Munir Mohamedi

Munir Mohand Mohamedi El Kajoui (born 10 May 1989), known simply as Munir, is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Hatayspor.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mohamedi and the second or maternal family name is El Kajoui.
Munir
Munir with Morocco at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name Munir Mohand Mohamedi El Kajoui
Date of birth (1989-05-10) 10 May 1989
Place of birth Melilla, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Hatayspor
Number 1
Youth career
Goyu Ryu
2008 Ceuta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Ceuta B
2009 Almería B 4 (0)
2009–2010 Melilla B
2010–2014 Melilla 74 (0)
2014–2018 Numancia 74 (0)
2018–2020 Málaga 76 (0)
2020– Hatayspor 19 (0)
National team‡
2015– Morocco 39 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2020

Club career

Born in Melilla, Munir graduated from lowly CG Goyu Ryu's youth setup, and made his debut as a senior with AD Ceuta's reserves in 2008, in the regional leagues.[2] On 29 January of the following year he moved to another reserve team, UD Almería B from Tercera División,[3] but appeared sparingly and was subsequently released.[4]

Munir joined UD Melilla in summer 2009, initially being assigned to the reserves and being definitely promoted to the main squad in Segunda División B the following year. He acted mainly as a backup to Pedro Dorronsoro during his first two seasons at the club, becoming a starter afterwards.

On 17 June 2014, Munir signed a two-year with Segunda División side CD Numancia.[5] On 10 September he made his professional debut, starting in a 1–1 away draw against CD Leganés in the second round of the Copa del Rey and also saving two penalties during the shootout.[6]

Munir made his debut in the second tier on 19 October 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–2 loss at UD Las Palmas.[7] He subsequently acted as first choice for the remainder of the campaign, overtaking Biel Ribas.[8]

Munir left the Soria team at the end of 2017–18, after losing his starting spot to Aitor Fernández.[9] On 19 July 2018, he joined Málaga CF also in the second division.[10]

International career

Having Moroccan heritage, Munir switched his allegiance to its national team in 2014. On 9 March 2015, he was called up by manager Ezzaki Badou for a friendly against Uruguay to be held late in the month,[11] and made his debut by starting in the 0–1 loss.[12]

On 29 December 2016, Munir was included in Hervé Renard's 23-man squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations,[13] and started the whole tournament ahead of Yassine Bounou. He was also selected to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[14] making his first appearance in the competition on 15 June in the 0–1 group stage defeat to Iran.[15]

Career statistics

International
As of 13 October 2020[16]
Morocco
YearAppsGoals
201560
201660
2017120
201890
201950
202010
Total390

References
  1. "Munir Mohand Mohamedi" (in Spanish). CD Numancia. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. "Munir rescinde su contrato con el Ceuta" [Munir terminates his contract with Ceuta] (in Spanish). AD Ceuta. 28 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. "Almería "B": se incorpora Munir (Ceuta)" [Almería "B": Munir (Ceuta) added] (in Spanish). esFutbol. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. "El Almería B, con Constantin Galca al frente, comienza la pretemporada" [Almería B, with Constantin Galca at the helm, start the pre-season] (in Spanish). Join Futbol. 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  5. "Munir, portero del Melilla, primer fichaje numantino para la temporada 2014–15" [Munir, Melilla's goalkeeper, first numantino signing for the 2014–15 season] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 17 June 2014. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  6. "Munir frena el sueño copero del Leganés" [Munir halts Leganés' cup dream]. Marca (in Spanish). 11 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  7. "Las Palmas vuelve a ganar al Numancia jugando media hora con uno menos" [Las Palmas beat Numancia again playing half an hour with one less]. Marca (in Spanish). 19 October 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  8. "Munir le quita a Biel Ribas la titularidad en la portería del Numancia" [Munir takes starting spot in Numancia's goal from Biel Ribas] (in Spanish). Vavel. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  9. Hernández Casado, Luis (12 June 2018). "Aitor, un portero que suma puntos" [Aitor, a goalkeeper who keeps adding points]. Heraldo de Soria (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  10. "Una portería más internacional con Munir" [A more international goal with Munir] (in Spanish). Málaga CF. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  11. "Munir, convocado con Marruecos" [Munir, called up with Morocco]. Diario de Soria (in Spanish). 9 March 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  12. "Edinson Cavani scores penalty to give Uruguay win in Morocco". ESPN FC. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  13. "Morocco name AFCON 2017 squad". African Football. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  14. "World Cup 2018: Sofiane Boufal left out of Morocco squad". BBC Sport. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  15. Mather, Victor (15 June 2018). "Morocco own goal gives Iran a World Cup victory". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  16. Munir at National-Football-Teams.com
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