Khalid Boutaïb

Khalid Boutaïb (Arabic: خالد بوطيب‎; born 24 April 1987) is a Moroccan professional footballer who last played as a striker for Egyptian club Zamalek SC.

Khalid Boutaïb

Khaled Boutaib with 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]
Playing position(s)	Striker
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	11	(4)
National team^‡
2016–	Morocco	26	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:06, 12 July 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:08, 12 July 2019 (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]

International career

Boutaïb was born in France to parents of Moroccan descent. He announced his intention to represent Morocco at international level.[7] 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.[8]

In May 2018 he was named in Morocco’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[9]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 23 June 2019[10]

Morocco
Year	Apps	Goals
2016	5	2
2017	9	4
2018	9	3
2019	3	0
Total	26	9

International goals

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.[10]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 November 2016	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco	Togo	1–1	2–1	Friendly
2.				2–1
3.	1 September 2017	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	Mali	2–0	6–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	7 October 2017	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Gabon	1–0	3–0
5.				2–0
6.				3–0
7.	23 March 2018	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy	Serbia	2–1	2–1	Friendly
8.	25 June 2018	Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia	Spain	1–0	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup
9.	16 October 2018	Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh, Mitsamiouli, Comoros	Comoros	1–1	2–2	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Zamalek

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2018–19
• Egypt Cup: 2018–19

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. Okeleji, Oluwashina (22 November 2015). "Ajaccio striker Khalid Boutaïb eyes call-up to the Morocco team". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
8. Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
9. "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".
10. "Khalid Boutaïb". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.

External links

• Khalid Boutaïb – French league stats at LFP (also available in French)
• Khalid Boutaïb career statistics at foot-national.com
• Khalid Boutaïb at Soccerway
• Khalid Boutaïb at FootballDatabase.eu