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Mounir El Hamdaoui (; born 14 July 1984) is a former professional
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who played as a
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. Born in the Netherlands, he represented
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internationally. He played for clubs such as
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,
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and
Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...
, as well as
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,
Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...
, Willem II,
AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...
and
Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...
. In the
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, El Hamdaoui was named
Dutch Footballer of the Year The title Dutch Footballer of the Year ( Dutch: ''Voetballer van het Jaar'') has been awarded in the Netherlands since 1984. The award is determined by a poll of Dutch professional footballers playing in the First (Eredivisie) and Second (Eerste Di ...
and became the Eredivisie top scorer as AZ Alkmaar won their second league title in their history. Born in the Netherlands, El Hamdaoui played for their under-21 side. He decided to represent
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, for whom he made his debut in February 2009 in a match against the
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, and played at the
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.


Club career


Excelsior

Born in
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, Netherlands, El Hamdaoui went through the youth academy of
Excelsior Rotterdam Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste Divisie in the 2024– ...
, where he played together with his youth friends
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and
Saïd Boutahar Saïd Boutahar (born 12 August 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made one appearance each for the Netherlands U18 national team. Club career Born in Rotterdam, Boutahar played alongside the likes of ...
. In the 2001–02 season the player made his debut for the Rotterdam side under manager
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, scoring two goals in six appearances. El Hamdaoui played a total of 74 league matches for Excelsior, scoring 32 goals. Excelsior big brother
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was also interested in signing the player, and El Hamdaoui trained a number of times with Feyenoord's first squad, but a transfer was never realised.


Tottenham Hotspur

In January 2005 English club
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tottenham (, , , ) or Spurs, is a professional Association football, football club based in Tottenham, North London, England. The club itself has stated that it should always ...
, managed by fellow Dutchman
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, signed El Hamdaoui from Excelsior on a three-and-a-half-year contract. He never made an appearance in the
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.


Derby County

In September 2005 El Hamdaoui joined
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on loan. He made six appearances, scoring two goals before a dislocated shoulder forced the loan to be cut short. Derby continued to monitor his progress and in January 2006 he returned to
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for another loan spell. This too was to be disrupted due to injury, a groin problem forcing him to return to Tottenham in early March. This second loan deal was not cancelled, but after returning to duty with Derby in April, a further injury problem prematurely ended his season.


Willem II

In June 2006, El Hamdaoui moved back to his native Netherlands to play for Willem II, due to a lack of opportunities at Spurs. On 19 August 2006, he marked his league debut for Willem II by scoring in their 2–1 victory against
FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion ...
. After an impressive start scoring three goals in four matches he again suffered an injury which prevented him playing for nine months. El Hamdaoui only played seven competitive matches for the
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side, scoring three goals. In his second season at the Willem II, he left the club after two league matches to join AZ.


AZ

On 31 August 2007, El Hamdaoui signed with
AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...
until 2011 as a replacement for
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who left for
PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...
. On 16 September 2007, he scored on his debut for AZ in a league match against
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. By the end of his first season at AZ, he had scored 7 goals in 23 league matches. The 2008–09 season proved to be an excellent one for El Hamdaoui and AZ. He scored in the first game of the season against
NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...
, although AZ lost 2–1. By the winter break, he had scored 16 goals in 17 league matches, including a hattrick against his old club Willem II. At the winter break, AZ was leading the league table, and El Hamdaoui was leading the goal-scoring charts. By the end of the season, AZ had won the second championship in their history, and El Hamdaoui was the top scorer in the Eredivisie, with 23 goals in 31 matches, one more than Ajax's
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. He was also named the
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. At the beginning of the 2009–10 season, there were a lot of changes at AZ. Manager
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had departed the club to go to
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, and was replaced by
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. Defending champions AZ had a bad start to the season, although El Hamdaoui still managed to score 9 goals in 11 matches by the winter break. AZ found themselves in eighth place with 28 points in 20 matches, 24 points behind leaders PSV. Just before the winter break, Koeman was fired and veteran manager
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was brought in to take over.
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manager Advocaat stated that he expected at least 15 or 16 goals from the player, El Hamdaoui stated ''"Advocaat knows what he's talking about, I think. It gives me confidence, I know what I can do."''


