Soufiane El Mesrar

Soufiane El Mesrar
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-05) 5 June 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Kenitra, Morocco
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Étoile lavalloise Futsal Club
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010-2018 Dynamo Kénitra
2018-2019 Montpellier MF 28 (19)
2019-2021 ACCS AV 92 49 (36)
2022- Étoile lavalloise
International career
2011- Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Soufiane El Mesrar, (born 5 June 1990), is a Moroccan professional futsal player who plays for Étoile lavalloise Futsal Club and the Morocco national futsal team.[1]

Biography

Training at Dynamo Kenitra (2010–2018)

A former traditional football player at Kénitra AC, Soufiane El Mesrar began playing futsal at AC Dynamo Kénitra in 2010.[1] With this club, he won the Moroccan championship twice, during the 2015-2016 and 2017-2018 seasons.[1] In the meantime, he finished as the top scorer of the 2016-2017 season with 38 goals, ahead of Mohamed Jouad by two goals. With Dynamo Kenitra, he also won the Coupe du Trône in the 2017-2018 season.

First Experience in France with MMF (2018–2019)

El Mesrar arrived in France in August 2018 and signed with Montpellier Méditerranée Futsal alongside his compatriot Bilal Bakkali.[2] Soufiane El Mesrar played his first match with the Montpellier club on 15 September 2018 against Futsal Dijon Clénay during the 1st day of the 2018-2019 French Second Division Futsal Championship, a match that ended with a victory for Montpellier, with a hat-trick from the Moroccan winger, his first goals in France.[3] In the next match, in Corsica, El Mesrar contributed to his team's victory on the court of Entente Furiani (6-0) by scoring four goals.[4][5] On 6 October 2018, MMF won at home (10-2) against AS Minguettes Vénissieux with a goal from the Moroccan.[6] The Montpelliers traveled the following weekend to Plaisance All-Stars and won on their field (5-4) with a brace from the Kenitra-born player.[7] Soufiane El Mesrar scored his 11th goal of the season on 20 October 2018 against Kingersheim during the 5th day of D2.[8] On 10 November 2018, MMF drew with Strasbourg Neuhof (3-3) with a goal from El Mesrar.[9] He scored a brace the following match against Elsass Pfastatt Futsal, in a match where Montpellier suffered their first loss of the season (5-3).[10] MMF lost to Toulouse Métropole on 8 December 2018 by 4-2, with El Mesrar scoring one of his team's two goals.[11] In the next match, he contributed to Montpellier's victory (4-2) against Entente Furiani with a brace.[12]

Soufiane El Mesrar scored his 18th goal of the season on 26 January 2019 on the field of AS Minguettes Vénissieux, where MMF won (6-2).[13]

On 9 February 2019, Montpellier Méditerranée started in the 2018-2019 National Cup by traveling to Pays Voironnais Futsal. MMF won the match with a brace from the Moroccan.[14]

Discovery of D1 and the Champions League with ACCS 92 (2019–2021)

After a season at MMF, he joined, along with Bilal Bakkali, ACCS FC,[15] a club competing in the elite of French futsal.

Soufiane El Mesrar played his first match for his new team on 14 September 2019[16] against Toulouse Métropole during the first round of the D1. ACCS won the match (8-1) but later lost on a technicality due to an irregularity.[17]

He scored his first goal with ACCS in the next round against Nantes Métropole Futsal, helping the Parisian club win 7-1.[18]

In the following round, ACCS secured a 9-3 home victory against Sporting Club de Paris, with a goal and an assist from the Moroccan.[19]

On 3 November 2019, ACCS dealt a heavy blow to Roubaix AFS with an 18-1 victory, during which El Mesrar scored a hat-trick.[20]

Soufiane El Mesrar scored his sixth goal of the season against Paris ACASA futsal on 9 November 2019.[21]

He found the back of the net again on 15 December 2019 against Orchies Pévèle, in a 9-4 victory for ACCS.[22]

