Khalid Boutaïb

Khalid Boutaïb (Arabic: خالد بوطيب‎; born 24 April 1987) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for French club Le Havre.

Khalid Boutaïb
Boutaib playing for Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-04-24) 24 April 1987
Place of birth Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Le Havre
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Bagnols Pont
2007–2010 Uzès
2010–2011 Bagnols Pont 14 (7)
2011–2012 Uzès 33 (13)
2012–2013 Istres 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Uzès (loan) 24 (6)
2013–2014 Luzenac 33 (8)
2014–2016 Gazélec Ajaccio 59 (12)
2016–2017 Strasbourg 34 (20)
2017–2019 Yeni Malatyaspor 48 (16)
2019–2020 Zamalek 14 (4)
2020– Le Havre 0 (0)
National team‡
2016– Morocco 26 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of (UTC)

Club career

Born in Bagnols-sur-Cèze,[2] Boutaïb started his career with spells at Bagnols Pont and Uzès, where he was part of the team that won promotion to the Championnat National in the 2011–12 season before joining Istres in the summer of 2012. Boutaïb made his professional debut in the 1–2 defeat to Clermont Foot in the Coupe de la Ligue on 7 August 2012, coming on as a half-time substitute for Ludovic Genest.

Boutaïb presents the particularity of being a gifted student as well. He obtained the maximal grade of 20/20 in mathematics in French High School exam. He chose however to continue his career as a football player.[3]

Out of contract with Gazélec Ajaccio, Boutaïb joined Racing Strasbourg on a one-year contract.[4][5]

Boutaïb signed with newly promoted Turkish Süper Lig side Yeni Malatyaspor in June 2017.[6] In 2019, he joined Egyptian club Zamalek.[7] In October 2020, Boutaïb returned to France to play for Le Havre.[8]

International career

Boutaïb was born in France to parents of Moroccan descent. He announced his intention to represent Morocco at international level.[9] He received a call-up to the Morocco national football team for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Cape Verde, and made his debut as a late sub in a 1–0 win.[10]

In May 2018 he was named in Morocco’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[11]

Career statistics

International
As of match played 23 June 2019[12]
Morocco
YearAppsGoals
201652
201794
201893
201930
Total269

International goals
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.[12]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 November 2016Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco Togo1–12–1Friendly
2.2–1
3.1 September 2017Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Mali2–06–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.7 October 2017Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco Gabon1–03–0
5.2–0
6.3–0
7.23 March 2018Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy Serbia2–12–1Friendly
8.25 June 2018Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia Spain1–02–22018 FIFA World Cup
9.16 October 2018Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh, Mitsamiouli, Comoros Comoros1–12–22019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Zamalek

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. "Khalid Boutayeb". L'Equipe. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Article/Khalid-boutaib-des-maths-et-des-buts/726405
  4. "Officiel – Khalid Boutaib rejoint Strasbourg". Goal (in French). 7 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  5. "Khalid Boutaib (GFC Ajaccio) à Strasbourg (officiel)". L'Equipe (in French). 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  6. Khalid Boutaïb signs pre-agreement with Yeni Malatyaspor‚ getfootballnewsfrance.com, 8 June 2017
  7. "Zamalek lure Morocco striker Khalid Boutaib from Turkey". BBC Sport. 6 January 2019.
  8. "Khalid Boutaïb retrouve la France !". alsasports.fr (in French). 6 October 2020.
  9. Okeleji, Oluwashina (22 November 2015). "Ajaccio striker Khalid Boutaïb eyes call-up to the Morocco team". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  10. Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  11. "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".
  12. "Khalid Boutaïb". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
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