Mohammed El Âdfaoui

Mohammed El Âdfaoui
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Jamel El Âdfaoui
Date of birth (2008-02-28) 28 February 2008
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Gent
Number 28
Youth career
2014–2016 RS Forestoise
2016–2023 Anderlecht
2023–2024 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Jong KAA Gent 23 (3)
2025– Gent 4 (0)
International career
2023 Belgium U15 5 (0)
2023–2024 Belgium U16 6 (0)
2024– Belgium U17 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 November 2025

Mohammed Jamel El Âdfaoui (born 28 February 2008) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Gent.

Club career

El Âdfaoui joined the youth academy of RSC Anderlecht at a young age.[1] In 2023, at the age of fifteen, he transferred to Gent.[1] In the 2024/25 season, El Âdfaoui moved up to Jong KAA Gent, the club's reserve team that became champions in Belgian Division 1 that season.[2] In early July 2025, KAA Gent announced that El Âdfaoui had move to the club's first team and extended his contract until mid-2028.[3]

Interntational career

Born in Belgium, El Âdfaoui is of Moroccan descent. He is a youth international for Belgium.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "KAA Gent haalt talent El Âdfaoui in huis".
  2. ^ "Jong AA Gent maakt het verschil in de tweede helft tegen Lyra-Lierse". 2 November 2024.
  3. ^ "El Adfaoui tekent nieuw contract".
  4. ^ Ahanogbe, Prudence (July 15, 2025). "Un champion du Maroc arrive en Belgique".