Ayoub El Kaabi

Ayoub El Kaabi
El Kaabi with Morocco during the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-06-25) 25 June 1993[1]
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Hatayspor
Number 25
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 12 (6)
National team‡
2018– Morocco A' 13 (12)
2018– Morocco 15 (7)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Morocco
African Nations Championship
Winner2018 Morocco
Winner2020 Cameroon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2021 (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]

In July 2019, El Kaabi joined Wydad AC in a 6 month loan.[7]

In September 2020, he returned to Wydad AC to join as a free agent.[8] He finished as the top scorer of the Botola in the 2020–21 season with 18 goals.[9]

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.[10]

El Kaabi scored his first international hat trick on 17 January 2018 against Guinea.[11]

In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of 20 November 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hebei 2018 Chinese Super League 13500–135
2019 Chinese Super League 15400–154
Total 28900–289
Wydad AC 2019–20 Botola 94003[lower-alpha 1]4128
2020–21 Botola 29184410[lower-alpha 1]44326
Total 3822441385534
Hatayspor 2021–22 Süper Lig 12600–126
Career total 7837441389549
  1. Appearances in CAF Champions League

International
As of 6 October 2021[14]
Morocco
YearAppsGoals
20181411
201920
202000
202184
Total2415
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.[4]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco Mauritania1–04–02018 African Nations Championship
2.3–0
3.17 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco Guinea1–03–12018 African Nations Championship
4.2–1
5.3–1
6.27 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco Namibia1–02–02018 African Nations Championship
7.31 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco Libya1–03–12018 African Nations Championship
8.2–1
9.4 February 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco Nigeria4–04–02018 African Nations Championship
10.27 March 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco Uzbekistan1–02–0Friendly
11.4 June 2018Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Slovakia1–12–1Friendly
12.26 January 2021Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon Uganda1–15–22020 African Nations Championship
13.31 January 2021Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon Zambia3–03–12020 African Nations Championship
14.7 February 2021Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon Mali2–02–02020 African Nations Championship
15.6 October 2021Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Guinea-Bissau4–05–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

RS Berkane

Wydad AC

Morocco

Individual

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Hatayspor yeni forvetini buldu: Ayoub El Kaabi". www.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. "Ayoub El Kaabi". Player. Football Database.eu. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. "El Kaabi, Ayoub". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. "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.
  6. "Chinese Club Forced Zamalek to withdraw interest from Morocco striker Ayoub El-Kaabi". 11 July 2018.
  7. "Officiel: Ayoub El Kaabi jouera avec le WAC". Le Site Info (in French). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  8. "Botola: Ayoub El Kaabi a signé au Wydad". 2M (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  9. "Vidéo. Botola Pro D1 Inwi: El Kaabi, officiellement meilleur buteur". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  10. "Morocco Crushes Mauritania 4-0 in Opening Match of CHAN 2018". Morocco World News. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  11. "CHAN: Morocco Beats Guinea Thanks to Kaabi's Hat-trick". Morocco World News. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  12. "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".
  13. Ayoub El Kaabi at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  14. Ayoub El Kaabi at National-Football-Teams.com
  15. "Morocco 4-0 Nigeria - February 04, 2018 / CHAN 2018".
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