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Mounir El Hamdaoui

Mounir El Hamdaoui
Mounir El Hamdaoui, March 28 2009.jpg
El Hamdaoui representing Morocco in March 2009
Personal information
Full name Mounir El Hamdaoui
Date of birth (1984-07-14) 14 July 1984 (age 32)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Free Agent
Youth career
Excelsior
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Excelsior 74 (32)
2005–2006 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2005–2006 Derby County (loan) 9 (3)
2006–2007 Willem II 7 (3)
2007–2010 AZ 80 (51)
2010–2012 Ajax 26 (13)
2012–2015 Fiorentina 22 (4)
2013–2014 Málaga (loan) 13 (3)
2015–2016 AZ 7 (1)
2016 Umm Salal 9 (7)
2016–2017 Al-Taawon FC 12 (5)
National team
2004–2005 Netherlands U21 3 (1)
2009– Morocco 16 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2016 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Mounir El Hamdaoui (Arabic: منير الحمداوي‎‎) (born 14 July 1984) is a Moroccan-Dutch footballer, who plays as a forward .

He previously played for Excelsior, Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County, Willem II, AZ Alkmaar and Ajax, before joining Fiorentina in 2012. In the 2008–09 Eredivisie, El Hamdaoui was named Dutch Footballer of the Year and became the Eredivisie Top Scorer as AZ Alkmaar won their second league title in their history.

Although being born in the Netherlands and having played for their Under-21 side, El Hamdaoui decided to represent Morocco, for whom he made his debut in February 2009 in a match against the Czech Republic.

Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, El Hamdaoui went through the youth academy of SBV Excelsior, where he played together with his youth friends Robin van Persie and Saïd Boutahar. In the 2001–02 season the player made his debut for the Rotterdam side under manager Adrie Koster, scoring two goals in six appearances. El Hamdaoui played a total of 74 league matches for Excelsior, scoring 32 goals. Excelsior big brother Feyenoord was also interested in signing the player, and El Hamdaoui trained a number of times with Feyenoord's first squad, but a transfer was never realised.


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