUS Rabat - 12 mai 2021 / Botola Pro Inwi 2020/2021". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Ittihad Tanger 1-2 FUS Rabat - 20 mai 2021 / Botola Pro Inwi 2020/2021". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Résultat JS Soualem - IR Tanger (2-0) la 16e journée de Botola Pro (Maroc) 2022/2023 28/01". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). 28 January 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "الرجاء يضم اللاعب المهدي موهوب لثلاث سنوات". كازا 24 (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Raja Casablanca 2-0 Mouloudia Oujda". besoccer.com. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Raja Casablanca 2-0 Hassania Agadir". besoccer.com. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Эль-Мехди Маухуб стал футболистом "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Dynamo v Krylia Sovetov game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Orenburg v Dynamo game report". Russian Premier League. 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Spartak v Dynamo game report". Russian Premier League. 22 September 2024.
- ^ "«Динамо» завершило групповой этап Кубка России крупной победой над «Крыльями Советов»" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Foot - UNAF : El Mehdi Maouhoub suspendu". snrtnews.com. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "UNAF CAN U20 : El Mehdi Maouhoub suspendu pour deux matchs". maghress.com. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Margueritte, Matthieu (4 July 2024). "JO : la liste définitive du Maroc avec Hakimi et Ben Seghir". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Le Maroc dévoile sa liste pour les JO 2024, le Parisien Achraf Hakimi présent". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Morocco 4-0 United States: Atlas Lions run riot to reach Olympic semi-finals". FotMob. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "USA vs. Morocco: Match Recap". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Egypt U23 vs Morocco U23: Olympics". BBC Sport. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
External links
edit- El Mehdi Maouhoub at Soccerway
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