Mehdi Benabid

El Mehdi Benabid (مهدي بنعبيد; born 24 January 1998) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Botola club AS FAR.

Career
Benabid is a youth product of FUS Rabat since 2007, and worked his way up their youth categories. For the 2017–18 season, he was loaned out to Ittihad Khemisset in the Botola 2 where he began his senior career. He returned to FUS Rabat in 2018, where he became a regular in their squad.

International career
Benabid was first called up to the Morocco U20s in 2017. In March 2019, he was called up to the Morocco U23s for a set of friendlies. He was called up for a set of 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches, in which the Morocco U20s missed qualification. In November 2019, he was suspended because of an altercation with a referee and banned from football for 3 months. In June 2021, he was called up to the Morocco A' national team for a set of friendlies.

In March 2022, Benabid receives his first call-up to the senior Morocco national team. On 28 December 2023, Benabid was amongst the 27 players selected to represent Morocco in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Personal life
On 9 September 2023, Benabid along with his national teammates donated their blood for the needy affected by the 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake.

Honours
Individual
 * Best goalkeeper in Moroccan League: 2022–23