Houssam Essadak
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| Date of birth | 30 July 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Union Touarga | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2024 | Mohammed VI Football Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Union Touarga | 25 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Morocco U20 | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Morocco A' | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Hossam Essadak (Arabic: حسام الصادق; born 30 July 2005) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays the role of an attacking midfielder for Union Touarga and the Morocco A' national team.
Essadak was developed at the Mohammed VI Football Academy.[2]
On 31 January 2024, he signed for Union Touarga. He made his professional debut a week later in the Botola Pro against MC Oujda, a 2–0 victory.[citation needed] Two months later, he earned his first start against Fath Union Sport, in a 1–1 draw.[citation needed] At the end of the 2023–24 season, he scored his first professional goal in a 3–1 away win against Olympic Safi.[citation needed]
International career
In November 2024, Essadak was part of the Morocco U20 squad who won the UNAF U-20 Tournament at home, qualifying for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.[3]
In April 2025, he was called up by coach Mohamed Ouahbi for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.[4] On 15 May 2025, Essadak helped Morocco reach the final with a 1–0 win over Egypt U20, being named man of the match.[5]
