 El Hamdaoui playing for Morocco in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mounir El Hamdaoui[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2001 | Excelsior | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | Excelsior | 74 | (32) |
| 2005–2006 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Derby County (loan) | 9 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Willem II | 6 | (3) |
| 2007–2010 | AZ | 81 | (50) |
| 2010–2012 | Ajax | 26 | (13) |
| 2012–2015 | Fiorentina | 22 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | → Málaga (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | AZ | 7 | (1) |
| 2016 | Umm Salal | 9 | (7) |
| 2016–2017 | Al Taawoun | 12 | (5) |
| 2018 | Twente | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Excelsior | 26 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Al Kharaitiyat | 18 | (9) |
| 2020–2022 | DHSC | 21 | (5) |
| Total | 329 | (139) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Netherlands U21 | 3 | (1) |
| 2009–2014 | Morocco | 16 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mounir El Hamdaoui (Arabic: منير الحمداوي; born 14 July 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Morocco internationally.
He played for clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur, Ajax and Málaga CF, as well as Excelsior, Derby County, Willem II, AZ Alkmaar and Fiorentina. In the 2008–09 Eredivisie, El Hamdaoui was named Dutch Footballer of the Year and became the Eredivisie top scorer as AZ Alkmaar won their second league title in their history.
Born in the Netherlands, El Hamdaoui played for their under-21 side. He decided to represent Morocco, for whom he made his debut in February 2009 in a match against the Czech Republic, and played at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
- ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 25 de marzo de 2014, en Málaga" [Minutes of the Match held on 25 March 2014, in Málaga] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 June 2019.