Youssef El Motie (; born 16 December 1994) is a Moroccan professional

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who plays as a

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for

Botola The Botola Pro (), officially known as the Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Morocco and the top tier of the Moroccan football league system. Organized by the Ligue Nationale de Football Prof ...

club

Wydad AC Wydad Athletic Club (, ), often known outside Morocco as Wydad Casablanca, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional Association football, football team that competes in Botola, the top tier of th ...

and the Morocco national team.

Club career

On 1 November 2023, El Motie was nominated for the 2023 African Goalkeeper of the Year and 2023 Interclub Player of the Year by

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International career

In August 2023, El Motie was called up for the first time to join the Moroccan national team, for the upcoming games against Liberia and Burkina Faso.

Personal life

On 9 September 2023, El Motie along with his national teammates donated their blood for the needy affected by the

2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake On 8 September 2023 at 23:11 Daylight saving time in Morocco, DST (22:11 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC), an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent'') struck Morocco's Al Haouz Province. The ear ...

Honours

TAS de Casablanca *

Moroccan Throne Cup The Moroccan Throne Cup or the Throne Cup () is a knockout football tournament in Moroccan football, organized by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.The first club to win this cup was Mouloudia Oujda. Since the inception of the cup, the sy ...

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Wydad AC *

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runner-up:

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African Football League The African Football League (AFL) was a continental men's club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was announced on 28 November 2019 by Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA and it was initially launched ...

runner-up:

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References

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* 1994 births Living people Botola players Wydad AC players {{Morocco-footy-bio-stub