Zakaria Labib (Arabic: زكريا لبيب; born 28 February 2003) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Botola club Raja CA.
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| Date of birth | 28 February 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Raja CA | |||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2022 | Raja CA | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Raja CA | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → JS Soualem (loan) | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Morocco U17 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Morocco U20 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Morocco U23 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Club career edit
Zakaria Labib was born on 28 February 2003 in Casablanca. At an early age, he joined Raja Club Athletic's youth system in the Oasis complex.
On 9 September 2022, he made his professional debut when he replaced Abdelilah Madkour against US Touarga (1-0 loss).[1] On 18 March 2023, he made his Champions League debut against Vipers SC and registered his first assist to Soufiane Benjdida (1-1 draw).[2]
On 15 July 2023, Raja reached the Throne Cup final against RS Berkane, who won this match in extra time at the Moulay Abdellah Stadium (1-0 loss).[3][4]
International career edit
Zakaria Labib received his first call-up to the Morocco U17 team in 2020. In 2022, he was called up to the National U20 team and played some friendly games against Romania (2-2 draw), Sudan (4-2 win) and Palestine (0-1 win).
On 9 June 2023, he was one of only four Botola players to appear on Issame Charaï's final list that will play the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.[5][6] Their group included Guinea, Ghana and Congo. Absent from the opening match against Guinea (victory, 2–1), he replaced Oussama El Azzouzi against Ghana and qualified for the semi-finals after a 5–1 victory.[7][8] He didn't play against Mali and the Moroccans won on penalties after a 2–2 draw and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.[9][10] Atlas Lions won the final against Egypt thanks to Oussama Targhalline's late winner (victory, 2–1).[11][12] The team was congratulated by King Mohammed VI for their achievement.[13][14]
Honours edit
Morocco U23
References edit
- ^ "Union Touarga 1-0 Raja Casablanca - 09 septembre 2022 / Botola Pro1 Inwi 2022/2023". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ "Vipers 1-1 Raja Casablanca - 18 mars 2023 / TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2022/2023". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ "Coupe du Trône: la RS Berkane sacrée face au Raja". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Coupe du Trône - Finale : La RS Berkane sacrée face au Raja Casablanca". Africa Foot United (in French). 2023-07-15. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "CAN U23: la liste des Lionceaux dévoilée, avec El Khannouss et Ezzalzouli". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ^ "Maroc : la liste pour la CAN U23 avec 2 Mondialistes et un ancien joueur de l'OM". www.afrik-foot.com (in French). 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ^ "Maroc-Ghana (CAN U23): les notes de Coach Charaï et ses Lionceaux". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ^ m.drissi. "CAN U23 : Le Maroc étrille le Ghana et se qualifie en demie". www.menara.ma (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ^ "CAN U23: Morocco join Egypt in the final and qualify for the Olympic Games". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Morocco triumphs over Mali to reach final, seal Olympics berth | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^ "Morocco's U23 team crowned with African Cup of Nations". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Morocco win maiden TotalEnergies U-23 Africa Cup of Nations title with victory over Egypt | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
- ^ "King Mohammed VI congratulates national U23 team for their victory, qualification to Paris '24 Olympics". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2023-07-09. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ Kasraoui, Safaa. "U-23 AFCON: King Mohammed VI Congratulates Atlas Lions". moroccoworldnews. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
