Jawad El Yamiq

Jawad El Yamiq (Arabic: جواد الياميق; born 29 February 1992) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi club Al-Wehda and the Morocco national team. He began his professional career playing for Olympique Khouribga.

Jawad El Yamiq
El Yamiq in 2023
Personal information
Full name Jawad El Yamiq[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-29) 29 February 1992[1]
Place of birth Khouribga, Morocco
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Al-Wehda
Number 5
Youth career
Olympique Khouribga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Olympique Khouribga 66 (4)
2016–2017 Raja CA 34 (2)
2018–2020 Genoa 7 (0)
2018–2019 → Perugia (loan) 22 (1)
2020 → Zaragoza (loan) 12 (0)
2020–2023 Valladolid 69 (3)
2023– Al-Wehda 7 (1)
International career‡
2015–2018 Morocco A' 9 (1)
2017– Morocco 18 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Morocco
African Nations Championship
Winner2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2022

A full international for Morocco since 2017, El Yamiq represented the nation at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2018 African Nations Championship.

Club career

In the 2014–15 Botola, El Yamiq's Olympique Khouribga finished as runners-up to Wydad AC and won the Moroccan Throne Cup by beating FUS Rabat in the final.[2]

Raja CA

In the summer of 2016, 25-year-old El Yamiq signed a contract with Raja Casablanca for four years.[3][4] He scored his first goal for the team in a 5–1 victory against Chabab Atlas Khénifra.[5] He won the 2017 Throne cup against Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi.[6]

El Yamiq (right) warming up before the Sevilla-Valladorid match in August 2022.

Europe

On 28 January 2018, Jawad signed with the Italian team Genoa.[7][8] He was loaned to Serie B team Perugia Calcio. On 29 January 2020, he joined Zaragoza on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[9] He made his first appearance for the team against Cádiz.[10]

On 24 September 2020, he signed a four-year contract with Real Valladolid.[11][12] He made his debut against Real Madrid. On 31 November 2021, El Yamiq scored his first goal for the club in a 2-0 victory against SD Eibar.[13]

Al Wehda

On 15 August 2023, after Valladolid's relegation, El Yamiq moved to Saudi Pro League side Al-Wehda.[14][15] He was set to play with the No. 5 under the leadership of trainer Giorgos Donis. 3 days later, he made his debut for the club, coming on in the 67th minute and scoring an own goal against Al Shabab FC but ended up winning the match 3–1.[16]

International career

El Yamiq represented Morocco in the 2018 African Nations Championship, helping his country to achieve their first such title.[17]

On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[18][19] El Yamiq made headlines after being seen celebrating Morocco 2-1 victory against Canada by raising the Palestinian flag.[20][21][22]

Personal life

On 9 September 2023, El Yamiq along with his national teammates donated their blood for the needy affected by the 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake.[23][24][25]

Career statistics
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each El Yamiq goal.[26]
List of international goals scored by Jawad El Yamiq
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
118 August 2017Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Egypt1–03–12018 African Nations Championship qualification
211 October 2019Honneur Stadium, Oujda, Morocco Libya1–01–1Friendly
38 June 2021Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Ghana1–01-0Friendly

Honours

Olympique Khouribga

Raja CA

Morocco

Orders

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Morocco (MAR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 19. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "Morocco 2014/15". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. "رسميا الياميق يتعاقد مع الرجاء البيضاوي". Cawalisse | كواليس اليوم (in Arabic). 19 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. "جواد اليميق يوقع للرجاء اليضاوي مقابل 200 مليون سنتيم". فبراير.كوم | موقع مغربي إخباري شامل يتجدد على مدار الساعة. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. "أهداف مباراة الرجاء الرياضي 5-1 شباب أطلس خنيفرة – Casapress.co" (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  6. "Morocco 2016/17". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  7. "لاعب الرجاء الياميق يوقع لجنوى الإيطالي". الحياة اليومية (in Arabic). 28 January 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. "رسيما.. جواد الياميق يوقع لفريق جنوى الإيطالي". المحرر (in Arabic). 28 January 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  9. "Acuerdo con el Genoa CFC para la cesión de Jawad El Yamiq" (Press release) (in Spanish). Zaragoza. 29 January 2020.
  10. Aragón, Heraldo de. "El prometedor debut de El Yamiq". heraldo.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  11. "EL YAMIQ REFUERZA EL CENTRO DE LA ZAGA" (Press release) (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 24 September 2020.
  12. "رسميا.. جواد الياميق لاعبا لنادي بلد الوليد الإسباني - هبة سبور" (in Arabic). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  13. "Real Valladolid 2–0 SD Eibar | Match | Score | Result | La Liga 2 | 2021/2022". scores360.net. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  14. "El Yamiq, al Al-Wehda saudí" [El Yamiq, to Saudi Al-Wehda] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  15. Eddahmani, Zouhair. "Moroccan Defender El Yamiq Signs with Saudi Club Al Wahda". Morocco World News.
  16. "Al Wehda vs. Al Shabab - 18 August 2023 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  17. "Hosts Morocco crowned CHAN champions". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  18. "Morocco World Cup 2022 squad: Who's in and who's out? | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  19. "Moroccan coach unveils list of 26 Atlas Lions in 2022 World Cup". Hespress. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  20. "World Cup: Moroccan players pose with Palestinian flag". Africanews. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  21. Salman, Jonny Hallam,Abeer (7 December 2022). "Palestinian flag waved on pitch as Morocco celebrates historic World Cup win". CNN. Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  22. Panja, Tariq (7 December 2022). "Waving the Flag of the World Cup's Unofficial Team". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  23. ""أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم في أكادير". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  24. ""أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم.. عالم الرياضة يتضامن مع المغرب بعد الزلزال المدمر". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  25. قطبي, ماجدة (9 September 2023). "زلزال الحوز.. الركراكي و"أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم". مشاهد 24 (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  26. "Jawad El Yamiq". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  27. Nick Cavell (4 February 2018). "CHAN 2018: Morocco beat Nigeria 4-0 in final to lift trophy". BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  28. "King receives members of national soccer team, decorates them with Royal wissams". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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