Badr Benoun (also spelt as Badr Banoune; ar, بدر بانون; born 30 September 1993) is a Moroccan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Morocco national team. He is nicknamed "Sultan". He started his professional career playing for

Raja CA Raja Club Athletic ( ar, نادي الرجاء الرياضي, Nādī ar-Rajāʾ ar-Riyāḍī, zgh, ⴰⵙⵔⵉⵔ ⵏ ⵕⴰⵊⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵏⵓⵏ), commonly referred to as Raja CA, Raja Casablanca or simply RCA is a professional footb ...

Club career

The beginning of the march

Benoun started his career playing for

Raja Club Athletic Raja Club Athletic ( ar, نادي الرجاء الرياضي, Nādī ar-Rajāʾ ar-Riyāḍī, zgh, ⴰⵙⵔⵉⵔ ⵏ ⵕⴰⵊⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵏⵓⵏ), commonly referred to as Raja CA, Raja Casablanca or simply RCA is a professional footb ...

. He won his first trophy with the club after finishing 1st in the 2012–13 Botola. He was loaned out to

Wydad de Fès Wydad Athletic de Fès is a Moroccan football club currently playing in the Second division. The club was founded in 1948 and is located in the town of Fès. Wydad Athletic Club de Fès (W.A.F) were promoted from the 2nd Division in 2008–09 ...

to gain more playing time and experience. He played a total of 16 games before being loaned out again to

RS Berkane Renaissance Sportive de Berkane ( ar, نادي النهضة البركانية) commonly referred to as Nahdat Berkane or RS Berkane for short, is a professional football club based in Berkane, Morocco, that competes in Botola, the top flight o ...

. In 2015 he was called back to the club.

Raja CA

Benoun's return bought excitement back to the Raja fans. He won his second trophy after defeating

Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi ( ar, الدفاع الحسني الجديدي) is a Moroccan football club based in El Jadida. They are currently playing in the Botola. Home stadium DHJ play their home games at the Stade El Abdi. Crest Image:Difa ...

in the 2017 Moroccan Throne Cup after scoring a penalty.

2018–2020

In 2018, Raja qualified to play the

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. Raja entered the knock-out stages after topping the group stages. Raja reached to the finals and won the cup. This guaranteed them a spot in the

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. Raja was to face

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the was to take place in

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. Benoun scored a goal in the 64th minute and won the cup. He also won the 2019–20 Botola and the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup. He spent five seasons with the club before signing with Al Ahly.

Al Ahly

In November 2020, he joined Egyptian club

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. He represented the club during the

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and secured the bronze medal after a victory against Brazilian side

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. Soon after, he won the 2020

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, the 2021

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and the 2020

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. He later went on to defeat his former team Raja to win the 2021

Qatar SC

In July 2022, he signed for Qatari club

on a three-year deal.

International career

In 2013, Benoun won a gold medal at the

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after defeating

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2–1 in the final. On 7 October 2017, he made his international debut for

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in a

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match against

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at the

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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 ...

, replacing

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in Russia. On 10 January 2022, Benoun was replaced by

Achraf Bencharki Achraf Bencharki ( ar, أشرف بن شرقي; born 24 September 1994) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays for Al Jazira. He can be deployed as a left winger or as a forward. Club career Born in Oulad Zbair, Morocco, Bencharki bega ...

for the

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after suffering an injury that would limit his participation in the competition. On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the

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in Qatar.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.''

Honours

Raja CA *

Botola 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 prima ...

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, 2019–20 *

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Al Ahly *

: 2019–20 *

: Third place

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: 2021 (May), 2021 (December) Morocco *

Islamic Solidarity Games The Islamic Solidarity Games ( ar, ألعاب التضامن الإسلامي) is a multinational, multi-sport event. The Games involve the elite athletes of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation who compete in a variety of sports. The Solidari ...

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Individual *

Team of the Tournament:

References

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