Driss Fettouhi (born 30 September 1989) is a
Moroccan professional
football
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plays for
Al-Markhiya as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
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 ...
, Fettouhi started playing football at
Wydad Casablanca
Wydad Athletic Club ( ar, نادي الوداد الرياضي, ) commonly referred to as Wydad AC and known as Wydad, or simply as WAC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that ...
. At 16, Fettouhi participated in and won the 2007 edition of a Moroccan reality TV show called "Golden Foot". The winner and nine finalists participated in a training session of Le Havre AC. In the summer of 2009, Fettouhi joined FC Istres Ouest Provence, in Ligue 2. In 2013, Fettouhi joined Emirati club Ajman.
International career
Fettouhi has been playing international football since 9 February 2011. He was the captain of the
Morocco national under-23 football team
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in the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, which his team qualified for after beating Nigeria, Egypt, and Algeria. He played in all 3 of the Atlas Lions' games there.
He made his debut for the
Morocco national football team
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on 1 December 2021 in a
2021 FIFA Arab Cup
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game against
Palestine
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.
Honours
Club
Al-Sailiya SC
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Qatari Stars Cup
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The knockout competition, which involves a round-robin league structure, was first started in 2009 ...
:
2021-22
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Footballers from Casablanca
Men's association football midfielders
Moroccan men's footballers
Morocco men's international footballers
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Le Havre AC players
FC Istres players
Ajman Club players
Al Kharaitiyat SC players
Dibba Al Fujairah FC players
Al-Hazem F.C. players
Al-Ahli Saudi FC players
Al-Sailiya SC players
Al-Markhiya SC players
UAE First Division League players
UAE Pro League players
Qatar Stars League players
Saudi Pro League players
Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in France
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Olympic footballers for Morocco
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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