Mehdi Benabid
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | El Mehdi Benabid | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Rabat, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AS FAR | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2017 | FUS Rabat | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2023 | FUS Rabat | 100 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Ittihad Khemisset (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2023– | AS FAR | 27 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Morocco U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Morocco U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Morocco A' | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:57, 27 August 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:57, 26 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
El Mehdi Benabid (Arabic: مهدي بنعبيد; born 24 January 1998) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Botola club AS FAR.
Career
Benabid is a youth product of FUS Rabat since 2007, and worked his way up their youth categories. For the 2017–18 season, he was loaned out to Ittihad Khemisset in the Botola 2 where he began his senior career. He returned to FUS Rabat in 2018, where he became a regular in their squad.[1]
International career
Benabid was first called up to the Morocco U20s in 2017. In March 2019, he was called up to the Morocco U23s for a set of friendlies.[2] He was called up for a set of 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches, in which the Morocco U20s missed qualification.[3] In November 2019, he was suspended because of an altercation with a referee and banned from football for 3 months.[4] In June 2021, he was called up to the Morocco A' national team for a set of friendlies.[5]
In March 2022, Benabid receives his first call-up to the senior Morocco national team.[6] On 28 December 2023, Benabid was amongst the 27 players selected to represent Morocco in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[7][8]
Personal life
On 9 September 2023, Benabid along with his national teammates donated their blood for the needy affected by the 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake.[9][10][11]
Honours
Individual
- Best goalkeeper in Moroccan League: 2022–23
References
- ^ "المهدي بنعبيد يثير أطماع كبار المغرب في الميركاتو الصيفي". alarab.co.uk.
- ^ "Interview- Mehdi Benabid: "We moeten alles geven om de Olympische Spelen te halen"". 15 March 2019.
- ^ Fizazi, Mohammed (12 August 2019). "L'équipe nationale U23 en stage de préparation pour la CAN".
- ^ "Pour avoir agressé un arbitre, le gardien des Olympiques suspendu par la CAF". Le360 Sport.
- ^ "Football : La sélection nationale B en stage à Maâmora". www.menara.ma.
- ^ MATIN, LE. "Maroc-RD Congo : Vahid Halilhodzic convoque Mehdi Benabid". lematin.ma.
- ^ "Regragui unveils 27 player list for Morocco's participation in CAN 2023". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Regragui names 27 provisional players for AFCON". CAF. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ ""أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم في أكادير". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ ""أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم.. عالم الرياضة يتضامن مع المغرب بعد الزلزال المدمر". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ قطبي, ماجدة (9 September 2023). "زلزال الحوز.. الركراكي و"أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم". مشاهد 24 (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
External links
- Mehdi Benabid at Soccerway
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