Ayoub El Kaabi


Ayoub El Kaabi is a Moroccan footballer who currently plays as a forward or winger for Hebei China Fortune and the Morocco national team. He was the top goalscorer of the CHAN 2018 taking placsoil 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.

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.
In 2018, El Kaabi was purchased by Hebei China Fortune for a transfer fee of €5 million.

International career

El Kaabi made his international debut for Morocco on 13 January 2018 in an 2018 Africa Nations Championship group stage match against Mauritania, scoring 2 goals.
El Kaabi scored his first international hat trick on 17 January 2018 against Guinea.
In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

International

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco1–04–02018 African Nations Championship
2.13 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco3–04–02018 African Nations Championship
3.17 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco1–03–12018 African Nations Championship
4.17 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco2–13–12018 African Nations Championship
5.17 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco3–13–12018 African Nations Championship
6.27 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco1–02–02018 African Nations Championship
7.31 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco1–03–12018 African Nations Championship
8.31 January 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco2–13–12018 African Nations Championship
9.4 February 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco4–04–02018 African Nations Championship
10.27 March 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco1–02–0Friendly
11.4 June 2018Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland1–12–1Friendly