Issam El Maach
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ajax | ||
| Number | 52 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RKSV MULO | |||
| –2016 | VVV-Venlo | ||
| 2016–2017 | Vitesse | ||
| 2017–2019 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Jong Ajax | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Morocco U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Netherlands U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | Morocco U23 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:28, 17 May 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 May 2019 | |||
Issam El Maach (born 1 February 2001) is a Dutch-born Moroccan professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper in the Eerste Divisie for Dutch club Jong Ajax, the reserves team of Ajax and the Morocco national under-23 team.[2]
Club career
Early career
Born in Alphen aan den Rijn and raised in Helmond, El Maach began his football career with local club RKSV MULO before being recruited to the youth ranks of VVV-Venlo.[3] In 2016 he moved to the youth academy of SBV Vitesse, from where he was scouted and joined the Ajax Youth Academy a year later.[4]
Ajax
El Maach signed a two-year contract with Ajax in 2017 with an option for an additional year.[5] He made his professional debut with the reserves team Jong Ajax in the Eerste Divisie on 18 January 2018 in a 4–1 loss to RKC Waalwijk. Jong Ajax ended the season as champions of the second division, becoming the first reserves team to win a championship since the introduction of reserves teams in professional football in the Netherlands.[6]
He made his first team debut on 11 January 2019 in a friendly game against Brazilian club Flamengo in the Florida Cup.[7]
On June 26th, 2020 it was announced that El Maach contract was not going to be extended leaving him eligible to find a new club.[8]
International career
El Maach is a youth international for Morocco.[9]
Honours
Club
Jong Ajax[10]
Ajax[10]
References
- ^ https://www.voetbal.com/speler_profiel/issam-el-maach/
- ^ "Morocco - I. El Maach - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Ajax contracteert Heerlense doelman". 1 Limburg.
- ^ "Ajax contracteert Isaam El Maach". Ajax.nl.
- ^ "Issam El Maach: geboren leider die bij Ajax op zijn kans wacht". ELF Voetbal.
- ^ "Jong Ajax kampioen in Jupiler League, Fortuna Sittard promoveert". NU.nl.
- ^ Ajax verliest eerste wedstrijd Florida Cup na penaltys, AjaxShowtime, 11 January 2019
- ^ "Exit El Maach en Van Leer bij Ajax" (in Dutch). 1 Limburg.
- ^ "El Maach debuteert voor Marokko onder 23". Ajax1.nl.
- ^ a b "Issam El Maach - Career Honours". Soccerway.
External links
- Issam El Maach at Soccerway
- Issam El Maach at WorldFootball.net