AFRICA CUP 2017 - Morocco - SQUAD - Striker Aziz Bouhaddouz into final squad
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)