Hamza Regragui
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 Regragui playing for Morocco U23 in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hamza Regragui | ||
| Date of birth | 13 June 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco[1] | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Mohammed VI Academy | ||
| 2015–2016 | → Málaga CF (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | → Kénitra AC (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2023 | RS Berkane | 123 | (7) |
| 2023–2024 | Wydad AC | 3 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | NorthEast United | 18 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Morocco U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022 | Morocco U23 | 2 | (1) |
| 2022 | Morocco A' | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:20, 3 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 August 2022 | |||
Hamza Regragui (Arabic: حمزة الركراكي; born 13 June 1997) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder.
RS Berkane
Regragui began his career at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Morocco. In 2015, he joined Spanish club Málaga CF on loan, where he spent a season with the cub's under-19 side. He was later loaned out to Kénitra AC. On 14 May 2017, he made his debut and only appearance for Kénitra as an 80th-minute substitute against Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi in a 1–2 defeat in the Botola.[3]
In 2017, Regragui signed for Botola club RS Berkane. He scored a hat-trick in the 2017 Moroccan Throne Cup quarter-finals against JS Kasbah Tadla.[4] He played 24 matches in the 2017–18 Botola and six matches in the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup as the club reached quarter-finals.[citation needed] On 18 November 2018, he won the 2018 Moroccan Throne Cup.
On 25 October 2020, Regragui came in as a 92nd-minute substitute in the 2020 CAF Confederation Cup final as RS Berkane won the cup.[5] On 29 July 2022, Berkane defeated Wydad AC on penalties in the 2020–21 Moroccan Throne Cup finals, as Regragui won his second Throne Cup title.[6] On 20 May 2022, Berkane won the 2022 CAF Confederation Cup final against Orlando Pirates on penalties as Regragui came on as an 80th-minute substitute.[7] On 10 September 2022, Berkane won the 2022 CAF Super Cup 2–0 against Wydad AC.[8]
Wydad AC
On 24 July 2023, Regragui joined Wydad AC on a free transfer.[9] He made his debut in a 2–0 defeat against FUS Rabat in the Botola. On 9 January 2024, he was released by Wydad, having only made three appearance for the club.[9]
NorthEast United
On 12 January 2024, Indian Super League club NorthEast United announced the signing of Regragui on a one-and-a-half-year contract.[10] On 15 January, he made his debut for NorthEast as a 46th-minute substitute in a 2–1 win over Shillong Lajong in the 2024 Super Cup. On 31 January, he made his ISL debut in a 1–1 away draw against Jamshedpur FC.[11][12]
International career
On 18 August 2019, Regragui was called up by Patrice Beaumelle to the Morocco national under-23 team squad for the 2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualification final round matches against Mali U23.[13]
On 28 July 2022, he was called up by Hicham Dmiai to the Moroccan squad for the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games as an overage player.[14] Regragui scored his first international goal on 12 August 2022 against Azerbaijan U23 at the games.[15]
On 20 August 2022, Regragui made his Morocco A' national team debut against Qatar in a friendly.[16]