The Moroccan winger scored a goal and provided two assists in a 9-1 win against Sporting Paris on 8 March 2020 during the 13th round of D1.[23]

While the club was at the top of the standings, the 2019-2020 season was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and no title was awarded. El Mesrar had scored eight goals in 14 matches by the time the championships were halted. He continued his journey with ACCS and began the 2020-2021 season with a 6-0 victory for his team on 12 September 2020 on Nantes Métropole's court.[24]

On October 10, 2020, during the fourth round, ACCS delivered a crushing defeat (14-2) to newly promoted Chavanoz, with a goal from El Mesrar.[25] The following weekend, Soufiane El Mesrar scored a brace against Béthune Futsal.[26]

Honours

ACCS Asnières Villeneuve 92
Étoile lavalloise
Morocco National team

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ a b c "Soufiane El Mesrar – ACCS". www.accsfutsal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  2. ^ "Montpellier Méditerranée Futsal recruits two Moroccan internationals!". Football Club 34 (in French). 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. ^ "El Mesrar's first match with Montpellier, scoring a hat-trick against Dijon Clénay". france-futsal.com. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  4. ^ "El Mesrar scores four goals at Furiani". Gilles Piereschi (Youtube). 29 September 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Four goals by Soufiane El Mesrar on Furiani's field". france-futsal.com. 29 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-11-13. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  6. ^ "El Mesrar's double at Plaisance". france-futsal.com. 6 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  7. ^ "El Mesrar's double at Plaisance". france-futsal.com. 20 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  8. ^ "11th goal of the season for El Mesrar, against Kingersheim". france-futsal.com. 13 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  9. ^ "MMF draws with Neuhof, El Mesrar scores". france-futsal.com. 10 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-06-18. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  10. ^ "El Mesrar scores a brace against Pfastatt, MMF loses". france-futsal.com. 17 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-03-01. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  11. ^ "El Mesrar scores in a loss to Toulouse". france-futsal.com. 8 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  12. ^ "El Mesrar scores a brace against Furiani". france-futsal.com. 15 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-03-01. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  13. ^ "18th goal of the season with MMF". france-futsal.com. 26 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-06-22. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  14. ^ "El Mesrar scores twice against Plaisance". france-futsal.com. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  15. ^ FutsalFeed. "ACCS Paris: The creation of Futsal Galacticos". futsalfeed.com. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  16. ^ "Premier match d'El Mesrar avec ACCS". france-futsal.com. 14 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  17. ^ "ACCS perd sur tapis vert contre Toulouse Métropole". toulousemetropolefootball.fr. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Premier but d'El Mesrar avec ACCS". france-futsal.com. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  19. ^ "El Mesrar passeur et buteur contre le Sporting Paris". france-futsal.com. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  20. ^ "El Mesrar s'offre un triplé contre Roubaix AFS". france-futsal.com. 3 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-06-22. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  21. ^ "6ème but d'El Mesrar avec ACCS". france-futsal.com. 9 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  22. ^ "El Mesrar buteur contre Orchies". france-futsal.com. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  23. ^ "El Mesrar buteur et double passeur contre Sporting Paris". 8 March 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  24. ^ "Victoire d'ACCS à Nantes (6-0)". 19 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  25. ^ "El Mesrar buteur face à Chavanoz". 10 October 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  26. ^ "Victoire d'ACCS sur Béthune (8-1) avec un doublé d'El Mesrar". leballonrond.fr. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  27. ^ "El Mesrar: Top scorer of the Moroccan D1 Championship". flickr.com. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  28. ^ "El Mesrar: Best player of the Arab Futsal Cup 2022". snrtnews.com. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  29. ^ "El Mesrar: Top scorer of the Changshu Tournament 2019". frmf.ma. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  30. ^ "El Mesrar: Top scorer of the D1 Futsal". fff.fr. Retrieved 13 May 2023.