Issam El Maach

Issam El Maach (born 1 February 2001) is a Dutch-born Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper in the Eerste Divisie for Dutch club Jong Ajax, the reserves team of Ajax and the Morocco national under-23 team.[2]

Issam El Maach
Personal information
Full name Issam El Maach
Date of birth (2001-02-01) 1 February 2001
Place of birth Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 52
Youth career
RKSV MULO
0000–2016 VVV-Venlo
2016–2017 Vitesse
2017–2019 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Jong Ajax 4 (0)
2018– Ajax 0 (0)
National team‡
2016 Morocco U17 1 (0)
2017 Netherlands U18 1 (0)
2018 Morocco U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:28, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 May 2019

Club career

Early career

Born in Alphen aan den Rijn and raised in Helmond, El Maach began his football career with local club RKSV MULO before being recruited to the youth ranks of VVV-Venlo.[3] In 2016 he moved to the youth academy of SBV Vitesse, from where he was scouted and joined the Ajax Youth Academy a year later.[4]

Ajax

El Maach signed a two-year contract with Ajax in 2017 with an option for an additional year.[5] He made his professional debut with the reserves team Jong Ajax in the Eerste Divisie on 18 January 2018 in a 4–1 loss to RKC Waalwijk. Jong Ajax ended the season as champions of the second division, becoming the first reserves team to win a championship since the introduction of reserves teams in professional football in the Netherlands.[6]

He made his first team debut on 11 January 2019 in a friendly game against Brazilian club Flamengo in the Florida Cup.[7]

International career

El Maach is a youth international for Morocco.[8]

Honours

Club

Jong Ajax[9]

Ajax[9]

References
  1. https://www.voetbal.com/speler_profiel/issam-el-maach/
  2. "Morocco - I. El Maach - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  3. "Ajax contracteert Heerlense doelman". 1 Limburg.
  4. "Ajax contracteert Isaam El Maach". Ajax.nl.
  5. "Issam El Maach: geboren leider die bij Ajax op zijn kans wacht". ELF Voetbal.
  6. "Jong Ajax kampioen in Jupiler League, Fortuna Sittard promoveert". NU.nl.
  7. Ajax verliest eerste wedstrijd Florida Cup na penaltys, AjaxShowtime, 11 January 2019
  8. "El Maach debuteert voor Marokko onder 23". Ajax1.nl.
  9. "Issam El Maach - Career Honours". Soccerway.
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