Ahmed El Moctar
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmed El Moctar Ahmed | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Mauritania | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tevragh-Zeina | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Tevragh-Zeina | 48 | (31) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Mauritania | 8 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:41, 27 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:41, 25 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Ahmed El Moctar Ahmed, also known as Ahmed El Mokhtar, Ahmed Ahmed, and Ahmed Moctar, (born 15 November 2003) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mauritanian Premier League club Tevragh-Zeina and the Mauritania national team.
El Moctar plays his club football for Mauritanian Premier League club Tevragh-Zeina and he has played for the club since 2023.[1] He scored his first goal for the club during the 3–0 win against ASC Entou on 10 December 2023.
Alongside Cheikhna Semega, El Moctar was the joint top goalscorer in the 2024–25 Super D1 season with 13 goals across 27 matches, missing only one match due to a minor injury.[2]
During the 2025–26 season, he had a loan move to Egyptian Premier League club ENPPI rejected by Tevragh-Zeina. He scored a hat trick during the 4–0 victory against ASC Police on 17 February 2026, and he scored another hat trick during the 3–0 victory against Inter Nouakchott on 5 April 2026.
International career
Mauritania
He debuted for Mauritania during the 1–0 win against Mali on 22 December 2024 during the 2024 African Nations Championship qualification.[3]
El Moctar received a call up to the Mauritania national team for a set of friendly matches against the Central African Republic and Burundi in July 2025.[4][5] He made one appearance for Mauritania on 10 July 2025 during the 0–0 draw against Burundi.[6][7]
He has also been included in the Mauritania squad for the 2024 African Nations Championship, where he scored his first goal against Central African Republic on 9 August 2025.[8]
He was in the Mauritania squad for the 2025 FIFA Arab Cup and played the 2–0 loss against Kuwait in the qualifying round on 25 November 2025 as Mauritania failed to qualify for the competition.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 April 2026
| Club | Season | League | Mauritanian President's Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tevragh-Zeina | 2023–24[2] | Mauritanian Premier League | 3 | 3 | ? | ? | 3 | 3 |
| 2024–25[2] | Mauritanian Premier League | 27 | 13 | ? | ? | 27 | 13 | |
| 2025–26 | Mauritanian Premier League | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | |
| Career total | 48 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 32 | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 August 2025 | Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 6 |  Central African Republic | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2024 African Nations Championship | [8] |