Ajax

On 30 July 2010, El Hamdaoui signed a four-year deal with
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, rejoining with his former Spurs manager
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. El Hamdaoui marked his league début for Ajax with two goals against
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on 8 August 2010. He scored a goal in the
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second leg of the
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against
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, helping Ajax win 2–1 on aggregate and ending a five-year drought from this competition. He scored his first Champions League goal with his new club, netting the opener against
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, with the game ending 1–1. During the 2010–11 season, El Hamdaoui fell out of favour with manager
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following a dispute. De Boer, discontent with his performance despite a goal, substituted El Hamdaoui at half-time in the semi-final of
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against
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. In August 2011 manager
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confirmed interest from
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club
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for El Hamdaoui. As the season went on, more European clubs were reported to be interested in El Hamdaoui, including
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and
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. At the end of the transfer window El Hamdaoui stayed at Ajax but did not play any part in the 2011–12 season due to his troubled relationship with De Boer. He played matches with
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and while he was listed in the squad registered for the Champions League group stages, along with
Ismaïl Aissati Ismaïl Aissati (born 16 August 1988) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Utrecht to Moroccan parents, Aissati was eligible to represent either nation. He represented the Netherlands at U21 level, be ...
, who had been demoted to the second string at the beginning of the season as well, neither of them made any appearances or played any part in the competition. Frank de Boer explained his reason for registering them as him making players eligible in case he were to be relieved of his managerial duties, so that a potential successor would have the full squad at his disposal. Aissati afterwards found his way back into the first team.


Fiorentina

In July 2012, El Hamdaoui finally left
Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * Ajax (play), ''Ajax'' (play), by the an ...
and signed with
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receiving the number 9 shirt and signing a three-year deal. On 11 November 2012 he scored his first goal in Italy in a 3–1 victory away to
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. On 14 December 2014, El Hamdaoui scored in his first appearance of the season coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute in a game against
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. His contract with Fiorentina expired at the end of the 2014–15 season.


Loan to Málaga

El Hamdaoui joined
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club
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on loan in August 2013. On 15 September 2013, he scored a
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against
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in a 5−0 home win. In December 2019 he was removed from first-team contention, which according to head coach
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was due to weight issues.


Later career

After having previously practiced with Excelsior, he began a trial at his former club AZ on 13 September 2015. There, he signed a contract for the remainder of the season on 20 October 2015. However, he left AZ again in January. In January 2016, El Hamdaoui signed with Qatari club
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. Seven months later he joined Al-Taawoun, the number four of the
Saudi Professional League The Saudi Pro League (SPL), also known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Saudi Arabia and the highest level of the Saudi football league system. The SPL is regarded as th ...
in the previous season. After El Hamdaoui became a free agent in May 2017, he practiced at AZ to stay in shape. He practiced with
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in January 2018. He played a friendly match with
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on 14 January and signed a six-month contract with the club three days later. He suffered relegation with the Eredivisie club at the end of the season. In September 2018, El Hamdaoui signed a contract with Excelsior until the end of the 2018–19 season. With that club, he was also relegated. In August 2019, El Hamdaoui continued his career with Al-Kharaitiyat, who played in the second-tier of Qatar. In October 2020, he joined
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, competing in the Dutch fifth tier
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, after
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who was involved in the club, asked him to join. He made his debut for the club on 13 October in a 5–5 draw in the
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to VV Jonathan from
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, also scoring a goal in the 49th minute. DHSC subsequently lost the penalty shootout. Ahead of the match, the amateur divisions had been suspended due to the
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, making the match his first and last appearance for the club for a while. On 2 October 2021, he scored his first goal in the Hoofdklasse in a 3–1 loss to ARC. El Hamdaoui left DHSC in June 2022, and initially joined
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, before cancelling his contract in August 2022 to pursue a career as a
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for youth players of
AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...
.


International career

Although being born in the Netherlands and having played for their under-21 side, El Hamdaoui pledged his international future to the Morocco national team. El Hamdaoui played his only game with Morocco B in 2005 against
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. On 6 November 2006, El Hamdaoui stated in an interview to Dutch football magazine ''
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'' that he, at one point, wanted to play senior international football for the Morocco national team. A few months before he had said to the same magazine that he would choose the Netherlands if national coach
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called him up. He was selected to join the Moroccan national team and made his first international cap with the team on 11 February 2009 against the Czech Republic. El Hamdaoui struck his first goal in the 84th minute in a 2–1 loss to
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in March 2009. His second international goal came in the
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against
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on 9 October 2010, where he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win, assisted by
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.


Career statistics


Club


International

:''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each El Hamdaoui goal.''


Honours

AZ *
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: 2008–09 *
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:
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Ajax *Eredivisie:
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Individual *
Dutch Footballer of the Year The title Dutch Footballer of the Year ( Dutch: ''Voetballer van het Jaar'') has been awarded in the Netherlands since 1984. The award is determined by a poll of Dutch professional footballers playing in the First (Eredivisie) and Second (Eerste Di ...
: 2008–09 *Eredivisie top scorer: 2008–09


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamdaoui, Mounir 1984 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers 21st-century Dutch sportsmen Moroccan men's footballers 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen Moroccan expatriate men's footballers Morocco men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Excelsior Rotterdam players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Willem II Tilburg players AZ Alkmaar players AFC Ajax players ACF Fiorentina players Umm Salal SC players Al Taawoun FC players Málaga CF players FC Twente players Al Kharaitiyat SC players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players English Football League players Serie A players La Liga players Qatar Stars League players Saudi Pro League players Qatari Second Division players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Vierde Divisie players DHSC (football club) players