Ayoub Abou Oulam (born 28 June 1998) is a Moroccan

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who plays as a

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for Italian club SPAL.

Career

Abou 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 ...

but moved to

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at the age of nine. He subsequently joined

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, but moved to

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

in July 2015, being initially assigned to the under-20 squad. On 30 August 2017, Abou joined

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

side

CF Rayo Majadahonda Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish football team based in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Cerro del Espino'', with ...

. He made his senior debut on 10 September, starting in a 0–4 away loss against SD Ponferradina. Abou scored his first senior goal on 15 October 2017, netting the second in a 2–0 home win against

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF, Primera ...

. He finished the campaign with two goals in 31 matches, as his side achieved a first-ever promotion to

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. In 2018, Abou signed for Spanish third tier club

Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid Castilla Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team that plays in Primera Federación – Group 1 for the 2022–23 season. It is Real Madrid's reserve team. They play their home games at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium with a cap ...

. In 2021, Abou signed for SPAL in the Italian second tier. Before the second half of 2021–22, he was sent on loan to Bulgarian team Tsarsko Selo. On 20 February 2022, he made his debut in a 1–2 loss to Beroe.

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