List Of Morocco Football Players In Foreign Leagues

This is a complete List of Moroccan football players in foreign leagues, i.e. association football players who have played in foreign leagues.

The history of Moroccan players in Europe

A large number of Moroccan players played in Europe, especially in France, Belgium and the Netherlands due to the presence of a large Moroccan community there, In the fifties of the twentieth century, there was a Moroccan player who impressed in Europe, especially with Atlético Madrid, who was Larbi Benbarek even though he was playing with the France national team because Morocco was under French protection, Benbarek won La Liga title twice in 1949–50 and 1950–51. In the fifties and beginning of the sixties another Moroccan star appeared Hassan Akesbi, is considered the best Moroccan scorer in European Leagues with 173 goals and the first Moroccan to win a title in Europe when Akesbi won Ligue 1 title with Reims in 1962.

In terms of titles, a large number of Moroccan players achieved titles most of them Badr El Kaddouri with 14 titles five Leagues, four cups and five Super Cup, followed by Sofian Benzouien with 10 titles, all in Luxembourg with F91 Dudelange with seven Leagues more than any other Moroccan player and three cups. Then comes Younès Belhanda with 9 titles five Leagues, three cups and one Super Cup. In terms of the five major Leagues Medhi Benatia twice with Bayern Munich and Serie A twice with Juventus More than any other Moroccan player, As for the other players who achieved the league titles in the top 5 leagues in Europe, Salaheddine Bassir and Noureddine Naybet won La Liga in 1999–2000 with Deportivo La Coruña and Ligue 1 six times was won by Hassan Akesbi, Marouane Chamakh and three players in 2011–12 they are Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Karim Aït-Fana, Younès Belhanda with Montpellier, and the last winner was Nabil Dirar in 2016–17.

At the level of individual titles Mbark Boussoufa won the award for best player in Belgium three times, The first with Gent as for the second and third with Anderlecht, in the Netherlands, the Moroccan players won the award for the best player three times through Mounir El Hamdaoui, Karim El Ahmadi and Hakim Ziyech. as for the level scorers There are five players who have won the top scorer El Hamdaoui is the first Moroccan to achieve the top scorer award in the Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar season 2008–09. As for more who won the top scorer award, he is Omar Er Rafik twice in Luxembourg with FC Differdange 03. as for more than play games just in the leagues there Karim El Ahmadi with 376 games, Abdelkrim Merry 337 games, Marouane Chamakh 333 games, Noureddine Naybet 329 games and finally Mbark Boussoufa 322 games. on the other hand more than hat-tricks record is Samir Hadji 8 all hat-tricks with Fola Esch then Omar Er Rafik by 7 and finally Hassan Akesbi by 6 hat-tricks. At the level of countries have made Moroccan players 29 titles in the Netherlands, which are thirteen Eredivisie, ten KNVB Cup and six Johan Cruijff-schaal after that Luxembourg twenty one title, fourteen League and seven cups and finally Portugal nineteen titles, eight Primeira Liga, one Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga and five Supertaça. Other countries where the Moroccan players at least won one title is the 17th state in the following figure Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine, Spain, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Russia and Turkey.

Gallery

File:Adana Demirspor vs Antalyaspor 20220225 4 (cropped).jpg, Younès Belhanda
File:Por-Mar (14).jpg, Hakim Ziyech
File:Chamakh Emirates Cup cropped.jpg, Marouane Chamakh
File:Badr El Kaddouri3.jpg, Badr El Kaddouri
File:Medhi Benatia.jpg, Medhi Benatia

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