| Mehdi Benabid | |
| Fullname: | El Mehdi Benabid |
| Birth Date: | 1998 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Rabat, Morocco |
| Height: | 1.88 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | AS FAR |
| Clubnumber: | 16 |
| Youthyears1: | 2007–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | FUS Rabat |
| Years1: | 2017–2023 |
| Caps1: | 100 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | → Ittihad Khemisset (loan) |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2023 - |
| Caps3: | 27 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Morocco U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Morocco U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam3: | Morocco A' |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 20:57, 27 August 2023 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 20:57, 26 May 2023 (UTC) |
El Mehdi Benabid (Arabic: مهدي بنعبيد; born 24 January 1998) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Botola club AS FAR.
Benabid is a youth product of FUS Rabat since 2007, and worked his way up their youth categories. For the 2017–18 season, he was loaned out to Ittihad Khemisset in the Botola 2 where he began his senior career. He returned to FUS Rabat in 2018, where he became a regular in their squad.[1]
Benabid was first called up to the Morocco U20s in 2017. In March 2019, he was called up to the Morocco U23s for a set of friendlies.[2] He was called up for a set of 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches, in which the Morocco U20s missed qualification.[3] In November 2019, he was suspended because of an altercation with a referee and banned from football for 3 months.[4] In June 2021, he was called up to the Morocco A' national team for a set of friendlies.[5]
In March 2022, Benabid receives his first call-up to the senior Morocco national team.[6] On 28 December 2023, Benabid was amongst the 27 players selected to represent Morocco in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[7] [8]
On 9 September 2023, Benabid along with his national teammates donated their blood for the needy affected by the 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake.[9] [10] [11]
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