Achraf Hakimi vs Mohamed Timoumi
Morocco against Morocco. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Achraf Hakimi
Morocco · 2018–26 · RB
- Almanac rating
- 90
- Rank in Morocco
- #1 of 33
- Caps
- 99 · 12 goals
- Clubs
- Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain
- Honours
- Hall of Fame 2022
Spain had missed all three of their penalties when Hakimi stepped up in Al Rayyan on 6 December 2022 and dinked a Panenka down the middle to send Morocco into the World Cup quarter-finals. He has three European Cups, one at Real Madrid in 2018 and two at Paris in 2025 and 2026, plus Serie A with Inter in 2021, Ligue 1 every season since he joined Paris, and the African Footballer of the Year award in 2025. Career record: 99 caps and 12 goals for Morocco; club career at Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain; honours include Hall of Fame 2022.
Mohamed Timoumi
Morocco · 1985–86 · CAM
- Almanac rating
- 87
- Rank in Morocco
- #6 of 33
- Caps
- 46 · 9 goals
- Clubs
- Union de Touarga, Real Murcia, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen
France Football's 1985 ballot gave him 113 points to Rabah Madjer's 45, and he is still the last African Footballer of the Year to have won it while playing his club football in Africa. That same year he lifted the African Cup of Champions Clubs with FAR Rabat and was voted its best player, then ran Morocco's midfield at the 1986 World Cup, where they became the first African side to reach the second round. Career record: 46 caps and 9 goals for Morocco; club career at Union de Touarga, Real Murcia, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen.
The verdict
The almanac puts Achraf Hakimi ahead by 3 rating points, 90 against 87.
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