Aymane Mourid ( ar, أيمن مريد; born 7 May 2000) is a Moroccan professional

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who plays for Union de Touarga. Mainly a central midfielder, he can also play as a central defender.

Club career

Mourid was born in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

, and joined

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

' youth setup in June 2018, from

Mohammed VI Football Academy The Mohammed VI Football Academy ( ar, أكاديمية محمد السادس لكرة القدم, ʽakādīmiyya Muḥammad as-sādis l-kurat al-qadam, french: Académie Mohammed VI de football) is a football academy located in Salé, Morocco. It ...

. Initially assigned to the ''Juvenil A'' squad, he made his senior debut with the reserves on 20 January 2019, starting in a 0–2 Tercera División away loss against

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. Definitely promoted to the B-team for 2019–20, Mourid scored his first senior goal on 15 September 2019, netting the winner in a 2–1 away success over

CA Pinto Club Atlético de Pinto is a Spanish football team based in Pinto, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1963 it plays in Tercera División – Group 7, holding home matches at ''Estadio Amelia del Castillo'', which has a capacity of ...

. He made his first team debut on 17 December, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 1–1 away draw against

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, for the season's Copa del Rey; he also converted his penalty kick in the 6–5

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win. On 1 July 2020, Mourid signed for ''Lega'' permanently on a four-year contract. On 5 November, however, he was loaned to SCC Mohammédia for one year. After making his debut for Chabab in the

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, Mourid made his professional debut on 14 February 2021, starting in a 0–1

Botola Pro The Botola Pro ( ar, البطولة الاحترافية, translit=al-buṭūla l-iḥtirāfiyya), is a Moroccan professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Moroccan football league system, it is the country's prim ...

home loss against Mouloudia Oujda.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mourid, Aymane 2000 births Living people Footballers from Casablanca Moroccan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda Federación players Tercera División players CD Leganés B players CD Leganés players Botola players SCC Mohammédia players Morocco men's under-20 international footballers Moroccan expatriate men's footballers Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain