Ismael Mokadem

Ismael Mokadem
Personal information
Date of birth	26 November 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth	Casablanca, Morocco
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Al-Ula
Number	14
Youth career
2009-2014	Wifaq Bouznika
2014-2016	HSB Slimane
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016-2018	Wydad Temara
2018-2022	RS Berkane
2022–2024	Raja CA
2024–	Al-Ula
International career‡
2020–	Morocco A'
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 April 2024

Ismael Mokadem (Arabic: إسماعيل مقدم; born 26 July 1995) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Arabian club Al-Ula and the Morocco national team.

Early life

Ismael Mokadem was born on 26 July 1995 in Bouznika. He later joined the youth team of Wifaq Bouznika before moving to the U20 team of Hassania Ben Slimane in 2014.

Club career

Debut

In 2016, at the age of 21, he made his professional debut with Widad Temara in Botola 2.

At the end of the 2016-2017 season, where he played all the games and became the team captain, he's close to join Fath Union Sports but the move failed.^[1]

RS Berkane

During the summer of 2018, he passed a test with Raja Club Athletic and did not convince the Spaniard coach Juan Carlos Garrido. In August, he signed a four-year contract with RS Berkane.^[2]^[3] He quickly became a starter under Mounir Jaouani and played the final of the 2018 Throne Cup on 18 November 2018 against Wydad de Fès. After 120 minutes (2-2), he scores during the penalty shoot-out and the Berkanais managed to win their first title.^[4]

He participated several times in the Confederation Cup. During the 2018-2019 season, he reached the final of this competition, before losing on penalties against Zamalek SC. He played 16 games in this Cup. The following season, he ended up winning the competition by beating Egyptian club Pyramids FC in the final (1-0).^[5] This time around, he takes part in 14 games, with two assists delivered against the Zambian side Zanaco FC.

On 20 May 2022, he won the Confederation Cup for the second time by beating Orlando Pirates FC on penalties (draw, 1-1).^[6]

Raja Club Athletic

On 15 July 2022, he finally joined Raja CA as a free agent and signed a three-year contract.^[7] On October 19, he made his debut with the Eagles against Hassania Agadir alongside Marouane Hadhoudi in the defense.^[8]

Al-Ula

On 26 August 2024, Mokadem joined Saudi Second Division League club Al-Ula.^[9]

International career

On 21 September 2019, he received his first selection with the Morocco A' team, against Algeria, under Hussein Ammouta.^[10]

Honours

RS Berkane

Moroccan Throne Cup: 2018
CAF Confederation Cup: 2020, 2022; runner-up: 2021
CAF Super Cup runner-up: 2021

References

^ casablancatoday. "casablancatoday". Casablancatoday (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "نهضة بركان يقترب من ضم لاعب كان قريبا من الرجاء". سبورت Le360 (in Arabic). 9 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "نهضة بركان يوقع لإسماعيل مقدم‎ من وداد تمارة". جريدة وطنية | orientplus.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "RS Berkane 2-2 Wydad Fès - 18 november 2018 / Coupe du Trône 2018". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "Renaissance Berkane remporte la Coupe de la Confédération de la CAF - Fil Info - Afrique - Etranger - Football". Sport24 (in French). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Coupe de la CAF : le RS Berkane remporte la finale face à Orlando Pirates". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "الرجاء الرياضي يضم إسماعيل مقدم في صفقة انتقال حر بعقد يمتد لثلاثة مواسم". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ Sofascore. "Raja Club Athletic vs Hassania d'Agadir live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "المحترف المغربي إسماعيل مقدم يدعم دفاع النمور العربية".
^ "Équipe nationale des joueurs locaux: Le Maroc disputera deux rencontres au Niger début novembre". Hespress Français (in French). 27 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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[1] sablancatoday. "casablancatoday". Casablancatoday (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[2] "نهضة بركان يقترب من ضم لاعب كان قريبا من الرجاء". سبورت Le360 (in Arabic). 9 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[3] "نهضة بركان يوقع لإسماعيل مقدم‎ من وداد تمارة". جريدة وطنية | orientplus.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[4] "RS Berkane 2-2 Wydad Fès - 18 november 2018 / Coupe du Trône 2018". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[5] "Renaissance Berkane remporte la Coupe de la Confédération de la CAF - Fil Info - Afrique - Etranger - Football". Sport24 (in French). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[6] "Coupe de la CAF : le RS Berkane remporte la finale face à Orlando Pirates". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[7] "الرجاء الرياضي يضم إسماعيل مقدم في صفقة انتقال حر بعقد يمتد لثلاثة مواسم". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[8] Sofascore. "Raja Club Athletic vs Hassania d'Agadir live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[9] "المحترف المغربي إسماعيل مقدم يدعم دفاع النمور العربية".

[10] "Équipe nationale des joueurs locaux: Le Maroc disputera deux rencontres au Niger début novembre". Hespress Français (in French). 27 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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