Ilias Akhomach Chakkour ( ar, إلياس آخوماش شكور; born 16 April 2004) is a professional

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who plays a

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for

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club

Villarreal Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's ...

. Born in Spain, he represents the Morocco national team.

Club career

Barcelona

Born in

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, Akhomach made his debut for

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on 7 November 2020, starting in a 1–0 away defeat to

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. He was replaced by Nils Mortimer in the 63rd minute. On 20 November 2021, he was selected in the first team starting line-up, for

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's first game as a

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manager, a

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against

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. In a tense contest at the

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following the departure of

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, he helped his team to a 1–0 win, although he was replaced early in the second half to make way for his fellow Barcelona B winger

Abde Ezzalzouli Abdessamad "Abde" Ezzalzouli ( ar, عبد الصمد الزلزولي; born 17 December 2001), sometimes known as Ez Abde, is a Moroccan professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger for La Li ...

. On 20 May 2023, it was announced that Akhomach would not renew his contract with Barça and would become a free agent when his contract expired on 30 June 2023.

Villarreal

On 3 July 2023, Akhomach signed a four-year contract with

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, being initially assigned to the reserves in

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. On 14 December, he netted his first goal in a 3–2 away win over

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in the

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. On 27 January 2024, he scored his first La Liga goal in a 5–3 away victory over his former club Barcelona.

International career

Born in Spain, Akhomach is of Moroccan descent. He is an international for

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's youth national teams. He also played with Morocco U15 national team and won the North African U15 championship in 2018. Akhomach made the switch to Morocco U23 national team in November 2023. He debuted in a friendly 3–0 loss to Denmark U21 on 16 November 2023. Akhomach made his debut for the senior Morocco national team on 22 March 2024 in a friendly against Angola.

Career statistics

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