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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.

Mehdi Benabid
Personal information
Full name El Mehdi Benabid
Date of birth (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26)
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)
2017–2018Ittihad 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)
*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)

Career

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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

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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

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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

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ "المهدي بنعبيد يثير أطماع كبار المغرب في الميركاتو الصيفي". alarab.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Interview- Mehdi Benabid: "We moeten alles geven om de Olympische Spelen te halen"". 15 March 2019.
  3. ^ Fizazi, Mohammed (12 August 2019). "L'équipe nationale U23 en stage de préparation pour la CAN".
  4. ^ "Pour avoir agressé un arbitre, le gardien des Olympiques suspendu par la CAF". Le360 Sport.
  5. ^ "Football : La sélection nationale B en stage à Maâmora". www.menara.ma.
  6. ^ MATIN, LE. "Maroc-RD Congo : Vahid Halilhodzic convoque Mehdi Benabid". lematin.ma.
  7. ^ "Regragui unveils 27 player list for Morocco's participation in CAN 2023". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Regragui names 27 provisional players for AFCON". CAF. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  9. ^ ""أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم في أكادير". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  10. ^ ""أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم.. عالم الرياضة يتضامن مع المغرب بعد الزلزال المدمر". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  11. ^ قطبي, ماجدة (9 September 2023). "زلزال الحوز.. الركراكي و"أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم". مشاهد 24 (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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