Mehdi Benabid

El Mehdi Benabid (Arabic: مهدي بنعبيد; born 24 January 1998) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Botola club AS FAR.

Mehdi Benabid
Personal information
Full name El Mehdi Benabid
Date of birth (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998
Place of birth Rabat, Morocco
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 AS FAR
Number 16
Youth career
2007–2017 FUS Rabat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2023 FUS Rabat 100 (0)
2017–2018 → Ittihad Khemisset (loan) 10 (0)
2023– AS FAR 2 (0)
International career‡
2017 Morocco U20 2 (0)
2018–2019 Morocco U23 6 (0)
2021–2022 Morocco A' 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:57, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:57, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Career

Benabid is a youth product of FUS Rabat since 2007, and worked his way up their youth categories. For the 2017–18 season, he was loaned out to Ittihad Khemisset in the Botola 2 where he began his senior career. He returned to FUS Rabat in 2018, where he became a regular in their squad.[1]

International career

Benabid was first called up to the Morocco U20s in 2017. In March 2019, he was called up to the Morocco U23s for a set of friendlies.[2] He was called up for a set of 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches, in which the Morocco U20s missed qualification.[3] In November 2019, he was suspended because of an altercation with a referee and banned from football for 3 months.[4] In June 2021, he was called up to the Morocco A' national team for a set of friendlies.[5]

In March 2022, Benabid receives his first call-up to the senior Morocco national team.[6]

Personal life

On 9 September 2023, Benabid along with his national teammates donated their blood for the needy affected by the 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake.[7][8][9]

References
  1. "المهدي بنعبيد يثير أطماع كبار المغرب في الميركاتو الصيفي". alarab.co.uk.
  2. "Interview- Mehdi Benabid: "We moeten alles geven om de Olympische Spelen te halen"". 15 March 2019.
  3. Fizazi, Mohammed (12 August 2019). "L'équipe nationale U23 en stage de préparation pour la CAN".
  4. "Pour avoir agressé un arbitre, le gardien des Olympiques suspendu par la CAF". Le360 Sport.
  5. "Football : La sélection nationale B en stage à Maâmora". www.menara.ma.
  6. MATIN, LE. "Maroc-RD Congo : Vahid Halilhodzic convoque Mehdi Benabid". lematin.ma.
  7. ""أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم في أكادير". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  8. ""أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم.. عالم الرياضة يتضامن مع المغرب بعد الزلزال المدمر". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  9. قطبي, ماجدة (9 September 2023). "زلزال الحوز.. الركراكي و"أسود الأطلس" يتبرعون بالدم". مشاهد 24 (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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