Khalid Boutaïb
{{short description|Moroccan footballer (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Khalid Boutaïb
| full_name =
| image = Khalid Boutaïb.jpg
| caption = Boutaib playing for Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|4|24|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=4 June 2018 |access-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=19 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}
| birth_place = Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
| height = {{height|m=1.93}}{{cite web|url=https://parisfc.fr/khalid-boutaib/ |title=Khalid Boutaïb |date=4 February 2022 |publisher=Paris FC |access-date=18 September 2022}}
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Pau
| clubnumber = 10
| years1 = 2006–2007
| clubs1 = Bagnols Pont
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2007–2010
| clubs2 = Uzès
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2010–2011
| clubs3 = Bagnols Pont
| caps3 = 14
| goals3 = 7
| years4 = 2011–2012
| clubs4 = Uzès
| caps4 = 33
| goals4 = 13
| years5 = 2012–2013
| clubs5 = Istres
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2012–2013
| clubs6 = → Uzès (loan)
| caps6 = 24
| goals6 = 6
| years7 = 2013–2014
| clubs7 = Luzenac
| caps7 = 33
| goals7 = 8
| years8 = 2014–2016
| clubs8 = Gazélec Ajaccio
| caps8 = 59
| goals8 = 12
| years9 = 2016–2017
| clubs9 = Strasbourg
| caps9 = 34
| goals9 = 20
| years10 = 2017–2019
| clubs10 = Yeni Malatyaspor
| caps10 = 48
| goals10 = 16
| years11 = 2019–2020
| clubs11 = Zamalek
| caps11 = 14
| goals11 = 4
| years12 = 2020–2022
| clubs12 = Le Havre
| caps12 = 34
| goals12 = 7
| years13 = 2022–2023
| clubs13 = Paris
| caps13 = 30
| goals13 = 6
| years14 = 2023–
| clubs14 = Pau
| caps14 = 60
| goals14 = 16
| nationalyears1 = 2016–2019
| nationalteam1 = Morocco
| nationalcaps1 = 26
| nationalgoals1 = 9
| club-update = 12 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 23 June 2019
}}
Khalid Boutaïb ({{langx|ar|خالد بوطيب}}; born 24 April 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 2 club Pau. Born in France, he represented Morocco at international level.
Early life
Boutaïb was born in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, in the south of France, to Moroccan parents.{{cite web |title=Khalid Boutayeb |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur39811.html |access-date=9 December 2015 |publisher=L'Equipe}} He acquired French nationality on 16 January 2002, through the collective effect of his mother's naturalization.{{Cite web |title=JORF n° 0015 du 18 janvier 2002 - Légifrance |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000026335 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |page=1129 |language=fr |format=PDF}}
Club career
Boutaïb started his career with spells at Bagnols Pont and Uzès, where he was part of the team that won promotion to the Championnat National in the 2011–12 season before joining Istres in the summer of 2012. Boutaïb made his professional debut in the 1–2 defeat to Clermont Foot in the Coupe de la Ligue on 7 August 2012, coming on as a half-time substitute for Ludovic Genest.
