Moestafa El Kabir

Moestafa El Kabir

Personal information
Full name	Moestafa El Kabir
Date of birth	5 October 1988 (1988-10-05)
Place of birth	Targuist, Morocco
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Cagliari
Number	10
Youth career
2003–2005	Blauw Wit
2005–2006	Ajax
2006–2007	Feyenoord
2007–2008	Utrecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008–2010	NEC	21	(0)
2010–2011	Mjällby	33	(15)
2011–	Cagliari	4	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Moestafa El Kabir (Arabic: مصطفى الكبير‎; born 5 October 1988 in Targuist,Morocco) is a Moroccan-born Dutch footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Cagliari Calcio.

Career

Youth career

El Kabir began his career with Blauw-Wit Amsterdam. In 2005, he joined Jong Ajax, a team he left after one year. He signed with Jong Feyenoord for one year, then with FC Utrecht, where he was included in the reserves' team. He left FC Utrecht in the summer of 2008 to sign with the Eredivisie NEC Nijmegen on 3 June 2008. He made his Eredivisie debut in November 2008, against NAC Breda.

NEC

On February 8 El Kabir was told he would not be playing any more matches for NEC, as result of disciplinary action. El Kabir was allowed to leave NEC for free, even though he has been contracted until 2012. Erton Fejzullahu then informed Mjällby AIF about El Kabir being available and a contract was signed.

El Kabir au entrainement

Mjällby AIF

When he signed for Mjällby AIF it was their first season in Allsvenskan since 1983. Media and many other experts had the team as a relegation candidate. But when the first half of the season 2010 was played, Mjällby were in the fourth position. (out of 16 teams) El Kabir scored his first goal for the club away against Örebro SK in the third round. He wasn’t scoring again until the seventh round away against BK Häcken.

In the last game in Allsvenskan (round 14) before the World cup break on May 15, 2010, Mjällby AIF were playing home against Malmö FF. In front of friends and his brother, El Kabir scored the two first goals in the game which ended up in a 4–2 victory to Mjällby. On the 4th of July, Mjällby AIF once again played against Malmö FF, but in the fourth round of the Svenska Cupen. The result was 4–1 to Mjällby and El Kabir scored all four goals.

Cagliari

On 5 April 2011, Cagliari President Massimo Cellino announced that a deal had been made for the transfer of El Kabir to Cagliari for the 2011–12 Serie A season.

External links

• Profile on Svenskfotboll.se
• Profile on Voetbal International
• Stats on De Trouwe Honden.nl