Nayef Aguerd
Morocco
Age
30
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0
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About Nayef Aguerd
Nayef Aguerd takes his place in Mohamed Ouahbi's final 26 for the 2026 World Cup, a centre-back named in the Morocco squad. Morocco qualified for the finals by winning their CAF group, and the Olympique de Marseille defender is 30 at kick-off and valued at around €15 million.
A product of Morocco's youth system, Aguerd won the 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League with West Ham United and the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco before joining Marseille from the Premier League in September 2025. He has 64 senior caps for his country to date. This season his Marseille campaign across all competitions reads 25 appearances and 1 goal. Morocco open their Group C campaign against Brazil on 13 June 2026, with Scotland and Haiti to follow in the group.
A product of Morocco's youth system, Aguerd won the 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League with West Ham United and the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco before joining Marseille from the Premier League in September 2025. He has 64 senior caps for his country to date. This season his Marseille campaign across all competitions reads 25 appearances and 1 goal. 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
Nayef Aguerd is a left-footed centre-back whose stand-out trait on the ball is his long diagonal passing out to the right. He is comfortable receiving under pressure, and defensively he takes a front-foot, aggressive approach to duels, strong in the air and often stepping out of the back line to engage attackers between the lines.
He stands 1.90 m and is left-footed. This season he has logged 2,189 minutes of club football for Marseille, and at 30 he gives Mohamed Ouahbi an experienced defender who can both defend on the front foot and start attacks with his passing from the back.
He stands 1.90 m and is left-footed. This season he has logged 2,189 minutes of club football for Marseille, and at 30 he gives Mohamed Ouahbi an experienced defender who can both defend on the front foot and start attacks with his passing from the back.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup will be Nayef Aguerd's second. He was in Morocco's squad at the 2022 finals in Qatar, where he played all three group matches and the round of 16 against Spain as Morocco reached the semi-finals and finished fourth, before injury and illness kept him out of the closing rounds. Mohamed Ouahbi has named him in the 26 once more, and he arrives with 64 senior caps for Morocco. Having featured at one previous World Cup, he returns to the tournament for a second time as part of the Morocco squad.
National Team
Morocco
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
Aguerd's value to Morocco is the work of a centre-back: a left-footed defender who is strong in the air, defends on the front foot and brings the ball out with his long passing. This season he has made 25 appearances and scored 1 goal for Marseille across all competitions, and he has 2 goals in 64 caps for Morocco. On the Goal Rush card Morocco are a Tier 3 side at £17m within the game's £200m card budget. That defensive presence and passing from the back is what Morocco get from him at the finals.
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Aguerd at the 2026 World Cup
Aguerd is a confirmed centre-back 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. Aguerd is one of the centre-backs in Ouahbi's 26, part of the Morocco squad for the group stage.
Nayef Aguerd World Cup 2026 FAQs
Morocco are a Tier 3 team at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Aguerd is one of their centre-backs, 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.
Aguerd is a centre-back for Morocco. He plays his club football for Olympique de Marseille and is part of Mohamed Ouahbi's national-team squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Morocco's final 26-man group.
Yes. Aguerd was part of Morocco's squad at the 2022 World Cup and played as they finished fourth in Qatar, so the 2026 finals will be his second. Mohamed Ouahbi has named him in the 26 once more for Morocco.
Aguerd plays his club football for Olympique de Marseille in France. He is named among Morocco's centre-backs in Mohamed Ouahbi's final 26, with Morocco opening their Group C campaign against Brazil in mid-June.
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