Achraf Dari facts for kids
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| Full name | Achraf Dari | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Brest | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2018 | Wydad AC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Wydad AC | 91 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Brest | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Morocco U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Morocco U23 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Morocco A' | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Morocco | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||
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Achraf Dari (Arabic: أشرف داري; born 6 May 1999) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Brest and the Morocco national team. He started his professional career playing for Wydad AC.
Dari represented Morocco at various youth levels, before making his international debut in 2021. He was chosen in Morocco's squads for the FIFA Arab Cup in 2021.
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Club career
Wydad
Dari began his professional football career with Wydad AC. On 31 May 2022, Dari won his first international trophy with Wydad after defeating Al Ahly 2–0 in 2022 CAF Champions League Final. On 30 June 2022, Dari was nominated for the CAF inter club player of the year awards.
Brest
On 30 July 2022, Dari signed for Ligue 1 club Brest on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Wydad AC was reported to be in the region of €2.7 million. On 7 August 2022, Dari made his debut against RC Lens. On 21 August, Dari scored his first professional goal for the club in a 3–1 victory against Angers SCO.
International career
Dari made his debut for the Morocco A' national team in a 1–0 win over Saudi Arabia at the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. On 12 June 2022, Vahid Halilhodžić summoned Dari to the Morocco senior football team. He made his debut in a 2–0 victory against Liberia in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification that took place in the Stade Mohammed V.
In September 2022, Dari was called up to join the Morocco national team to take part in friendly matches against Chile and Paraguay.
On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. On 17 December, he scored his first international goal in the World Cup third-place playoff against Croatia, which ended in a 2–1 defeat.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wydad AC | 2016–17 | Botola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | Botola | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Botola | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | |
| 2019–20 | Botola | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Botola | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | |
| 2021–22 | Botola | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 5 | |
| Total | 91 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 11 | ||
| Brest | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 108 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 12 | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dari goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 December 2022 | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar | 7 |  Croatia |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
Wydad AC
- Botola: 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
- CAF Champions League : 2021–22; runner-up: 2018–19
Morocco U20
- Jeux de la Francophonie: 2017
Individual
- Botola Defender of the Season: 2020–21
- Botola Team of the Season: 2020–21, 2021–22
- CAF Champions League Best Defender: 2021–22
Orders
- Order of the Throne: 2022
See also
In Spanish: Achraf Dari para niños
