Mehdi El Moutacim
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 August 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| EIF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | EIF | 31 | (0) |
| 2020 | SJK | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → SJK Akatemia (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | EIF | 35 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mehdi El Moutacim (born 4 August 2000) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1][2]
Club career
In 2017, El Moutacim spent time with both the under-17 squad and their reserve team, EIF Akademi.[4] After making nine appearances on the bench as an unused substitute for the first team between 2015 and 2017,[5] he signed his first professional contract with the club ahead of the 2018 Ykkönen season.[4][6] He made his debut on 6 March 2018 during their Finnish Cup group stage victory over Honka Akatemia at home, playing the full 90 minutes and keeping a clean sheet.[7] That year he appeared between the sticks in five league matches before becoming the full-time starter in 2019, playing in 26 of 27 games.[8]
He signed with Veikkausliiga club SJK in December 2019.[8][9] Two months later he made his club debut, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–3 defeat to Lahti in the Finnish Cup group stage. However, the signing of Finland national team keeper Walter Viitala turned him into the third-stringer at the position.[10] He started the 2020 season with SJK Akatemia in Ykkönen, and in his first match with the reserves on 27 June he allowed three goals in a 0–3 defeat to his childhood team EIF.[11]
In 2021, he received another contract extension with EIF.[12][13]