Mehdi El Moutacim
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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 | |||
Mehdi El Moutacim (born 4 August 2000) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]He is of Moroccan descent through his father.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Enlund, Lina. "Mehdi El Moutacim – EIF-målvakten som jobbar målmedvetet mot sina mål". www.vastranyland.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "EIF utnyttjade sina chanser mot Jaro i fotbollsettan – seriepoängen stannade i Ekenäs". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Nuori maalivahtilupaus SJK:n riveihin" (Press release) (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ a b Asplund, Bubi (4 December 2017). "Ung målvakt och målvaktstränare klara för Ekenäs IF". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Mehdi El Moutacim at Soccerway
- ^ "Maalivahtilupaus sopimukseen EIF:n kanssa". Kymppipaikka (in Finnish). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "EIF 3-0 Honka Akatemia". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Harjoitusten alku avannut SJK:n uuden maalivahdin silmät - "Näkee missä kunnossa pitää olla"". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Kuparinen, Heikki (16 February 2020). "SJK iski jälleen siirtomarkkinoilla – nyt haaviin Veikkausliigan nollapeliennätyksen haltija". Suomi Futis (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mehdi El Moutacim stannar i EIF – trots erbjudanden från ligaklubbar". www.vastranyland.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Mehdi el Moutacim: "Mina nära och kära finns i Ekenäs"". EIF Fotboll (in Swedish). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Kuparinen, Heikki (1 December 2019). "SJK värväsi maalivahtilupauksen Ykkösestä – koko ura samassa seurassa". Suomi Futis (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
External links
[edit]- Mehdi El Moutacim at Flashscore.com
- Mehdi El Moutacim at Soccerway
- Mehdi El Moutacim at WorldFootball.net