Abdessamad Badaoui (Arabic: عبد الصمد بدوي; born 24 August 1999) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a right-back. He began his career as a youth player with Raja CA before joining JS Soualem in 2019 where he gained with them their first ever promotion to Botola. In January 2022, he returned to Raja CA.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 August 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011-2019 | Raja CA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019-2022 | JS Soualem | 51 | (0) |
| 2022-2023 | Raja CA | 39 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2022 | Morocco U-23 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2023 | |||
Early life
editAbdessamad Badaoui was born on 24 August 1999 in Casablanca. He started playing football in the streets before joining the academy of Raja Club Athletic in the Raja-Oasis Complex.
Club career
editDebut with Raja CA
editIn 2018, Badaoui began to play with the reserves under Abdelilah Fahmi but did not establish himself as a starter.
Transfer to JS Soualem and promotion
editIn 2019, he joined Jeunesse Sportive Soualem which had just won the 2017-18 Amateur National Championship (D3) under the direction of Redouane El Haimer.[1] In his first season, he quickly became a starter and the team were very close to promotion but finished in fifth place.[2]
The club of Soualem finished second at the end of the 2020–21 Botola 2 one point behind Olympique de Khouribga, meaning they earned their first ever promotion to the first division.[3][4]
During the summer of 2021, he refuses to sign for RS Berkane despite an agreement reached between Fouzi Lekjaa and Bouchaib Bencheikh, president of JS Soualem.[5]
On 19 December 2021, after a long-term injury, he made his Botola debut against Youssoufia Berrechid and played 10 minutes (loss 1–2). He will start the next games.[6]
Return to Raja CA
editOn 31 January 2022, Abdessamad Badaoui returns to his former club Raja CA and signed a four-and-a-half-year contract.[7]
On 7 April, he played his first match against JS de Kasbah Tadla in the round of 16 of the Throne Cup (0-1 victory).[8]
On 8 October in Niamey, he played his first international match against ASN Nigelec in the second round of the 2022-23 Champions League (victory 0–2).
References
edit- ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Football, Maroc : Classements de Botola 2 2019/2020 - Soccerstand.com". www.soccerstand.com (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Botola: la jeunesse sportive soualem promu en d1 pour la premiere fois de son histoire" [botola: the Jeunesse Sportive Soualem promoted to D1 for the first time in its history]. 2m.ma. 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Tout savoir sur la Jeunesse sportive Salmi, nouveau promu en Botola 1". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "لاعب رجاوي يصدم لقجع بعد اجتماع مفاجئ". Sport 1 سبور (in Arabic). 31 July 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Sofascore. "CA Youssoufia Berrechid vs Jeunesse Sportive de Soualem live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "رسميا/ الرجاء يحسم سابع تعاقداته "الشتوية" بضم لاعب الشباب السالمي عبد الصمد البدوي". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 January 2022..
- ^ lesiteinfo (7 April 2022). "Coupe du Trône: Le Raja s'impose face à la Jeunesse Kasbat Tadla". Le Site Info (in French). Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.