El Mehdi Benabid (Arabic: مهدي بنعبيد; born 24 January 1998) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Botola Pro club Wydad AC and the Morocco national team.
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| Full name | El Mehdi Benabid[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1998[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rabat, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Wydad AC | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2007–2017 | FUS Rabat | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | FUS Rabat | 100 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Ittihad Khemisset (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | AS FAR | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Wydad AC | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Morocco U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Morocco U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | Morocco A' | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Morocco | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:57, 27 August 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:57, 26 May 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Career
editBenabid 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.[2]
International career
editBenabid 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.[3] He was called up for a set of 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches, in which the Morocco U20s missed qualification.[4] In November 2019, he was suspended because of an altercation with a referee and banned from football for 3 months.[5] In June 2021, he was called up to the Morocco A' national team for a set of friendlies.[6]
In March 2022, Benabid receives his first call-up to the senior Morocco national team.[7] On 28 December 2023, Benabid was amongst the 27 players selected to represent Morocco in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[8][9]
Personal life
editOn 9 September 2023, Benabid along with his national teammates donated their blood for the needy affected by the 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake.[10][11][12]
Honours
editMorocco A'
Individual
- Botola Pro Team of the Season: 2022–23[14]
- Botola Pro Goalkeeper of the Season: 2022–23[15]
- FIFA Arab Cup Golden Glove: 2025[16]
References
edit- 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ – Squad List: Wydad AC (MAR)" (PDF). FIFA. 4 July 2025. p. 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Hand, Kevin. "Tannane goal from own half sets Morocco on way to FIFA Arab Cup 2025 title". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "Here is your 22/23 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 🌟🇲🇦". instagram.com/532off. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ "تكريم الجيش الملكي وصامبو مهاجم الوداد في ليلة النجوم" [Honoring the FAR and the Wydad striker Sambou, in the Night of the Stars]. mfmsport.ma. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.]
- ↑ "Hrimat leads Arab Cup award winners". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
External links
edit- Mehdi Benabid at Soccerway