Ahmed El Moctar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmed El Moctar Ahmed | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Mauritania | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tevragh-Zeina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Tevragh-Zeina | (13+) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Mauritania | 7 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:23, 15 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
Ahmed El Moctar Ahmed, also known as Ahmed El Mokhtar and Ahmed Moctar, (born 15 November 2003) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mauritanian Premier League club Tevragh-Zeina and the Mauritania national team.
Club career
El Moctar plays his club football for Mauritanian Premier League club Tevragh-Zeina and he has played for the club since 2023.[1]
He was the top scorer in the 2024–25 Super D1 season with 13 goals.[2][3]
International career
Mauritania
He debuted for Mauritania during the 1–0 win against Mali on 22 December 2024 during the 2024 African Nations Championship qualification.[4]
El Moctar received a call up to the Mauritania national team for a set of friendly matches against the Central African Republic and Burundi in July 2025.[5][6] He made one appearance for Mauritania on 10 July 2025 during the 0–0 draw against Burundi.[7][8]
He has also been included in the Mauritania squad for the 2024 African Nations Championship, where he scored his first goal against Central African Republic on 9 August 2025.[9]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 14 August 2025.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 August 2025 | Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 6 |  Central African Republic |
1–0 | 2024 African Nations Championship | [9] | |
Honours
Individual
References
- ^ "Ahmed El Mokhtar (Tevragh-Zeina)". Flashscore. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Ahmed Ahmed". National Football Teams.
- ^ "Ahmed El-Moctar". National Football Teams.
- ^ "Mauritania 1–0 Mali". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "| Les 𝓜𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓽𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓮𝓼 pour affronter la 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 et le 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊". X. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "#OFFICIEL | 🇲🇷 L'attaquant du FC Tevragh-Zeina, Ahmed Moctar Ahmed est sélectionné pour la première fois en équipe nationale pour disputer les deux matchs amicaux face à la Centrafrique 🇨🇫 (06 Juin) et le Burundi (10 Juin). Il est l'actuel meilleur buteur du champt de Super D1 avec 13 réalisations". Facebook. 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Ahmed El-Moctar". National Football Teams.
- ^ "Mauritania vs. Burundi 2025-06-10". National Football Teams.
- ^ a b "Ahmed El Moctar's Golden Night: The man who ended Mauritania's goal drought in style". CAF. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.