Munir Mohand Mohamedi


Munir Mohand Mohamedi El Kajoui, known simply as Munir, is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Melilla, Munir graduated from lowly CG Goyu Ryu's youth setup, and made his debuts as a senior with AD Ceuta's reserves in 2008, in the regional leagues. On 29 January of the following year he moved to another reserve team, UD Almería B from Tercera División, but appeared sparingly and was subsequently released.
Munir joined UD Melilla in summer 2009, initially being assigned to the reserves and being definitely promoted to the main squad in Segunda División B the following year. He acted mainly as a backup to Pedro Dorronsoro during his first two seasons at the club, becoming a starter afterwards.
On 17 June 2014, Munir signed a two-year with Segunda División side CD Numancia. On 11 September he made his professional debut, starting in a 1–1 away draw against CD Leganés for the campaign's Copa del Rey and also saving two penalties during the shootout.
Munir made his debut in the second tier on 19 October 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–2 loss at UD Las Palmas. He subsequently acted as first-choice for the remainder of the season, overtaking Biel Ribas.
Munir left the Soria team at the end of 2017–18, after losing his starting spot to Aitor Fernández. On 19 July 2018, he joined Málaga CF also in the second division.

International career

Having Moroccan heritage, Munir switched his allegiance to its national team in 2014. On 9 March 2015, he was called up by manager Ezzaki Badou for a friendly against Uruguay to be held late in the month, and made his debut by starting in the 0–1 loss.
On 29 December 2016, Munir was included in Hervé Renard's 23-man squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, and started the whole tournament ahead of Yassine Bounou. He was also selected to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, making his first appearance in the competition on 15 June in the 0–1 group stage defeat to Iran.

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