Mourad Daoudi El Ghezouani (born 27 May 1998), simply known as Mourad, is a professional
footballer who plays as a
forward for Spanish club
Elche CF. Born in Spain, he represents Morocco internationally.
Club career
Mourad was born in ,
Fuente Álamo de Murcia,
Murcia. An EF Torre Pacheco youth graduate, he moved to
Villarreal CF in July 2016, and made his senior debut with
the C-team on 5 February of the following year, playing the last 14 minutes of a 1–0
Tercera División away win against CE Almassora.
On 18 July 2018, Mourad moved to fellow fourth division side
Orihuela CF. Roughly one year later he signed for
Elche CF, being assigned to
the reserves also in level four.
Mourad made his first team debut for Elche on 15 December 2019, coming on as a late
substitute for
Josan in a 2–3 home loss against
UD Las Palmas
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in the
Segunda División
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. Two days later he scored his first goal for the ''Franjiverdes'', netting the opener in a 2–0 away defeat of
Gimnástica Segoviana CF for
the season's
Copa del Rey
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.
On 6 October 2020, Mourad was loaned to
Segunda División B
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side
CD Alcoyano for the
2020–21 season. The following 20 August, he returned to the club on loan for a further year.
On 1 September 2022, Mourad joined second division team
Burgos CF on loan for one year. He scored his first professional goal on 16 October, netting a last-minute winner in a 2–1 home success over
CD Mirandés.
Back to Elche in July 2023, Mourad started to feature more regularly with the side, and renewed his contract until 2027 on 17 March 2024. He scored ten goals overall during the
2024–25 campaign, being the club's top scorer as they achieved promotion to
La Liga
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.
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1998 births
Living people
Footballers from the Region of Murcia
Moroccan men's footballers
21st-century Moroccan sportsmen
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Segunda División players
Primera Federación players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Villarreal CF C players
Orihuela CF players
Elche CF Ilicitano footballers
Elche CF players
CD Alcoyano footballers
Burgos CF footballers
21st-century Spanish sportsmen