Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 April 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Deroua, Morocco | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Khaldiya SC | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2014–2024 | Wydad AC | 99 | (19) |
2016–2017 | → Hassania Agadir (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → OCK (loan) | 24 | (10) |
2024– | Al-Khaldiya SC | 1 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:50, 16 September 2019 (UTC) |
Zouhair El Moutaraji ( Arabic: زهير مترجي) (born 1 April 1996) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays for Al-Khaldiya SC as a winger. [1] [2]
El Moutaraji started his career with Wydad AC at the age of 18 as a replacement for the injured Reda Hajhouj. He was linked with a move to Italy's Juventus as a junior, but the move never materialised. [3]
In 2017, El Moutaraji was loaned to Olympique Club de Khouribga, where he scored ten league goals, including one against Wydad. [4] [5] He finished tied for fifth in the league goalscoring table. [6]
El Moutaraji returned to Wydad after his loan spell and played several games for them in the 2018–19 CAF Champions League, scoring goals against Horoya and ASEC Mimosas. [7] On 30 May 2022, El Moutaraji scored a brace for Wydad in a 2–0 win over Al Ahly in the 2022 CAF Champions League Final, and won the man of the match award. [8] [9] [10]
On 30 June 2022, El Moutaraji was nominated for the 2022 CAF inter club player of the year awards. [11] [12]
Zouhair El Moutaraji announced his departure from Wydad AC during the 2024 winter Mercato, after the two parties reached a final agreement to end the relationship between them.
Zouhair wrote a post on his official Instagram account “The end of one stage and the beginning of another. 14 years with the components of Wydad Casablanca, during which I graduated through many age categories until I reached the first team, and achieved, thanks to God and then the support of the public, a lot of success, Achievements and coronations". [13]
Wydad AC