Saad El Haddad
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| Date of birth | 24 July 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Pineto (on loan from Venezia) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2021 | ChievoVerona | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Monza | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Venezia | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Venezia | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | → Pineto (loan) | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Morocco U20 | 24 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Saad El Haddad (Arabic: سعد الحداد, Arabic pronunciation: [sˤaːd aɫ.'ħa.dˤad]; born 24 July 2005) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for Italian Serie C Group B club Pineto on loan from Venezia.[1]
El Haddad played in the youth academy of ChievoVerona, before joining Monza in 2021.[1] Throughout the 2022–23 season, he scored nine goals and four assists in 27 appearances for Monza's under-18 team,[1][2] before featuring with the under-19 squad in the Campionato Primavera 2 and the Coppa Italia Primavera.[2][3]
On 1 August 2023, El Haddad joined Venezia on a permanent deal, being subsequently assigned to their under-19 team.[2][3] During the 2023–24 league campaign, the winger made 31 appearances for the side, scoring 13 goals in the process.[4][5]
On 27 June 2024, El Haddad signed his first professional contract with Venezia, penning a three-year deal;[4][5] he then started training with the first team, under head coach Eusebio Di Francesco, during the pre-season.[6][7] On 11 August, he made his professional debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for Issa Doumbia in the second half of a Coppa Italia match against Brescia;[8] in the occasion, he served an assist to Jay Idzes,[9] as the game ended in a 3–1 loss for his side.[8][9]
On 2 February 2026, El Haddad was loaned by Serie C club Pineto.[10]
International career
El Haddad is eligible to represent either Italy or Morocco at international level.[1]
In February 2024, he received a call-up by manager Zakaria Aboub to take part in a training camp with the Morocco under-20 national team at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Salé.[11] In May 2024, he was called up again for two friendly matches against the DR Congo;[12][13] he went on to make his debut for the Atlas Lions on 22 May, starting in a 2–0 win over the DRC.[14]
El Haddad represented Morocco at the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which Morocco won, and El Haddad appeared in every game, including the final against Argentina.[15]