A large number of Moroccan players played in Europe, especially in France, Belgium and the Netherlands due to the presence of a large Moroccan community there, In the 1950s, there was a Moroccan player who impressed in Europe, especially with Atlético Madrid, who was Larbi Benbarek even though he was playing with the France national team because Morocco was under French protection, Benbarek won La Liga title twice in 1949–50 and 1950–51. In the fifties and beginning of the sixties another Moroccan star appeared Hassan Akesbi, is considered the best Moroccan scorer in European Leagues with 173 goals and the first Moroccan to win a title in Europe when Akesbi won Ligue 1 title with Reims in 1962.
Moroccan descent players played for other national teams
Khalid Boulahrouz was born in Maassluis, Netherlands to a family of Moroccan descent. He has eight siblings. As a youngster he went to the youth academies of Ajax and Haarlem. When he was sixteen his father died and he had to take responsibility for his family.[1]
Ibrahim Afellay is of MoroccanRiffian descent; his parents left their hometown Al Hoceima in the 1960s to work in the Netherlands. He grew up in Overvecht, a neighbourhood in Utrecht with a large immigrant population.[2] Afellay and his brother, Ali, were brought up by their mother, Habiba, after his father died when he was young.,[3] his family are Moroccan Dutch. After both the Moroccan and the Netherlands national teams managers selected him for their squads, he was caught in the dilemma to either play for the Moroccan national team, because of his Moroccan descent, or to play for the Dutch team, the Netherlands being his place of birth and residence. He ultimately decided to play for the Netherlands national team despite the heavy competition for places in midfield.[4]
Adil Rami was born in the city of Bastia on the island of Corsica to Moroccan parents. As a youth, his family moved to the mainland, eventually settling in the southern coast city of Fréjus, where his mother worked as a member of the city council. Rami is the third of four children and has two sisters and one brother.,[5] Rami is a French international, having made his debut on 11 August 2010 in a friendly match against Norway. Prior to representing France, he drew interest from the Moroccan national team. Ahead of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Rami was offered a chance to play with Morocco at the competition by manager Henri Michel. However, Rami declined the offer, citing his ambition to play for France.[6] He has stated on several occasions that he would prefer to "represent Morocco within the France team".[7]
List of Moroccan players hat-tricks in European League
Position key:GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward; 4 – Player scored four goals; 6 – Player scored six goals; * – The home team
This statistics of Moroccan players who won titles in Europe where the player must be Moroccan whether he played for the Morocco national football team or from a Moroccan father and mother. He has never been represent another country, but if he plays for another national team and then plays for the Moroccan team he is considered a Moroccan player, and the same thing if he played with teams under-23, under-20 and under-17.
List of Moroccan players hat-tricks in the rest of the world Leagues
Position key:GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward; 4 – Player scored four goals; 5 – Player scored five goals; * – The home team
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