Boutaïb presents the particularity of being a gifted student as well. He obtained the maximal grade of 20/20 in mathematics in French High School exam. He chose however to continue his career as a football player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Article/Khalid-boutaib-des-maths-et-des-buts/726405|title = Khalid Boutaïb, des maths et des buts}}
Out of contract with Gazélec Ajaccio, Boutaïb joined Racing Strasbourg on a one-year contract.{{cite web|title=Officiel – Khalid Boutaib rejoint Strasbourg|url=http://www.goal.com/fr/news/33/transferts/2016/07/07/25420552/officiel-khalid-boutaib-rejoint-strasbourg|website=Goal|access-date=8 July 2016|language=fr|date=7 July 2016}}{{cite news|title=Khalid Boutaib (GFC Ajaccio) à Strasbourg (officiel)|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Khalid-boutaib-gfc-ajaccio-a-satrasbourg-officiel/704351|access-date=8 July 2016|work=L'Equipe|date=8 July 2016|language=fr}}
Boutaïb signed with newly promoted Turkish Süper Lig side Yeni Malatyaspor in June 2017.[https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2017/khalid-boutaib-signs-pre-agreement-with-yeni-malatyaspor/ Khalid Boutaïb signs pre-agreement with Yeni Malatyaspor]‚ getfootballnewsfrance.com, 8 June 2017 In 2019, he joined Egyptian club Zamalek.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46776189 |title=Zamalek lure Morocco striker Khalid Boutaib from Turkey |website=BBC Sport |date=6 January 2019 }} In October 2020, Boutaïb returned to France to play for Le Havre.{{cite web |url=https://www.alsasports.fr/football/rc-strasbourg/les-anciens/khalid-boutaib-retrouve-la-france/21428/ |title=Khalid Boutaïb retrouve la France ! |website=alsasports.fr |language=fr |date=6 October 2020 }}
On 31 January 2022, Boutaïb signed for Ligue 2 side Paris FC on a contract until June 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://parisfc.fr/a-la-une-paris-fc/khalid-boutaib-sengage-avec-le-paris-fc/ |title=Khalid Boutaïb s'engage avec le Paris FC |trans-title=Khalid Boutaïb signs for Paris FC |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=31 January 2022 |publisher=Paris FC |language=fr}}
International career
Boutaïb announced his intention to represent Morocco at international level.{{cite news|last1=Okeleji|first1=Oluwashina|title=Ajaccio striker Khalid Boutaïb eyes call-up to the Morocco team|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34892652|access-date=9 December 2015|work=BBC Sport|date=22 November 2015}} He received a call-up to the Morocco national football team for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Cape Verde, and made his debut as a late sub in a 1–0 win.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/qcan2017/MatchDetails?MatchId=ujbPKzodTWGSD9iogzuVVdN80io64SMAjwGa7hHdSHxq3qx7W29EbHUAfVGnWDf+|title=CAF – Competitions – Q CAN 2017 – Match Details|last=Football|first=CAF – Confederation of African|website=cafonline.com|language=en-US|access-date=6 April 2018}}
In May 2018, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.{{cite web|title=Boufal left out of Morocco squad |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/441603882018}}
Personal life
Boutaïb is the uncle of the footballer Nassim Chadli.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
Career statistics
=International=
{{Updated|match played 23 June 2019}}{{NFT player|id=63714|accessdate=}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|colspan="3"|Morocco | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 2 |
| 2017 | 9 | 4 |
| 2018 | 9 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| Total||26||9 |
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.
| class="wikitable"
! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | rowspan="2" | 15 November 2016 | rowspan="2" | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco | rowspan="2" | {{fb|TOG}} | align=center | 1–1 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 2–1 | rowspan="2" | Friendly |
| 2. | align=center | 2–1 | |||||
| 3. | 1 September 2017 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | {{fb|MLI}} | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 6–0 | rowspan=4|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4. | rowspan="3" | 7 October 2017 | rowspan="3" | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco | rowspan="3" | {{fb|GAB}} | align=center | 1–0 | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"| 3–0 | |
| 5. | align=center | 2–0 | |||||
| 6. | align=center | 3–0 | |||||
| 7. | 23 March 2018 | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy | {{fb|SRB}} | align=center | 2–1 | align=center | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 8. | 25 June 2018 | Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia | {{fb|ESP}} | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 2–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| 9. | 16 October 2018 | Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh, Mitsamiouli, Comoros | {{fb|COM}} | align=center | 1–1 | align=center | 2–2 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
Zamalek
References
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External links
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- {{LFP|name=Khalid Boutaïb|boutaib-khalid-1}}
- [https://foot-national.com/9997-joueur-football-Boutaib-Khalid.html Khalid Boutaïb career statistics] at foot-national.com
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{{Pau FC squad}}
{{2016–17 Ligue 2 UNFP Team of the Year}}
{{2017 CAF Team of the Year}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Category:Footballers from Gard
Category:Naturalized citizens of France
Category:French men's footballers
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