Taha Benrhozil

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Taha Benrhozil

Country: Morocco

Date of birth: 18/06/2006 (16 years old)

Place of birth: Mohammédia (Morocco)

Height: —

Youth career: Lanoria Club, Mohammed VI Football Academy (since 2015)

Current club: Mohammed VI Football Academy

Squad number: —

Current national team: Morocco U-17

Position: goalkeeper

Preferred foot: right

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —

Tournaments participated in: UNAF U-17 Tournament 2022, Arab CUp U-17 2023, 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (5/0)

Contract until: unknown

Player’s agent: unknown

Transfer rumours: —

Similar type of player: Wuilker Faríñez

Strengths:

– reflexes 

– handling 

– close-range shot-stopping ability 

– agility 

– charisma 

– bravery 

– commanding in defence

– exits and timing

– short and long distribution

– technique 

To improve:

– superb jumping and agility, but also due to his height, he’s not the strongest in the aerial duels

– physical development

Style of play:

Mature for his age, modern, confident, and very agile right-footed sweeper goalkeeper with good footwork. Incredibly charismatic and brave with eccentric tendencies. Known for his acrobatic, risky, and flamboyant style of goalkeeping. He excels on the libe but is also a perfect keeper for a team looking to build from the back thanks to his above-average ball-playing ability and distribution.

Benrhozil saves an extremely dangerous one-on-one after a very well timed exit.
Benrhozil with a phenomenal save from a very close range.
Benrhozil exits his goal and stops a dangerous attack with a superb tackle.

Heatmap by Wyscout:

He is best suited to playing as:

Goalkeeper.

Video:

Achievements:

UNAF U-17 Tournament 2022 winner with Morocco.

Arab Cup U-17 2022 runner-up with Morocco.

2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations runner-up with Morocco.

League summary (as for 1 June 2023):

No senior team appearances yet.

Description:

Taha Benrhozil is considered to be one of the most talented U-17 goalkeepers in Africa. He joined the superb Mohammed VI Football Academy from Lanoria Club in 2015. In 2023, he was one of Morocco’s leaders at the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations where the Atlas Lion Cubs finished second and showed a great generation of players such as Zakaria Ouazane, Ayman Ennair, Mohamed Hamony, Adam Chakir, Abdelhamid Maali, Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal, Smail Bakhty, and Mohamed Radouane.

Quotes:

Football Talent Scout potential rating:

7,5/10

Country-scale star with top European league ambition.

Links:

Transfermarkt

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