Mehdi El Moutacim

Mehdi El Moutacim (born 4 August 2000) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1][2]

Mehdi El Moutacim
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-04) 4 August 2000
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
EIF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 EIF 31 (0)
2020 SJK 0 (0)
2020 → SJK Akatemia (loan) 15 (0)
2021–2022 EIF 35 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

El Moutacim was born in Espoo, but moved to Ekenäs at the age of five.[3] He later joined the EIF youth system when he was seven.[3]

Club career

In 2017, El Moutacim spent time with both the under-17 squad and their reserve team, EIF Akademi.[4] After making nine appearances on the bench as an unused substitute for the first team between 2015 and 2017,[5] he signed his first professional contract with the club ahead of the 2018 Ykkönen season.[4][6] He made his debut on 6 March 2018 during their Finnish Cup group stage victory over Honka Akatemia at home, playing the full 90 minutes and keeping a clean sheet.[7] That year he appeared between the sticks in five league matches before becoming the full-time starter in 2019, playing in 26 of 27 games.[8]

He signed with Veikkausliiga club SJK in December 2019.[8][9] Two months later he made his club debut, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–3 defeat to Lahti in the Finnish Cup group stage. However, the signing of Finland national team keeper Walter Viitala turned him into the third-stringer at the position.[10] He started the 2020 season with SJK Akatemia in Ykkönen, and in his first match with the reserves on 27 June he allowed three goals in a 0–3 defeat to his childhood team EIF.[11]

In 2021, he received another contract extension with EIF.[12][13]

Personal life

He is of Moroccan descent through his father.[14]

References
  1. Enlund, Lina. "Mehdi El Moutacim – EIF-målvakten som jobbar målmedvetet mot sina mål". www.vastranyland.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. "EIF utnyttjade sina chanser mot Jaro i fotbollsettan – seriepoängen stannade i Ekenäs". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. "Nuori maalivahtilupaus SJK:n riveihin" (Press release) (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. Asplund, Bubi (4 December 2017). "Ung målvakt och målvaktstränare klara för Ekenäs IF". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. Mehdi El Moutacim at Soccerway
  6. "Maalivahtilupaus sopimukseen EIF:n kanssa". Kymppipaikka (in Finnish). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. "EIF 3-0 Honka Akatemia". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. Asplund, Bubi (1 December 2019). "Målvakten Mehdi El Moutacim lämnar Ekenäs IF för spel i ligaklubben SJK - "Jag är exalterad över den här chansen"". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  9. "Harjoitusten alku avannut SJK:n uuden maalivahdin silmät - "Näkee missä kunnossa pitää olla"". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  10. Kuparinen, Heikki (16 February 2020). "SJK iski jälleen siirtomarkkinoilla – nyt haaviin Veikkausliigan nollapeliennätyksen haltija". Suomi Futis (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  11. Långkvist, Carl-Magnus (27 June 2020). "Glödhet minut bäddade för EIF:s premiärseger – Mehdi El Moutacim fick vittja nätet tre gånger mot moderklubben". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  12. "Mehdi El Moutacim stannar i EIF – trots erbjudanden från ligaklubbar". www.vastranyland.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  13. "Mehdi el Moutacim: "Mina nära och kära finns i Ekenäs"". EIF Fotboll (in Swedish). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  14. Kuparinen, Heikki (1 December 2019). "SJK värväsi maalivahtilupauksen Ykkösestä – koko ura samassa seurassa". Suomi Futis (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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