Montpellier, 10 June 1998: he ran onto a long ball, shrugged off his marker and finished in the 37th minute, the goal that opened a 2-2 draw with Norway at France 98. African Footballer of the Year followed that December, the first time a Moroccan had won the CAF award; he played two World Cups, took the Portuguese Super Cup with Sporting in 1995 and the Intertoto Cup with Aston Villa in 2001. Career record: 63 caps and 12 goals for Morocco; club career at A.S. Nancy-Lorraine, Coventry City, 1. FC Saarbrücken.
| 1991–1996 | A.S. Nancy-Lorraine |
| 1996–1997 | Sporting CP |
| 1997–1999 | Deportivo de A Coruña |
| 1999–2001 | Coventry City |
| 2001–2004 | Aston Villa |
| 2004–2005 | Al Ain |
| 2004–2004 | RCD Espanyol de Barcelona |
| 2004–2005 | Emirates Club |
| 2005–2007 | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 2007–2010 | CS Fola Esch |
| Morocco | 63 caps, 12 goals |
Morocco legends whose careers overlapped Hadji's
One rank above: Mohamed Timoumi at #6.
One rank below: Noureddine Naybet at #8.
Morocco's editorial top five: Achraf Hakimi · Larbi Benbarek · Ahmed Faras · Badou Zaki · Hakim Ziyech.