Ayoub El Kaabi (Arabic: أيوب الكعبي; born 25 June 1993) is a Moroccan footballer who currently plays as a forward or winger for Hatayspor and the Morocco national team. He was the top goalscorer of the CHAN 2018 taking place on home soil with 9 goals, thus making him the first player to reach that tally in a single competition, having surpassed the previous record set by Zambia's Given Singuluma who had scored 5 goals in 2009.
After netting a brace in the semi final against Libya, Morocco made it to the final of the CHAN for the first time in history.
Club Career
El Kaabi joined RS Berkane as a transfer from Racing de Casablanca during summer 2017. He was the top scorer in the Botola 2 during the 2016-17 season with 25 goals.
In 2018, El Kaabi was purchased by Hebei China Fortune for a transfer fee of €5 million.
International Career
El Kaabi made his international debut for Morocco on 13 January 2018 in a 2018 Africa Nations Championship group stage match against Mauritania, scoring 2 goals.
El Kaabi scored his first international hat trick on 17 January 2018 against Guinea.
In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
This page also has a version in other languages : Аюб Эль-Кааби (russian)
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