Mounaïm El Idrissy (born 10 February 1999) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Career

El Idrissy made his professional debut with

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French language, French: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a communes of France, French commune, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, and head o ...

in a 3–2

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

win over

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on 19 October 2018. El Idrissy scored his first professional goal in a 1-0 win over

Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...

on 2 August 2019. On 14 May 2022, Ajaccio achieved promotion to

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as runners up after a 1-0 win over champions and fellow Ligue 2 promoted outfit

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

. On 5 August 2023, El Idrissy made his Ligue 1 debut in a 2-1 defeat to

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

at the Groupama Stadium. El Idrissy scored his first goal in Ligue 1 in a 2-1 defeat to

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

Roazhon Park Roazhon Park is a football stadium in Rennes, Brittany, France. ''Roazhon'' or is the Breton name of Rennes. The stadium was inaugurated on 15 September 1912. It is located at 111 route de Lorient, in west-central Rennes. Rebuilt in 2001 and ...

. El Idrissy finished his first Ligue 1 season with 6 goals in 32 appearances. On 7 September 2023, El Idrissy signed with

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We ...

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. He signed a three-year contract with the option to extend. On 3 February 2025, El Idrissy moved back to France and joined

on a one-and-a-half-year contract.

Personal life

Born in France, El Idrissy is of Moroccan descent.

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* * 1999 births Living people Footballers from Martigues French sportspeople of Moroccan descent French men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 3 players Belgian Pro League players AC Ajaccio players K.V. Kortrijk players ES Troyes AC players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-forward-1990s-stub