Neil El Aynaoui
Morocco
Age
24
Appearances
0
Goals
0
About Neil El Aynaoui
Named in Mohamed Ouahbi's final 26, Neil El Aynaoui heads to the 2026 World Cup as a central midfielder for Morocco. Morocco qualified for the finals by winning their CAF group, and the AS Roma midfielder is 24 at kick-off and valued at around €23 million.
El Aynaoui joined AS Roma from RC Lens on a five-year contract in July 2025 and won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco, having made his senior international debut in September 2025. He has 16 senior caps for his country to date. This season his AS Roma campaign across all competitions reads 34 appearances and 2 goals. Morocco open their Group C campaign against Brazil on 13 June 2026, with Scotland and Haiti to follow in the group.
El Aynaoui joined AS Roma from RC Lens on a five-year contract in July 2025 and won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco, having made his senior international debut in September 2025. He has 16 senior caps for his country to date. This season his AS Roma campaign across all competitions reads 34 appearances and 2 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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Minutes played
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Assists
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Playing Style
Neil El Aynaoui is a central midfielder who can also play as a defensive midfielder, known for his dynamism and goal-scoring from midfield. He favours quick, vertical passes over lateral ones and makes well-timed runs into the opposition box.
He stands 1.85 m and is right-footed. This season he has logged 1,703 minutes of club football for AS Roma, and at 24 he gives Mohamed Ouahbi an energetic, forward-driving box-to-box option in the centre of Morocco's midfield.
He stands 1.85 m and is right-footed. This season he has logged 1,703 minutes of club football for AS Roma, and at 24 he gives Mohamed Ouahbi an energetic, forward-driving box-to-box option in the centre of Morocco's midfield.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup is set to be Neil El Aynaoui's first. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances, having made his senior Morocco debut in September 2025, and his place in Mohamed Ouahbi's confirmed 26 takes him to the finals for the first time. He arrives with 16 senior caps for Morocco. He goes to the tournament as one of the midfielders named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the group stage in Group C.
National Team
Morocco
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
El Aynaoui's contribution for Morocco comes from central midfield, a dynamic, forward-driving midfielder who plays quick vertical passes and breaks into the box. This season he has scored 2 goals in 34 appearances for AS Roma, and he has 2 goals in 16 caps for Morocco. On the Goal Rush card Morocco are a Tier 3 side at £17m within the game's £200m card budget. That energy and goal threat from midfield is what Morocco get from him at the finals.
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Aynaoui at the 2026 World Cup
Aynaoui is a confirmed central 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.
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A Tier 3 team, Morocco are set at £17m for the tournament. Aynaoui is one of the midfielders in Ouahbi's 26, part of the Morocco squad for the group stage.
Neil El Aynaoui World Cup 2026 FAQs
Morocco are a Tier 3 team at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Aynaoui 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.
Aynaoui is a central midfielder for Morocco. He plays his club football for AS Roma and is part of Mohamed Ouahbi's national-team squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Morocco's final 26-man group.
No. The 2026 World Cup will be Aynaoui's first. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances, reaching the tournament for the first time after his place in Morocco's 26-man squad was confirmed.
Aynaoui plays his club football for AS Roma in Italy. 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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