Issam El Maach
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Heerlen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Twente | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RKSV MULO | |||
| –2016 | VVV-Venlo | ||
| 2016–2017 | Vitesse | ||
| 2017–2019 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Jong Ajax | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | RKC Waalwijk | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | Twente | 0 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Roda (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Morocco U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Netherlands U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | Morocco U23 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 May 2019 | |||
Issam El Maach (Arabic: عصام المعاش; born 1 February 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club Twente.[2] Born in the Netherlands, he represents Morocco at under-23 international level.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Early career
[edit | edit source]Born in Heerlen and raised in Helmond to Moroccan parents, El Maach began his football career with local club RKSV MULO before being recruited to the youth ranks of VVV-Venlo.[3] In 2016 he moved to the youth academy of SBV Vitesse, from where he was scouted and joined the Ajax Youth Academy a year later.[4]
Ajax
[edit | edit source]El Maach signed a two-year contract with Ajax in 2017 with an option for an additional year.[5] He made his professional debut with the reserves team Jong Ajax in the Eerste Divisie on 18 January 2018 in a 4–1 loss to RKC Waalwijk. Jong Ajax ended the season as champions of the second division, becoming the first reserves team to win a championship since the introduction of reserves teams in professional football in the Netherlands.[6]
He made his first team debut on 11 January 2019 in a friendly game against Brazilian club Flamengo in the Florida Cup.[7]
On 26 June 2020, it was announced that El Maach contract was not going to be extended leaving him eligible to find a new club.[8]
RKC Waalwijk
[edit | edit source]On 14 July 2021 it was announced that El Maach had signed with Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk as a free transfer on a 1-year contract.[9]
Twente
[edit | edit source]On 25 July 2022, El Maach signed with Twente on a two-year deal, with an optional year.[10]
On 7 January 2025, El Maach joined Roda JC on loan-deal for the rest of 2024-25 season.[11] He left the club upon the expiry of his loan at the end of the season.[12]
International career
[edit | edit source]El Maach is a youth international for Morocco.[13]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Jong Ajax[14]
Ajax[14]
- KNVB Cup: 2018–19
- Florida Cup runners-up: 2019
References
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- ^ Ajax verliest eerste wedstrijd Florida Cup na penaltys, AjaxShowtime, 11 January 2019
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- ^ El Maach tekent contract bij RKC Waalwijk, AjaxShowtime, 14 July 2021
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Issam El Maach at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Alphen aan den Rijn
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Morocco men's youth international footballers
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's youth international footballers
- Dutch people of Moroccan descent
- Sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- AFC Ajax players
- Jong Ajax players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- FC Twente players
- Roda JC Kerkrade players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Eredivisie players
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen