Bilal El Khannouss
Morocco
Age
22
Appearances
0
Goals
0
About Bilal El Khannouss
Bilal El Khannouss takes his place in Mohamed Ouahbi's final 26 for the 2026 World Cup, an attacking midfielder named in the Morocco squad. Morocco qualified for the finals by winning their CAF group, and the Stuttgart midfielder, on loan from Leicester City, is 22 at kick-off and valued at around €35 million.
Named the Belgian Pro League's Young Professional Footballer of the Year for 2023-24 at Genk, El Khannouss earned a £21 million move to Leicester City before joining Stuttgart, and he won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco. He has 3 goals in 37 senior caps for his country. This season his club campaign across all competitions reads 44 appearances and 9 goals. Morocco open their Group C campaign against Brazil on 13 June 2026, with Scotland and Haiti to follow in the group.
Named the Belgian Pro League's Young Professional Footballer of the Year for 2023-24 at Genk, El Khannouss earned a £21 million move to Leicester City before joining Stuttgart, and he won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco. He has 3 goals in 37 senior caps for his country. This season his club campaign across all competitions reads 44 appearances and 9 goals. Morocco open their Group C campaign against Brazil on 13 June 2026, with Scotland and Haiti to follow in the group.
World Cup 2026 Stats
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Playing Style
Bilal El Khannouss is an attacking midfielder with exceptional ball control and great vision. He is noted for his close control, agility and ability to navigate tight spaces, a creator who can find a pass and beat his man in the final third.
He stands 1.80 m and is right-footed. This season he has logged 2,715 minutes of club football across all competitions, and at 22 he gives Mohamed Ouahbi a technical creator in the attacking midfield.
He stands 1.80 m and is right-footed. This season he has logged 2,715 minutes of club football across all competitions, and at 22 he gives Mohamed Ouahbi a technical creator in the attacking midfield.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup will be Bilal El Khannouss's second. He was named in Morocco's squad at the 2022 finals in Qatar at the age of 18 and made his senior international debut in the third-place playoff against Croatia. Mohamed Ouahbi has named him in the 26 once more, and he arrives with 37 senior caps for Morocco. He returns to the World Cup for a second time, four years on from his debut on the game's biggest stage.
National Team
Morocco
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
El Khannouss's value to Morocco is the work of an attacking midfielder: a technical creator with the vision to open defences, who also weighs in with goals. This season he has scored 9 goals in 44 appearances across all competitions, and he has 3 goals in 37 caps for Morocco. On the Goal Rush card Morocco are a Tier 3 side at £17m within the game's £200m card budget. That creativity and goal threat from attacking midfield is what Morocco get from him at the finals.
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Khannouss at the 2026 World Cup
Khannouss is a confirmed attacking midfielder in Mohamed Ouahbi's 26-man Morocco squad for the 2026 World Cup. Morocco begin their Group C campaign against Brazil on 13 June.
Picking Morocco in Goal Rush
A Tier 3 team, Morocco are set at £17m for the tournament. Khannouss is one of the midfielders in Ouahbi's 26, part of the Morocco squad for the group stage.
Bilal El Khannouss World Cup 2026 FAQs
Morocco are a Tier 3 team at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Khannouss is one of their midfielders, named in Mohamed Ouahbi's confirmed 26, so for Goal Rush he is a squad name at that mid-tier team price for the tournament.
Khannouss is an attacking midfielder for Morocco. He plays his club football for Stuttgart, on loan from Leicester City, and is part of Mohamed Ouahbi's national-team squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Morocco's final 26-man group.
Yes. Khannouss was in Morocco's squad at the 2022 World Cup and made his senior debut there, so the 2026 finals will be his second. Mohamed Ouahbi has named him in the 26 once more for Morocco.
Khannouss plays his club football for Stuttgart in Germany, on loan from Leicester City. He is named among Morocco's midfielders in Mohamed Ouahbi's final 26, with Morocco opening their Group C campaign against Brazil in mid-June.
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