Youssef Mokhtari ( ar, يوسف المختاري; born 5 March 1979) is a Moroccan former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Mokhtari had previous spells at

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a German football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports. History The club was founded on 13 Novemb ...

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus ( Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...

, 1. FC Köln,

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

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and

FC Metz Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as FC Metz or simply Metz (), is a French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine. The club was formed in 1932 and plays in Ligue 2, the second division in the French football league sys ...

. On 14 October 2008, he moved to German

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team

FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...

and left after just one year later to sign with

SpVgg Greuther Fürth Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth (), commonly known as Greuther Fürth (), is a German football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. They play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system, following relegation from the B ...

. On 27 January 2010, Mokhtari left Fürth, dissolving his contract by mutual consent. After being released by Greuther Fürth, Mokhtari signed later on the same day a contract running half a year with

. On 20 June 2014, he agreed to a two-year deal with Luxembourg champion

F91 Dudelange F91 Dudelange (; lb, F91 Diddeleng, italic=no, ) is a Luxembourger professional football club based in Dudelange which plays in the Luxembourg National Division. It was formed in 1991 as a merger between three teams in the town: Alliance Dudel ...

after spending three years playing for German 3. Liga side

SV Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Burghausen, Altötting, Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports. ...

Personal life

He is the brother of

Oualid Mokhtari Oualid Mokhtari (born 29 April 1982) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking u ...

who played for

among other clubs.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mokhtari goal''.

References

External links

* Living people 1979 births People from Nador Association football midfielders Moroccan footballers Morocco international footballers 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players Ligue 2 players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Luxembourg National Division players Qatar Stars League players SSV Jahn Regensburg players SV Wacker Burghausen players FC Energie Cottbus players 1. FC Köln players MSV Duisburg players FSV Frankfurt players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Al-Rayyan SC players FC Metz players F91 Dudelange players SC Hessen Dreieich players Riffian people Berber Moroccans Moroccan expatriate footballers Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate footballers in Qatar Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg Expatriate footballers in Luxembourg {{Morocco-footy-midfielder-stub