Rayane Bounida, 18, is starting out in the professional football world. He played his first professional match against De Graafschap. In just 10 minutes, he left his mark. While the score was 1-0, the young player entered the field in the 86th minute and scored the second goal with a strike just outside the penalty area. He thus made his professional debut in Keuken Kampioen Divisie, the second division of Dutch football.
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Bounida expresses his happiness at having achieved this great performance. “I think the main thing is to have brought what the coach expected of me: intensity,” Bounida rejoiced after the match at the microphone ofESPN. He added: “But yes, a little goal is always welcome, and it was a nice goal. I was really super happy, yes. It was also important because the match could still swing to either side. Fortunately, the referee blew the whistle right after. »
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Bounida’s contract with Jong Ajax runs until the summer of 2025. Selection-wise, he is not yet playing for Morocco. The young talent has evolved in all the youth categories of the Belgian national teams. It remains to be seen whether he will follow the example of Belgian-Moroccan players like Bilal El Khannouss by preferring Morocco to Belgium.
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