Zakaria El Ouahdi
Morocco
Age
24
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0
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About Zakaria El Ouahdi
Zakaria El Ouahdi takes his place in Mohamed Ouahbi's final 26 for the 2026 World Cup, a right-back named in the Morocco squad. Morocco qualified for the finals by winning their CAF group, and the KRC Genk defender is 24 at kick-off and valued at around €17 million.
An attack-minded full-back, El Ouahdi took Olympic bronze with Morocco at Paris 2024 and won the Belgian Lion Award in 2025 and the Ebony Shoe in 2026 during his time with Genk in Belgium. He has 3 senior caps for his country to date. This season his Genk campaign across all competitions reads 45 appearances and 12 goals. Morocco open their Group C campaign against Brazil on 13 June 2026, with Scotland and Haiti to follow in the group.
An attack-minded full-back, El Ouahdi took Olympic bronze with Morocco at Paris 2024 and won the Belgian Lion Award in 2025 and the Ebony Shoe in 2026 during his time with Genk in Belgium. He has 3 senior caps for his country to date. This season his Genk campaign across all competitions reads 45 appearances and 12 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
Zakaria El Ouahdi is an attack-minded right-back who can also play right midfield or left-back. He gets forward from his position on the flank, a full-back who pushes up to support the attack and offers Mohamed Ouahbi cover across more than one role.
He stands 1.71 m and is right-footed. This season he has logged 4,030 minutes of club football for Genk, and at 24 he heads to the World Cup as an attacking full-back in Mohamed Ouahbi's Morocco squad.
He stands 1.71 m and is right-footed. This season he has logged 4,030 minutes of club football for Genk, and at 24 he heads to the World Cup as an attacking full-back in Mohamed Ouahbi's Morocco squad.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup is set to be Zakaria El Ouahdi's first. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances, having made his senior Morocco debut in June 2025, and his place in Mohamed Ouahbi's confirmed 26 takes him to the finals for the first time. He arrives with 3 senior caps for Morocco. He goes to the tournament as one of the defenders 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 Ouahdi's contribution for Morocco comes from full-back, an attack-minded right-back who gets forward to support the attack down the flank. This season he has made 45 appearances and scored 12 goals for Genk across all competitions, and he has 3 caps for Morocco. On the Goal Rush card Morocco are a Tier 3 side at £17m within the game's £200m card budget. That attacking option from full-back is what Morocco get from him at the finals.
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Ouahdi at the 2026 World Cup
Ouahdi is a confirmed right-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. Ouahdi is one of the defenders in Ouahbi's 26, part of the Morocco squad for the group stage.
Zakaria El Ouahdi World Cup 2026 FAQs
Morocco are a Tier 3 team at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Ouahdi is one of their defenders, 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.
Ouahdi is a right-back for Morocco, an attack-minded full-back. He plays his club football for KRC Genk 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 Ouahdi'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.
Ouahdi plays his club football for KRC Genk in Belgium. He is named among Morocco's defenders in Mohamed Ouahbi's final 26, with Morocco opening their Group C campaign against Brazil in mid-June.
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