Rida Zouhir

Rida Zouhir-Takedam (born November 23, 2003) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for CF Montréal.

Rida Zouhir
Personal information
Full name Rida Zouhir-Takedam
Date of birth (2003-11-23) November 23, 2003
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 CF Montréal
Number 18
Youth career
CS Braves D’Ahuntsic
2016–2020 Montreal Impact
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– CF Montréal[lower-alpha 1] 10 (0)
2022– → CF Montreal U23 (loan) 2 (2)
International career‡
2022 Morocco U20 1 (0)
2022– Canada U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 1, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:13, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Zouhir is of Moroccan descent.[2] He began playing with CS Braves D’Ahuntsic when he was five, quickly being moved up to playing with the eight-year olds.[3] In 2016, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy.[4]

Club career

On December 4, 2020, Zouhir signed his first homegrown contract with Montreal Impact, later renamed CF Montréal to begin in the 2021 season.[5] Zouhir made his professional debut with Montreal in a 2–1 loss against DC United on August 8, 2021.[6] Upon completion of the 2021 MLS season, CF Montréal would announce that they would exercise the option on Zouhir's contract for 2022.[7]

International career

On March 23, 2022, Zouhir was named to the Moroccan U-20 team.[8] He made one appearance for the U20s against the Romania U20s in a 2–2 friendly tie on 29 March 2022.[9]On May 13, 2022 he was named to the 60-man provisional Canadian U-20[10] and on June 10, 2022, Zouhir was officially called up by the Canadian U-20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[11]

Career statistics
As of April 1, 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club League Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CF Montreal MLS 2021 200020—40
2022 5000102080
2023 3000000030
Career total 100003020150

Notes
  1. Montreal Impact changed its name to CF Montréal in 2021

References
  1. "Rida Zouhir". CF Montréal. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. "Rida Zouhir". Obelisq.
  3. Duchesneau, Frédérick (26 January 2021). "Le désir de Zouhir" [Zouhir's Desire]. La Presse (in French).
  4. "Rida Zouhir MLS Profile". Major League Soccer.
  5. Bogert, Tom (4 December 2020). "Montreal Impact sign four players to homegrown contracts". Major League Soccer.
  6. Anderson, Jason (8 August 2021). "D.C. United comes back for deserved 2-1 win over CF Montreal". Black & Red United.
  7. "CF Montréal exercises options for 12 players". CF Montreal. 30 November 2021.
  8. "Rida Zouhir called up by Morocco U20 team". CF Montreal.
  9. "Naţionala U21 a României a terminat la egalitate meciul amical cu Marocul, scor 2-2". Stiri pe surse.
  10. "Canada Soccer's Provisional List for the CONCACA Men's Under-20 Championship". Canadian Soccer Association. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  11. "Loïc Cloutier, Keesean Ferdinand, Maël Henry et Rida Zouhir avec le Canada U20" (in French). RDS. 10 June 2022.
  12. Rida Zouhir at Soccerway
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