{"id":539,"date":"2024-09-25T18:26:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhamedfakhir.com\/?page_id=539"},"modified":"2024-09-25T18:40:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:40:55","slug":"mhamed-fakhir-le-joueur","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mhamedfakhir.com\/en\/mhamed-fakhir-le-joueur\/","title":{"rendered":"Mhamed Fakhir \u2013 The player"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mhamed Fakhir\u2019s career as a player<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Born in the old Medina of Casablanca, Mhamed Fakhir spent his childhood in the Maarif neighbourhood, near the Mohamed V Stadium. It was on the neighbourhood\u2019s empty plots of land that Fakhir took his first steps in football before joining his favourite club, Raja Club Athletic. Spotted by Raja\u2019s legendary scout, Abdelkader Jalal, Fakhir joined the club\u2019s academy, where he was trained under the guidance of several youth coaches, including the Spaniard Paco Fortes and Ma\u00eetre Ghoulam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Career with the National Youth Team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At a young age, Fakhir made a name for himself by being selected for the Morocco U17 team, taking part in an international tournament in Can where his outstanding performances earned him the title of best player of the tournament. Shortly afterwards, he also won the title of best player at the Arab Maghreb Under-18 tournament. Despite attractive offers, notably from OGC Nice, the management at Raja Casablanca chose to keep him at the club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Promotion to Raja\u2019s First Team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Starting out as an attacking midfielder, Fakhir worked his way up through the various youth ranks at Raja. It was thanks to the Hungarian coach P\u00e0l Orozc that he made it into the first team. His first competitive match took place in 1972 against FUS Rabat, where he came on as a substitute in the second half whilst his team were 2\u20130 down. Fakhir made his debut in defence as a left-back and played a part in Raja\u2019s \u2018Remuntada\u2019, with the match ending in a 2\u20132 draw.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Success with Raja Casablanca<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During his career with Raja Casablanca, Fakhir won the Throne Cup twice. The first victory came in the 1973\u201374 season against Moghreb Fez (MAS), with a final score of 1\u20130 to Raja. The second victory came in the 1976\u201377 season against Difa\u00e2 El Jadida, also with a 1\u20130 scoreline. These triumphs marked key moments in his career and cemented his status as a key player in the club\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/main>\n\n\n\n

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Parcours de Mhamed Fakhir en tant que joueur N\u00e9 \u00e0 l’ancienne M\u00e9dina de Casablanca, Mhamed Fakhir passe son enfance dans le quartier de Maarif, \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 du Stade Mohamed V. C’est dans les terrains vagues des quartiers que Fakhir fait ses premiers pas dans le football avant de rejoindre son club de c\u0153ur, le Raja…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-539","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhamedfakhir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhamedfakhir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhamedfakhir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhamedfakhir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhamedfakhir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mhamedfakhir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":550,"href":"https:\/\/mhamedfakhir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions\/550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhamedfakhir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}