Zouhair Snisla (born 25 January 1999) is a Moroccan blind 5-a-side football player.[1]
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| Nationality | Moroccan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 January 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Morocco | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | 5-a-side football | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHe made his debut appearance at the Paralympics representing Morocco at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was named in the Moroccan squad for the football 5-a-side tournament.[2][3] It also marked Morocco's first appearance in a 5-a-side football competition at the Paralympics and Morocco also became the first African nation to take part in a 5-a-side football tournament at a Paralympic event.[4] He was a key member of the Moroccan side which won the 2019 IBSA Blind Football African Championships.[5]
He made his second appearance at the Paralympics during the 2020 Summer Paralympics representing Morocco in the football 5-a-side tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. He gained spotlight and rose to prominence during the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics where he single-handedly helped Morocco to claim historic bronze medal in the men's 5-a-side football tournament by scoring four goals in the bronze medal match against People's Republic of China.[6][7][8] It was also Morocco's first medal in football 5-a-side at the Summer Paralympics.[9][10][4] One of his goals, where he managed to pull it from the opponents using his exceptional dribbling skills without the assistance of his fellow Moroccan players, gained large public attention, and his skills were also compared to those of Argentine veteran footballer Lionel Messi.[11][12] Snisla went onto score all of his team's goals and he scored the goals in the 4th, 8th, 18th and 30th minute of the bronze medal match.[13][14][15]
He also played a pivotal role in helping Morocco to win the 2022 IBSA Blind Football African Championship which was held in Morocco where Morocco defeated Mali 2–0 in the final. Zouhair Snisla emerged as the top goalscorer in the competition with 5 goals.[16][17]
References
edit- ^ "Zouhair Snisla - Blind Football | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ "Men's Football 5-a-side – Team Rosters – Morocco". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ "Rio 2016 - football-5-side - men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ a b "History boys: Morocco score Africa's first ever Football 5-a-Side medal". 2021-09-05. Archived from the original on 2021-09-05. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ radical (2020-03-18). "Blind football joy: Morocco's Snisla and team count days to Tokyo 2020". IBSA International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from football 5-a-side". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/FB5/PG2020-_FB5_C73_FB5MTEAM5---01010-----FNL-000200--.pdf
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 - football-5-side - men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ Dominy, Lucy (2021-08-31). "Morocco claim historic blind football semi-final spot at Tokyo 2020". IBSA International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ "Brazil clinch fifth football 5-a-side Paralympic title". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ Kathanayagan-3821 (2024-03-09). "Moroccan blind footballer Zouhair Snisla scores a sensational goal in 5-a-side football match". r/toptalent. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ https://twitter.com/Paralympics/status/1434029632794284041/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1434029632794284041¤tTweetUser=Paralympics
- ^ Zouhair Snisla (🇲🇦) scored four straight goals to help Morocco win over China (🇨🇳), 4 September 2021, retrieved 2024-03-10
- ^ Football 5-a-Side Highlights | Day 11 | Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, 4 September 2021, retrieved 2024-03-10
- ^ Kemp, Emma; Lemon, Geoff; Davies, Tom (2021-09-04). "Tokyo Paralympics 2020: athletics, wheelchair tennis and more – as it happened". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ Figueiredo, Pedro (2022-09-25). "Blind Football: Morocco wins African title". IBSA International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ Figueiredo, Pedro (2022-09-20). "Blind Football: Competitive African Championship". IBSA International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 2024-03-10.