Ilias Akhomach
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Ilias Akhomach Chakkour[a] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 16 April 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Els Hostalets de Pierola, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Villarreal | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2013 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Gimnàstic Manresa | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Barcelona B | 42 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Barcelona | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Villarreal B | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Villarreal | 31 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Morocco U15 | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Spain U15 | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Spain U16 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Spain U18 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Spain U19 | 15 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Spain U21 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Morocco U23 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Morocco | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:35, 5 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:42, 8 August 2024 (UTC) |
Ilias Akhomach[3] (Arabic: إلياس آخوماش; born 16 April 2004) is a professional footballer who plays a right winger for La Liga club Villarreal. Born in Spain, he plays for the Morocco national team.
Club career
[edit]Barcelona
[edit]Born in Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona, Catalonia, Akhomach made his debut for FC Barcelona B on 7 November 2020, starting in a 1–0 away defeat to FC Andorra in Segunda División B. He was replaced by Nils Mortimer in the 63rd minute.[4]
On 20 November 2021, he was selected in the first team starting line-up, for Xavi's first game as a FC Barcelona manager, a La Liga derby against RCD Espanyol.[5][6][7] In a tense contest at the Camp Nou following the departure of Ronald Koeman, he helped his team to a 1–0 win, although he was replaced early in the second half to make way for his fellow Barcelona B winger Abde Ezzalzouli.[8][9]
On 20 May 2023, it was announced that Akhomach would not renew his contract with Barça and would become a free agent when his contract expired on 30 June 2023.[10]
Villarreal
[edit]On 3 July 2023, Akhomach signed a four-year contract with Villarreal CF, being initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División.[11] On 14 December, he netted his first goal in a 3–2 away win over Stade Rennais in the Europa League.[12] On 27 January 2024, he scored his first La Liga goal in a 5–3 away victory over his former club Barcelona.[13]
International career
[edit]Born in Spain, Akhomach is of Moroccan descent. He is an international for Spain's youth national teams.[14] He also played with Morocco U15 national team and won the North African U15 championship in 2018.[15]
Akhomach made the switch to Morocco U23 national team in November 2023.[16] He debuted in a friendly 3–0 loss to Denmark U21 on 16 November 2023.[17]
Akhomach made his debut for the senior Morocco national team on 22 March 2024 in a friendly against Angola.[18]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 25 May 2024[19]
Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Barcelona B | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Primera División RFEF | 15 | 3 | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
2022–23 | Primera Federación | 23 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
Total | 42 | 4 | — | — | 42 | 4 | ||||
Barcelona | 2021–22 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Villarreal B | 2023–24 | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Villarreal | 2023–24 | La Liga | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5[b] | 1 | 39 | 4 |
Career total | 77 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 86 | 8 |
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Akhomach and the second or maternal family name is Chakkour.
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]Morocco U23
- Summer Olympics Bronze Medal: 2024[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "AKHOMACH Ilias".
- ^ "Ilias Akhomach". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "AFCON 2023 - Provisional squads list" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. p. 26.
- ^ "Olot 2–1 Barça B: Beaten on the road". FC Barcelona. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol – Goals and highlights – LaLiga 21/22". Marca. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Panero, Daniel (19 November 2021). "Ilias Akhomach, la sorpresa de Xavi en el once en el derbi". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Birlanga, Javier (20 November 2021). "Quién es Ilias Akhomach la sorpresa de Xavito en su primer once como técnico del Barcelona". Goal (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Martínez, Juan Bautista (20 November 2021). "El Barça respira al límite ante el Espanyol". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Aldunate, Ramiro (20 November 2021). "VAR and the post come to Barcelona's rescue on Xavi's debut". Marca. Joe Ellis, translator. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Quiroz, Andrés (20 May 2023). "Ilias Akhomach will not renew with Barça and hopes to resolve his future in June". FC Barcelona Notices. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "¡Ilias Akhomach ya es groguet!" [Ilias Akhomach already is groguet!] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Rennes 2–3 Villarreal". BBC Sport. 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Barcelona 3–5 Villarreal". BBC Sport. 27 January 2024.
- ^ "FC Barcelone : Surnommé le "Messi marocain", Ilias Akhomach passe pro". 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Tournoi de l'UNAF −15: Le Maroc remporte l'édition 2018". Maroc Diplomatique (in French). 8 November 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ Sara, Zouiten (10 November 2023). "Ilias Akhomach Chooses Morocco Over Spain, Joins Atlas Lions' U-23 Squad". Morocco World News.
- ^ "Maroc : un joueur de l'OM et un ex-titi du PSG optent pour les U23 !". www.afrik-foot.com. 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Morocco v Angola game report". ESPN. 22 March 2024.
- ^ Ilias Akhomach at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Egypt U23 vs Morocco U23: Olympics". BBC Sport. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Ilias Akhomach at BDFutbol
- Ilias Akhomach at Soccerway
- Ilias Akhomach at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Ilias Akhomach – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2004 births
- Living people
- People from Anoia
- Footballers from the Province of Barcelona
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Morocco men's youth international footballers
- Morocco men's international footballers
- Spanish men's footballers
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Spain men's under-21 international footballers
- Spanish sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Men's association football forwards
- FC Barcelona Atlètic players
- FC Barcelona players
- Segunda División B players
- Primera Federación players
- La Liga players
- Villarreal CF B players
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Morocco
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic bronze medalists for Morocco
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics