Ismail Khafi
Moroccan footballer (born 1995)
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Ismail Khafi (Arabic: إسماعيل خافي; born 19 September 1995) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Botola club Raja CA.
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| Date of birth | 19 September 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Raja CA | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | TAS Casablanca | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Ittihad Khemisset | 40 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | MC Oujda | 33 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | AS FAR | 31 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Al-Sailiya | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | IR Tanger | 28 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Qadsia SC | 22 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Raja CA | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Morocco | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:07, 5 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Ismail Khafi began his professional career with TAS Casablanca in 2016. Between 2018 and 2023, he played for Moroccan clubs Ittihad Khemisset, MC Oujda and AS FAR.[1]
On 23 January 2023, he joined Qatari Second Division club Al-Sailiya for six months.[2][3]
On 5 August 2023, he signed a two-year contract with Ittihad Tanger.[4] At the end of the 2023–24 season, he scored 13 goals in 28 league matches, finishing second in the scoring charts behind Yousri Bouzok.[5][6]
In June 2024, he moved to Kuwait to join Qadsia SC.[7] He finished the season as his team's top scorer with 16 goals in 37 matches.
On 16 August 2025, Raja CA announced the completion of the transfer of Ismail Khafi. He signed a two-year contract with the option of a third year.[8]
International career
In December 2020, he was called up by Houcine Ammouta with the A' national team for a preparation training camp against Guinea. On 8 January 2021, he took part in the friendly match and scored a goal in the 71st minute (victory, 2–1).[9]
In 2021, he was part of the Moroccan team that won the 2020 African Nations Championship.[10][11] During the competition, he made two appearances, against Rwanda and Zambia.[12][13]
Honours
Club
- AS FAR
