Mohamed Oulhaj
 Oulhaj with Raja CA in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohamed Oulhaj[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Al Hoceima, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Raja CA | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2019 | Raja CA | 342 | (10) |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2013 | Morocco | 13 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mohamed Oulhaj (Arabic: محمد أولحاج; born 6 January 1988) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Raja Casablanca.
Club career
[edit]Oulhaj was born in Al Hoceima.
Jean-Yves Chay was the coach of Raja Casablanca when Oulhaj played his first official match with the team on 22 September 2007 against Olympique Khouribga in Complexe OCP. Oulhaj was only 19 years old and was chosen as a starter.
On 19 October 2008, he scored his first goal in his professional career during a 5–0 winning match against Chabab Massira.
International career
[edit]After Oulhaj's great performances with Raja Casablanca on the season of 2007–08, the former national coach Fathi Jamal call him firstly to represent Morocco against Ethiopia for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification but he didn't have a chance to play.
On 14 June 2008, he made his first match with the team in Kigali against Rwanda when Morocco lost 3–1. Oulhaj had started the match and was replaced by Hicham Aboucherouane in the 36th minute.[citation needed]
Career statistics
[edit]As of 9 November 2010[update][2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Africa | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Raja Casablanca | 2007–08 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 95 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 1 | |
| Career Total | 95 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 1 | |
Honours
[edit]Raja Casablanca[2]
- Botola: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
- Coupe du Trône: 2012, 2017
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2018
- CAF Super Cup: 2019
Individual
- Eleven of Gold best defensive midfielder: 2007–08
- Eleven of Gold best centre-back: 2008–09
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2013. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
- ^ a b Mohamed Oulhaj at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Mohamed Oulhaj player info at the official Raja Casablanca website (in French)
- Mohamed Oulhaj at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Al Hoceima
- 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Footballers from Casablanca
- Footballers from Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
- Men's association football central defenders
- Morocco men's international footballers
- Morocco men's A' international footballers
- 2016 African Nations Championship players
- Raja CA players