Ismail Khafi

Ismail Khafi
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Raja CA
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 TAS Casablanca
2018–2019 Ittihad Khemisset
2019–2021 MC Oujda 33 (13)
2021–2023 AS FAR 31 (9)
2023 Al-Sailiya 12 (2)
2023–2024 IR Tanger 28 (13)
2024–2025 Qadsia SC 22 (9)
2025– Raja CA 0 (0)
International career‡
2020 Morocco 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Morocco
African Nations Championship
Winner 2020 Cameroon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:07, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2023

Ismail Khafi (Arabic: إسماعيل خافي; born 19 September 1995) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Botola club Raja CA.

Club career

Ismail Khafi began his professional career with TAS Casablanca in 2016. Between 2018 and 2023, he played for Moroccan clubs Ittihad Khemisset, MC Oujda and AS FAR.[1]

On 23 January 2023, he joined Qatari Second Division club Al-Sailiya for six months.[2][3]

On 5 August 2023, he signed a two-year contract with Ittihad Tanger.[4] At the end of the 2023–24 season, he scored 13 goals in 28 league matches, finishing second in the scoring charts behind Yousri Bouzok[5][6].

In June 2024, he moved to Kuwait to join Qadsia SC.[7] He finished the season as his team's top scorer with 16 goals in 37 matches.

On 16 August 2025, Raja CA announced the completion of the transfer of Ismail Khafi. He signed a two-year contract with the option of a third year.[8]

International career

In December 2020, he was called up by Houcine Ammouta with the A' national team for a preparation training camp against Guinea. On 8 January 2021, he took part in the friendly match and scored a goal in the 71st minute (victory, 2-1).[9]

In 2021, he was part of the Moroccan team that won the 2020 African Nations Championship.[10][11] During the competition, he made two appearances, against Rwanda and Zambia.[12][13]

Honours

Club

AS FAR

International

References

  1. ^ Ismail Khafi at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Mercato: l'AS FAR cède Ismail Khafi au club qatari d'Al-Sailiya". Le 360 Sport Français (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. ^ "L'attaquant marocain de l'AS FAR Ismail Khafi signe avec le club Al-Sailiya". SNRTnews (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  4. ^ "اتحاد طنجة يجدد عقد أسامة العز | كووورة". www.kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Ismail Khafi Buts, Assistances & Stats | FootyStats". footystats.org (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Botola Pro: qui sont les joueurs qui animeront le mercato estival au Maroc ?". SNRTnews (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  7. ^ Mohammed (29 June 2024). "Ismail Khafi set to join Al-Qadisiya". arabtimes. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Mercato: Ismail Khafi s'engage avec le Raja". SNRTnews (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Amical: l'équipe nationale des joueurs locaux bat son homologue guinéenne (2-1)". 2M (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Morocco win second CHAN title after defeating Mali in final". 7 February 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Morocco Crowned CHAN 2020 Champions With Win Over Mali". 7 February 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  12. ^ "CHAN-2020: le Maroc pour se racheter face à l'Ouganda". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  13. ^ "CHAN 2021 : le Maroc bute sur la muraille rwandaise". Afrik.com (in French). 22 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Morocco: Coupe Du Trone - Final". 14 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2023.


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