Aymane Mourid

Aymane Mourid (Arabic: أيمن مريد; born 7 May 2000) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays for Union de Touarga. Mainly a central midfielder, he can also play as a central defender.

Aymane Mourid

Personal information
Full name	Aymane Mourid
Date of birth	(2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Casablanca, Morocco
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Union Touarga
Youth career
	Mohammed VI Academy
2018–2019	→ Leganés (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Mohammed VI Academy	0	(0)
2019–2020	→ Leganés B (loan)	26	(0)
2019–2020	→ Leganés (loan)	0	(0)
2020–2022	Leganés B	27	(2)
2020–2021	→ Chabab Mohammédia (loan)	8	(0)
2022–	Union Touarga	0	(0)
International career
2016–2017	Morocco U17
2018–2019	Morocco U20[1]
2020–	Morocco U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2022

Club career

Mourid was born in Casablanca, and joined CD Leganés' youth setup in June 2018, from Mohammed VI Football Academy.^[2] Initially assigned to the Juvenil A squad, he made his senior debut with the reserves on 20 January 2019, starting in a 0–2 Tercera División away loss against CD Móstoles URJC.

Definitely promoted to the B-team for 2019–20, Mourid scored his first senior goal on 15 September 2019, netting the winner in a 2–1 away success over CA Pinto.^[3] He made his first team debut on 17 December, coming on as a late substitute for Javier Eraso in a 1–1 away draw against FC Andorra, for the season's Copa del Rey; he also converted his penalty kick in the 6–5 shoot-out win.^[4]

On 1 July 2020, Mourid signed for Lega permanently on a four-year contract.^[5] On 5 November, however, he was loaned to SCC Mohammédia for one year.^[6]

After making his debut for Chabab in the Moroccan Throne Cup, Mourid made his professional debut on 14 February 2021, starting in a 0–1 Botola Pro home loss against Mouloudia Oujda.^[7]

References

1. "Under 20s face Mauritania in first round of 2019 CAN U20 Qualifiers". Maghrib Foot. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
2. "CD Leganés haalt Mourid naar Europa" [CD Leganés brings Mourid to Europe] (in Dutch). 11 Lions. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
3. "PINTO 1–2 LEGANÉS B | Quien da primero, da dos veces" [PINTO 1–2 LEGANÉS B | Who gives it first, gives it twice] (in Spanish). El Gol de Madriz. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
4. "El Leganés, ni en la Liga ni en la Copa" [Leganés, neither in the League nor in the Cup] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
5. "C.D Leganés executes Aymane Mourid's purchase option". CD Leganés. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
6. "Aymane Mourid will play on loan at Chabab Mohammédia for a season". CD Leganés. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
7. "Aymane ya manda en Mohammédia" [Aymane already sets the pace in Mohammédia] (in Spanish). Somos Lega. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

External links

• Aymane Mourid at BDFutbol
• Aymane Mourid at Soccerway