Hakim Ziyech vs Mohamed Timoumi
Morocco against Morocco. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Hakim Ziyech
Morocco · 2019–21 · RM
- Almanac rating
- 87
- Rank in Morocco
- #5 of 33
- Caps
- 64 · 25 goals
- Clubs
- FC Twente, AFC Ajax, Chelsea
- Honours
- national Player of the Year 2018 · Hall of Fame 2022
Six minutes into the second leg at the Bernabéu on 5 March 2019, Ziyech swept Ajax ahead of the holders, and by full time Real Madrid had lost 4-1 at home and their three-year hold on Europe was over. He won the Champions League and Club World Cup with Chelsea in 2021, the Eredivisie and Dutch Cup double with Ajax in 2019, back-to-back Süper Lig titles with Galatasaray, and led the Eredivisie for assists four times. Career record: 64 caps and 25 goals for Morocco; club career at FC Twente, AFC Ajax, Chelsea; honours include national Player of the Year 2018, 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 cannot separate them: both are rated 87.
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