Youssef El Kachati

Youssef El Kachati (born 30 November 1999) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Eerste Divisie club Telstar.[1]

Youssef El Kachati
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-09) 9 November 1999
Place of birth Leiden, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward, winger
Team information
Current team
 Telstar
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2016 Noordwijk
2016–2018 Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Jong Sparta Rotterdam 34 (13)
2018–2020 Sparta Rotterdam 11 (0)
2020–2021 Noordwijk 1 (0)
2021 Westerlo 0 (0)
2022–2023 Quick Boys 52 (30)
2023– Telstar 4 (0)
International career
2019 Morocco U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:36, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

After originally joining Sparta Rotterdam's academy in 2016 from youth club Noordwijk, he signed a one-and-a-half-year professional contract with the club on 16 December 2018.[2][3] He made his debut in Sparta's first team on 14 October 2018 in a 3–0 Eerste Divisie victory against Cambuur. He came on as a substitute for Ilias Alhaft in the 66th minute and received his first yellow card a minute later for diving.[4][5] In 2020, El Kachati returned to Noordwijk to gain playing time in the Tweede Divisie.[3] From in 2021, he moved to Belgium where he represented the under-21 team of Westerlo before joining Quick Boys in the Dutch Tweede Divisie in February 2022.[6]

In the 2022–23 season, El Kachati emerged as a prolific striker and was the top goalscorer of the Tweede Divisie halfway through the season. This sparked interest from clubs in both professional and amateur football. In December 2022, Quick Boys announced that El Kachati, his management, and the club had failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension.[7][8]

In January 2023, it was announced that El Kachati would be joining IJsselmeervogels for the upcoming season. He signed a contract until mid-2024.[9][10] However, it later became known that due to an agreement between IJsselmeervogels and Telstar, he would instead be playing for professional Eerste Divisie club Telstar from the 2023–24 season onwards.[11][12] He made his debut for the club on 14 August, starting in a 1–0 league loss on the opening day of the season to Jong PSV.[13]

International career

El Kachati debuted for the Morocco U23s in a 2–0 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification loss to the DR Congo U23s on 20 March 2019.[14][15]

Career statistics
As of match played 1 September 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League KNVB Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Sparta Rotterdam 2017–18 Tweede Divisie 82——82
2018–19 Tweede Divisie 207——207
2019–20 Tweede Divisie 64——64
Total 3413——3413
Sparta Rotterdam 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 10000—100
2019–20 Eredivisie 1000—20
Total 11000—110
Noordwijk 2020–21 Tweede Divisie 1010—20
Quick Boys 2021–22 Tweede Divisie 18600—186
2022–23 Tweede Divisie 342410—3524
Total 523010—5330
Telstar 2023–24 Eerste Divisie 40000040
Career total 10243200010443

    References
    1. Youssef El Kachati at WorldFootball.net
    2. "Youssef El Kachati tekent contract op Het Kasteel". Sparta Rotterdam (in Dutch). 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    3. "Youssef El Kachati terug op het oude nest". vv Noordwijk (Press release) (in Dutch). 31 August 2020. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    4. "Fraser hekelt actie van Sparta-debutant: 'Gezegd dat dit een regel moet worden'". Voetbalprimeur (in Dutch). 14 October 2018. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    5. De Graeve, Sander (14 October 2018). "Drenthe lacht ploegmaat uit om hilarische schwalbe: "Hier gaan we op moeten oefenen"". Voetbalkrant (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    6. Brink, Peter (7 February 2022). "Quick Boys haalt Youssef El Kachati op bij Westerlo". Voetbal247.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    7. Putten, Robert van der (20 December 2022). "K.v.v. Quick Boys en Youssef El Kachati komen er niet uit". Quick Boys (Press release) (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    8. "Topscorer El Kachati vertrekt bij Quick Boys". Voetbal in de Bollenstreek (in Dutch). 20 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    9. "Goaltjesdief El Kachati naar IJsselmeervogels". IJsselmeervogels (Press release) (in Dutch). 4 January 2023. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    10. Mentink, Tom (5 January 2023). "IJsselmeervogels haalt topscorer van Quick Boys: 'Onze scouts hebben hem veelvuldig bekeken'". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    11. "Telstar contracteert topscorer El Kachati". SC Telstar (Press release) (in Dutch). 25 May 2023. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    12. Brandhorst, Stephan (25 May 2023). "Topscorer Youssef El Kachati is eerste gewenste aanvallende transfer voor Telstar". NH Nieuws (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
    13. Brood, Thomas (14 August 2023). "Zeperd voor Telstar tegen Jong PSV". NH Nieuws (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
    14. "Arryadia - Eliminatoires CAN-2019 (U23): 26 Lionceaux de l'Atlas retenus pour la double confrontation face à la RD Congo (FRMF)". arryadia.snrt.ma.
    15. "CAF - Competitions - Qualifiers of Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
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