Askary Mohamed Chibi ( ar, محمد الشيبي; born 21 January 1993) is a Moroccan professional

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who plays as a

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for

Pyramids FC Pyramids Football Club ( ar, نادي بيراميدز لكرة القدم or ) is an Egyptian professional football club based in Cairo that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system. Fo ...

, and the Morocco national team.

Career

A youth product of

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, Chibi began his senior career with them in 2011 signing a 5-year professional contract. He shortly after went on successive loans to

Kawkab Marrakech Kawkab Athlétique Club of Marrakech ( ar, الكوكب المراكشي; KACM) is a Moroccan professional football club based in Marrakech. The club was founded on 20 September 1947 by Hadj Idriss Talbi. Honours * Moroccan League First Divisio ...

and CRA, before transferring to

Ittihad Khemisset Ittihad Khemisset ( ar, اتحاد الخميسات) is a Moroccan football club based in Khemisset. The club was founded in 1940. They play their home games at Stade du 18 novembre. Honours * Moroccan League First Division: 0 :: ::Second pl ...

in 2014. In 2015, he moved to

KAC Kénitra Kenitra Athletic Club (KAC) ( ar, النادي القنيطري) is a Moroccan football and basketball club based in the city of Kenitra. History The club, which was founded in 1938, is one of the most famous and popular football clubs in Moro ...

where he became the starter. He had stints at

Moghreb Tétouan Moghreb Atletico Tetouan ( ar, المغرب أتلتيكو تطوان; acronym MAT) is a Moroccan football league system, Moroccan football club based in Tetouan. MA Tétouan was founded in 1922 and used to compete in the Tétouan local compétit ...

and

Khénifra Khenifra ( Berber: ''Xnifṛa'', ⵅⵏⵉⴼⵕⴰ, ar, خنيفرة) is a city in northern central Morocco, surrounded by the Atlas Mountains and located on the Oum Er-Rbia River. National Highway 8 also goes through the town. The population, a ...

, before moving to AS FAR in 2018. He moved to

Ittihad Tanger Ittihad Riadi Tanger ( ar, الاتحاد الرياضي لطنجة, lit.'Sports Union of Tangier'), known as Ittihad Riadi Tanger, abbreviation IRT, is a Moroccan football club based in Tangier, that competes in Botola, the top flight of Mo ...

for 2 years in 2019, before returning to AS FAR. After a relatively successful campaign with AS FAR, finishing third, Chibi signed with

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club

. In a game between Pyramids FC and

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in June 2023, Mohamed Chibi got into a fight with

Hussein El Shahat Hussein Ali Elshahat Ali Hassan ( arz, حسين علي الشحات علي حسن, born 21 June 1992) is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Al Ahly as a winger, he can also play as an attacking midfielder. Club career Elshahat played for Mi ...

. Following the 3-0 win for Pyramids, El Shahat "said some harsh words regarding Chibi's religion" and then "slapped the face of Chibi and threatened to break his leg." The staff for both sides had to stop the conflict. El Shahat reportedly offered to apologize to Chibi and shook his hand. El Shahat was then fined £20,000 and given a two-match suspension. Former footballer Moataz Eno stated he believed that El Shahat did the right thing.

International career

Chibi debuted with the Morocco national team in a 3–0

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win over

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

on 12 November 2021. On 28 December 2023, Chibi was amongst the 27 players selected by coach

Walid Regragui Hoalid Regragui (born 23 September 1975), known as Walid Regragui ( ar, وليد الركراكي, Walīd ar-Ragrāgī), is a Moroccan professional Association football, football manager and former Football player, player who played as a right- ...

to represent Morocco in the

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Career statistics

International goals

Honours

Morocco *

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Individual *

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Team of the Tournament:

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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 ...

Team of the Season:

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, 2021–22

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chibi, Mohamed 1993 births Living people Footballers from Casablanca Moroccan men's footballers Morocco men's international footballers Morocco men's youth international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Raja CA players IZ Khemisset players MA Tétouan players AS FAR (football club) players IR Tanger players Botola players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players