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AFRICA CUP 2017 Aziz Bouhaddouz

 

Striker Aziz Bouhaddouz has been named in Morocco's final 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations as a late replacement.

His inclusion comes after injuries to Younes Belhanda and Oussama Tannane.

Belhanda broke his toe last month playing for Nice while Tannane suffered a thigh muscle injury training with the squad in Abu Dhabi last week.

The 29-year-old Bouhaddouz has won two caps and plays for German second division club St Pauli.

Morocco, who won the Nations Cup in 1976, play in Group C at the finals in Gabon, starting against the Democratic Republic of Congo in Oyem on 16 January.

The tournament runs from 14 January to 5 February.

 

Morocco squad:


Goalkeepers: 

Yassine Bounou 
(Girona)

Yassine El Kharroubi 
(Lokomotiv Plovdiv)

Munir Mohamedi 
(Numancia) 


Defenders: 

Amine Attouchi 
(Wydad Casablanca)

Mehdi Benatia 
(Juventus)

Fouad Chafik 
(Dijon)

Manuel da Costa 
(Olympiakos)

Nabil Dirar 
(Monaco)

Hamza Mendyl 
(Lille)

Romain Saiss 
(Wolverhampton Wanderers)


Midfielders: 

Youssef Ait Bennasser 
(Nancy)

Nordin Amrabat 
(Watford)

Sofiane Boufal 
(Southampton)

Mbark Boussoufa 
(Al Jazeera)

Mehdi Carcela 
(Grenada)

Karim El Ahmadi 
(Feyenoord Rotterdam)

Faycal Fajr 
(Deportivo Coruna)

Mourir Obbadi 
(Lille)


Forwards: 

Rachid Alioui 
(Nimes)

Aziz Bouhaddouz 
(St Pauli)

Khalid Boutaib 
(Racing Strasbourg)

Youssef El Arabi 
(Al Lekhwiya)

Youssef Ennesyri 
(Malaga)

 

 

9 Jan 2017
(BBC Sport UK)

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