Issam El Maach
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Heerlen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Twente | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RKSV MULO | |||
| –2016 | VVV-Venlo | ||
| 2016–2017 | Vitesse | ||
| 2017–2019 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Jong Ajax | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | RKC Waalwijk | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | FC Twente | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Morocco U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Netherlands U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | Morocco U23 | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 May 2019 | |||
Issam El Maach (Arabic: عصام المعاش; born 1 February 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club FC Twente.[2] Born in the Netherlands, he represents Morocco at under-23 international level.
Club career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Born in Heerlen and raised in Helmond to Moroccan parents, El Maach began his football career with local club RKSV MULO before being recruited to the youth ranks of VVV-Venlo.[3] In 2016 he moved to the youth academy of SBV Vitesse, from where he was scouted and joined the Ajax Youth Academy a year later.[4]
Ajax[edit]
El Maach signed a two-year contract with Ajax in 2017 with an option for an additional year.[5] He made his professional debut with the reserves team Jong Ajax in the Eerste Divisie on 18 January 2018 in a 4–1 loss to RKC Waalwijk. Jong Ajax ended the season as champions of the second division, becoming the first reserves team to win a championship since the introduction of reserves teams in professional football in the Netherlands.[6]
He made his first team debut on 11 January 2019 in a friendly game against Brazilian club Flamengo in the Florida Cup.[7]
On June 26, 2020, it was announced that El Maach contract was not going to be extended leaving him eligible to find a new club.[8]
RKC Waalwijk[edit]
On 14 July 2021 it was announced that El Maach had signed with Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk as a free transfer on a 1-year contract.[9]
FC Twente[edit]
On 25 July 2022, El Maach signed with FC Twente on a two-year deal, with an optional year.[10]
International career[edit]
El Maach is a youth international for Morocco.[11]
Honours[edit]
Jong Ajax[12]
Ajax[12]
- KNVB Cup: 2018–19
- Florida Cup runners-up: 2019
References[edit]
- ^ "Issam el Maach".
- ^ Issam El Maach at Soccerway
- ^ "Ajax contracteert Heerlense doelman". 1 Limburg. 29 June 2017.
- ^ "Ajax contracteert Isaam El Maach". Ajax.nl.
- ^ "Issam El Maach: geboren leider die bij Ajax op zijn kans wacht". ELF Voetbal.
- ^ "Jong Ajax kampioen in Jupiler League, Fortuna Sittard promoveert". NU.nl. 28 April 2018.
- ^ Ajax verliest eerste wedstrijd Florida Cup na penaltys, AjaxShowtime, 11 January 2019
- ^ "Exit El Maach en Van Leer bij Ajax" (in Dutch). 1 Limburg. 26 June 2020.
- ^ El Maach tekent contract bij RKC Waalwijk, AjaxShowtime, 14 July 2021
- ^ Twente, F. C. "El Maach tekent contract bij FC Twente" [El Maach signs contract with FC Twente]. FC Twente (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ^ "El Maach debuteert voor Marokko onder 23". Ajax1.nl. 2 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Issam El Maach - Career Honours". Soccerway.
External links[edit]
- Issam El Maach at WorldFootball.net
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Alphen aan den Rijn
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Morocco men's youth international footballers
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's youth international footballers
- Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- AFC Ajax players
- Jong Ajax players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- FC Twente players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Eredivisie players