Omar El Kaddouri

Omar El Kaddouri (Arabic: عمر القدوري‎; born 21 August 1990) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or a winger for Greek club PAOK and the Morocco national team.

Omar El Kaddouri
El Kaddouri playing for PAOK in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-08-21) 21 August 1990
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current team
 PAOK
Number 7
Youth career
2001–2006 Diegem
2006–2008 Anderlecht
2008–2010 Brescia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Anderlecht 0 (0)
2008–2012 Brescia 39 (7)
2010–2011 → Südtirol (loan) 31 (2)
2012–2017 Napoli 32 (1)
2013–2015 → Torino (loan) 61 (8)
2017 Empoli 15 (3)
2017– PAOK 58 (3)
National team‡
2009–2010 Belgium U19 5 (0)
2011–2012 Belgium U21 2 (1)
2012 Morocco Olympic[1][2] 2 (0)
2013– Morocco 28 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019

Club career

Early career

Born in Belgium to Moroccan parents, he began his early career at K. Diegem Sport. He subsequently moved to Anderlecht after being scouted by their youth system. During the Torneo di Viareggio in 2007, he was scouted by Italian football club Brescia who signed him in 2008.

He played two seasons with the Brescia youth team, managing a first team appearance when he came on as a substitute against Livorno on 30 March 2009, aged just 18. Due to a lack of first team opportunities, he was sent out to Lega Pro side Südtirol, where he managed 32 appearances, scoring two goals and assisting a further 10.

Brescia

During 2011–12, he returned to Brescia, who decided to establish him in the centre midfield. On 3 October 2011, he scored the second goal in a defeat of Cittadella. On 5 March 2012 he scored his fifth goal of the season for le Rondinelle against Gubbio, on an assist of Jonathas. He concluded the season with 38 appearances and 7 goals.

Napoli

On 24 August 2012 he officially signed with Napoli under a co-ownership agreement for €2 million.[3]

He officially debuted with the Neapolitans on 20 September as a starter in a Europa League match against Swedish side AIK Fotboll; his Serie A debut was on 2 December, in a home game against Pescara. He collected 7 appearances in Serie A, with 14 in total throughout the season.

On 20 June 2013 Napoli acquired the second half of his contract from Brescia.[4]

Torino
El Kaddouri with Torino

On 11 July 2013 he was loaned to Torino with the right to redeem half of his contract in co-ownership.[5] He made his debut on 17 August in the third round of Coppa Italia, a 1–2 defeat against Pescara, substituting Alexander Farnerud at halftime. On 24 November he scored his first two goals for Torino during a 4–1 win against Catania.[6] On 17 February 2014 he scored the final goal in a 3–1 win away at Verona, after providing two assists on the earlier goals.

In the league he collected 29 appearances and 5 goals. At the end of the season Torino opted to acquire 50% of his contract, however, Napoli exercised the right redeem his contract in full as stipulated. On 1 July 2014 he was reloaned to Torino with a buyout clause.[7] On 7 February 2015 he scored his first goal of the season during an away fixture against Verona; the game ended 3–1 in favour of the Granata.

Return to Napoli

On 25 June 2015 his contract was not redeemed by Torino and he returned to Naples.

Empoli

On 31 January 2017, during the winter transfer window, Omar El Kaddouri has officially joined Empoli, moving from Napoli on a three-and-a-half-year contract, until 30 June 2021.

PAOK

On 24 August 2017, PAOK announced the signing of the Moroccan middlefielder who penned a four-year contract with the club.[8] On 14 April 2018, he scored his first goal with the club in Superleague in a 3–1 home win game against Panionios.[9]

International career

El Kaddouri was part of the Belgium U21 team. He scored his first goal for them on 14 November 2011 against England in a match part of the European Under-21 qualifiers in 2013. In July 2012, he participated in the Olympic Games in London with Morocco, making two appearances.

El Kaddouri then played for the Moroccan national team, making his debut 14 August 2013 in a friendly against Burkina Faso. He scored his first goal on 23 May 2014 in a 4–0 friendly win over Mozambique.[10]

Honours

PAOK

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 July 2020.

Season Team League Domestic Cup European Competition Other Tournaments Total
Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Apps Goals
2008–09BresciaB10CI00––––––10
2009–10B00CI20––––––20
2010–11SüdtirolPD312CI-C–-––––––312
2011–12BresciaB387CI20––––––407
Total Brescia397400000437
2012–13NapoliA70CI10UEL40SI[11]––120
2013–14TorinoA295CI10––––––305
2014–15A323CI10UEL131–––444
Total Torino6182013100769
2015–16NapoliA201CI11UEL51–––263
2016–17A50CI00UCL00–––50
Total Napoli321219100433
2016–17EmpoliA153CI10––––––163
Total Empoli153100000153
2017–18PAOKGSL181GC31–00–––212
2018–19GSL171GC60UCL91–––322
2019–20GSL231GC20UCL & UEL40–––291
Total PAOK58311113100825
Total career236242023530028929

International goals
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
1.23 May 2014Estádio de São Luís, Faro Mozambique1–04–0Friendly[10]
2.9 October 2014Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech Central African Republic3–04–0[12]
3.13 November 2014Stade Adrar, Agadir Benin3–06–1[13]
4.12 June 2015Stade Adrar, Agadir Libya1–01–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5.12 October 2015Stade Adrar, Agadir Guinea1–11–1Friendly
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References
  1. "London 2012 football men – Olympic Football". 3 June 2017.
  2. "London 2012 football men – Olympic Football". 3 June 2017.
  3. "Ufficiale: Omar El Kaddouri al Napoli". Article on sscnapoli.it. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  4. "Risolte anche le partecipazioni di Mannini e Santacroce in favore di Siena e Parma". sscnapoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Torino vs. Catania – 24 November 2013". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. "UFFICIALE – El Kaddouri ritorna al Torino". torinogranata.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  8. "Στον ΠΑΟΚ ο Ομάρ Ελ Καντουρί – PAOKFC". PAOKFC (in Greek). 24 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  9. "Πρώτα συλλαλητήριο, μετά... μπαλάρα! (vid)" (in Greek). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. "Morocco mauls Mozambique". The World Game. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  11. Acquired after the participation in the competition
  12. "Morocco 4 Central African Republic 0: Hamdallah hat-trick eases hosts to victory". FourFourTwo. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  13. "Morocco 6 Benin 1: Ruthless hosts lift the gloom". Sportal. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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