Youness Lachhab

Youness Lachhab
Personal information
Full name Youness Lachhab Didi
Date of birth (1998-09-16) 16 September 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth El Palmar, Spain
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Eldense
Number 16
Youth career
2011–2017 Murcia
2018 Almería
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Murcia B 17 (1)
2018–2020 Almería B 40 (0)
2020–2021 Murcia 20 (0)
2021–2023 Granada B 55 (2)
2023– Eldense 18 (1)
International career
2018 Morocco U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2024

Youness Lachhab Didi (born 16 September 1998) is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club CD Eldense.

Club career

Born in El Palmar, Region of Murcia to Moroccan parents, Lachhab was a Real Murcia youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 9 April 2017, playing the last 13 minutes in a 0–0 Tercera División away draw against El Palmar CF.

Lachhab scored his first senior goal on 10 September 2017, netting the B's second in a 3–2 home loss to Lorca FC B. In January of the following year, he moved to UD Almería and returned to the youth setup.[1]

On 18 June 2020, after two seasons with Almería's B-team, Lachhab returned to Murcia and was assigned to the main squad in Segunda División B.[2] On 26 August 2021, he moved to another reserve team, Club Recreativo Granada in Segunda División RFEF.[3]

On 14 July 2023, Lachhab signed a two-year contract with CD Eldense, newly-promoted to Segunda División.[4] He made his professional debut on 13 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for David Timor in a 1–0 away win over FC Cartagena.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Youness Lachhab: "Llego al Almería con muchas ganas e ilusión"" [Youness Lachhab: "I arrive at Almería with much eager and hopes"] (in Spanish). Futbol Juvenil. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  2. ^ "El Real Murcia anuncia el fichaje de Youness" [Real Murcia announce the signing of Youness] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Youness se incorpora al Recreativo Granada" [Youness joins Recreativo Granada] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Youness Lachhab, nuevo jugador del CD Eldense" [Youness Lachhab, new player of CD Eldense] (in Spanish). CD Eldense. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  5. ^ "El Eldense planta cara y gana en Cartagena" [Eldense fight off and win in Cartagena] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.