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List of Moroccan football players in foreign leagues

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This is a complete List of Moroccan football players in foreign leagues, i.e. association football players who have played in foreign leagues.

European League[edit]

List All-time top appearances of Moroccan players in european League[edit]

List of Moroccan players with 200 or more appearances in European League top leval
R. Player European Club(s) Apps
1 Abdelkrim Merry France Bastia (93) – Lille (35) – Metz (36) – RC Strasbourg (24) – Tours (35) – Le Havre (34) – AS Saint-Étienne (30) – Matra Racing (50) 337
2 Marouane Chamakh France Bordeaux (230) – England Arsenal (40) – West Ham United (3) – Crystal Palace (60) 333
3 Noureddine Naybet France Nantes (34) – Portugal Sporting CP (54) – Spain Deportivo La Coruña (211) – England Tottenham Hotspur (30) 329
4 Mbark Boussoufa Belgium Gent (68) – Anderlecht (147) – Russia Anzhi Makhachkala (68) – Lokomotiv Moscow (39) 322
5 Karim Zaza Denmark FC København (80) – Odense BK (78) – Brøndby IF (49) – Aalborg BK (114) 322
6 Hassan Akesbi France Reims (282) – Monaco (11) 293
7 Hassan Nader Spain Mallorca (44) – Portugal Farense (228) – Benfica (17) 289
8 Karim El Ahmadi Netherlands FC Twente (89) – Feyenoord (144) – England Aston Villa (51) 284
9 Nourdin Boukhari Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam (108) – Ajax (69) – Breda (55) – Alkmaar (10) – Waalwijk (26) – France Nantes (9) – Turkey Kasımpaşa (4) – Poland Wisła Kraków (9) 280
10 Adil Ramzi Netherlands Willem II Tilburg (52) – PSV Eindhoven (49) – FC Twente Enschede (32) – AZ Alkmaar (32) – FC Utrecht (15) – Roda JC Kerkrade (76) 256
11 Aziz Bouderbala Switzerland Sion (88) – St. Gallen (21) – France Racing Club Paris (49) – Lyon (54) – Portugal Estoril (24) 236
12 Mehdi Taouil Scotland Kilmarnock (107) – Heart of Midlothian (55) – Turkey Sivasspor (73) 235
13 Nordin Amrabat Netherlands VVV-Venlo (33) – PSV (57) – Turkey Kayserispor (38) – Galatasaray (34) – Spain Málaga (59) – England Watford (12) 233
14 Nabil Dirar Belgium KVC Westerlo (57) – Club Brugge (117) – France AS Monaco (58) 232
15 Ismaïl Aissati Netherlands PSV (43) – Twente Enschede (14) – Ajax (41) – Vitesse Arnhem (29) – Turkey Antalyaspor (33) – Russia Terek Grozny (65) 225
(Italics denotes players still playing in European League; Bold denotes players still playing in the European League)

Correct as of 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Moroccan players and European Competitions[edit]

Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe

List of Moroccan players with 10 or more appearances in European competitions
# Name Games Date of debut Debut against Date of
last match
Final match
against
C1 C2 C3 SC TOTAL
1 Noureddine Naybet 46 4 12 62 16 Sep 1993 Spain Valencia 4 May 2004 Portugal Porto
2 Nabil Dirar 24 33 57 23 Oct 2008 Norway Rosenborg 3 May 2017 Italy Juventus
3 Mbark Boussoufa 17 35 52 13 Sep 2006 France Lille 15 Mar 2013 England Newcastle United
4 Marouane Chamakh 30 19 49 6 Nov 2003 Scotland Hearts 4 Dec 2012 Greece Olympiacos
5 Badr El Kaddouri 32 14 46 23 Oct 2002 Netherlands Feyenoord 26 Jul 2011 Russia Rubin Kazan
6 Karim Zaza 10 5 24 39 23 July 2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina Slavija Sarajevo
7 Mehdi Carcela-González 11 25 36 18 Dec 2008 Germany Stuttgart 13 Apr 2016 Germany Bayern Munich
8 Medhi Benatia 22 13 35 15 Sep 2011 France Rennes 9 May 2017 France Monaco
9 Younès Belhanda 8 26 34 29 Jul 2010 Hungary Győri ETO 24 Nov 2016 Germany Schalke 04
10 Adil Ramzi 9 22 31 15 Sep 1998 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
11 Manuel da Costa 12 20 32 31 Oct 2006 Turkey Galatasaray 16 Mar 2017 Turkey Beşiktaş
12 Tarik Sektioui 11 18 29 13 Sep 2006 Russia CSKA Moscou 24 Feb 2009 Spain Atlético Madrid
13 Ismaïl Aissati 14 5 19 19 Oct 2005 Italy Milan 16 Feb 2012 England Manchester United
= Zakaria Labyad 19 19 25 Feb 2010 Germany Hamburg 7 Dec 2012 Hungary Videoton
= Karim El Ahmadi 19 19 18 Sep 2008 Sweden Kalmar FF 8 Dec 2016 Turkey Fenerbahce
16 Mounir El Hamdaoui 12 5 17 8 Dec 2010 Italy Milan
= Sofian Benzouien 10 7 17 1 Jul 2010 Denmark Randers 9 Jul 2015 Republic of Ireland University College Dublin
18 Talal El Karkouri 9 7 16 13 Sep 2000 Norway Rosenborg 12 Dec 2002 Portugal Boavista
19 Houssine Kharja 3 12 15 15 Sep 2005 Greece Aris 5 Apr 2011 Germany Schalke 04
20 Salaheddine Bassir 6 6 12 16 Sep 1997 France Auxerre 28 Feb 2002 Germany Borussia Dortmund

Correct as of 11 May 2017 (UTC)

List All-time top goalscorers for the Moroccan players in european Leagues[edit]

As of 31 May 2017
List of Moroccan players with 50 or more goals
R. Player European Leagues Club(s) Goals
1 Hassan Akesbi France Nîmes Olympique (119) – Reims (59) – Monaco (6) 184
2 Abdelkrim Merry France Bastia (22) – Lille (12) – Metz (23) – Strasbourg (3) – Tours FC (6) – Le Havre (17) – Saint-Étienne (9) – Racing Club Paris (10) 102
3 Hassan Nader Spain Mallorca (7) – Portugal Farense (87) – Benfica (7) 101
4 Omar Er Rafik Luxembourg Differdange 03 (99) 99
5 Mbark Boussoufa Belgium KAA Gent (16) – Anderlecht (48) – Russia Anzhi (11) – Lokomotiv Moscow (3) 78
6 Mounir El Hamdaoui Netherlands Willem II (3) – AZ Alkmaar (49) – Ajax (13) – Italy Fiorentina (4) – Spain Málaga (3) 72
7 Marouane Chamakh France Bordeaux (56) – England Arsenal (8) – Crystal Palace (7) 71
8 Samir Hadji Luxembourg Fola Esch (64) 64
9 Aatif Chahechouhe Bulgaria Chernomorets Burgas (9) – Turkey Sivasspor (49) – Fenerbahce (4) 62
10 Youssef El-Arabi France Caen (17) – Spain Granada (44) 61
(Italics denotes players still playing in European League; Bold denotes players still playing in the European League)

List All-time top goalscorers for the Moroccan players in european Competitions[edit]

Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe

List of Moroccan players with 5 or more goals in European competitions
# Name Goals Date of debut Debut against Date of
last goal
Final goal
against
C1 C2 C3 SC TOTAL
1 Marouane Chamakh 8 9 17 26 Feb 2004 Poland Groclin 19 Oct 2010 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
2 Mbark Boussoufa 1 5 6 28 Jul 2009 Turkey Sivasspor 14 Feb 2013 Germany Hannover 96
3 Younès Belhanda 2 3 5 18 Sep 2012 England Arsenal 18 Sep 2014 Portugal Rio Ave
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Correct as of 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Moroccan players Titles in European clubs[edit]

Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe

# Name League Cup Others Europe TOTAL
1 Badr El Kaddouri Ukraine 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009 Scotland 2012 Ukraine 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 Ukraine 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 14
2 Mbark Boussoufa[N 2] Belgium 2007, 2010 Belgium 2008 Russia 2015 Belgium 2007, 2010 6
= Mehdi Carcela-González[N 3] Belgium 2009 Portugal 2016 Belgium 2011 Belgium 2009 Portugal 2016, 2016 6
= Noureddine Naybet Spain 2000 Spain 2002 Portugal 1995 Spain 2000, 2002 Portugal 1995 6
5 Manuel da Costa[N 1] Netherlands 2007. 2008 Greece 2016, 2017 France 2006 5
= Sofian Benzouien[N 3] Luxembourg 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 Luxembourg 2013 5
= Younès Belhanda[N 1] France 2012 Ukraine 2015, 2016 Ukraine 2014, 2015 5
= Tarik Sektioui Portugal 2007, 2008, 2009 Portugal 2009 Portugal 2006 5
= Karim Zaza[N 4] Denmark 2005, 2008 Denmark 1995, 1997, 2005 5
= Marouane Chamakh[N 1] France 2009 France 2007, 2009, 2008, 2009 5
11 Ismaïl Aissati[N 2] Netherlands 2006, 2008, 2012 Netherlands 2010 4
= Ahmed El Aouad[N 1] Luxembourg 2003, 2006 Luxembourg 2003, 2006 4
= Medhi Benatia[N 1] Germany 2015, 2016 Germany 2016 Italy 2017 4
= Youssef Chippo Portugal 1998, 1999 Portugal 1998 Portugal 1998 4
= Nourdin Boukhari[N 2] Poland 2011 Netherlands 2006 Netherlands 2002, 2005 4
15 Samir Hadji[N 1] Luxembourg 2013, 2015 Luxembourg 2014 3
= Mounir El Hamdaoui[N 2] Netherlands 2009, 2011 Netherlands 2009 3
= Nordin Amrabat[N 2] Turkey 2013 Turkey 2014 Turkey 2013 3
= Mourad Hdiouad Bulgaria 2004, 2006 Bulgaria 2006 3
= Chakib Benzoukane Bulgaria 2009 Bulgaria 2007, 2009 3
19 Adil Ramzi Netherlands 2001, 2003 2
= Karim El Ahmadi[N 2] Netherlands 2017 Netherlands 2016 2
= Khalid Fouhami Romania 2000 Romania 2000 2
= Abdelilah Saber Portugal 2000 Portugal 2000 2
= Youssef Rabeh Bulgaria 2009 Bulgaria 2009 2
= Rachid Hamdani[N 1] Cyprus 2013 France 2006 2
= Omar Er Rafik Luxembourg 2014, 2015 2
25 Salaheddine Bassir Spain 2000 1
= Abdelhamid El Kaoutari[N 1] France 2012 1
= Nabil Dirar France 2017 1
= Rachid Tiberkanine[N 3] Bulgaria 2009 1
= Hassan Souari Azerbaijan 2009 1
= Akram Roumani Belgium 2002 1
= Adil Rhaili Moldova 2015 1
= Jaouad Zairi Greece 2011 1
= Hassan Akesbi France 1962 1
= Issam El Adoua Portugal 2013 1
= Houssine Kharja[N 1] Italy 2011 1
= Nabil Baha[N 1] Greece 2011 1
= Aziz Bouderbala Switzerland 1986 1
= Abdelfettah Boukhriss Belgium 2011 1
= Faouzi El Brazi Netherlands 2001 1
= Gharib Amzine France 2001 1
= Mohammed Chaouch France 1997 1
= Talal El Karkouri France 2004 1
= Rachid Alioui France 2014 1
= Zakaria Labyad[N 2] Netherlands 2012 1
= Mehdi Taouil[N 1] Scotland 2012 1
= Khalid Sinouh[N 2] Netherlands 2012 1
= El Mehdi Sidqy Poland 2010 1
= Hassan Nader Portugal 1996 1
= Adnane Tighadouini[N 2] Netherlands 2017 1
= Abdessalam Benjelloun Scotland 2007 1
= Merouane Zemmama Scotland 2007 1

Summary[edit]

List by League[edit]

R. League Titles Winning Years
1 Netherlands Eredivisie 10 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 x2, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017
2 Luxembourg National Division 8 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
3 Portugal Primeira Liga 7 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016
4 Ukraine Ukrainian Premier League 6 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016
5 France Ligue 1 5 1962, 2009, 2012 x2, 2017
6 Belgium Belgian Pro League 4 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010
7 Greece Superleague Greece 3 2011, 2016, 2017
= Bulgaria A Group 3 2009 x3
9 Germany Bundesliga 2 2015, 2016
= Denmark Danish Superliga 2 2005, 2008
= Spain La Liga 2 2000 x2
12 Moldova Moldovan National Division 1 2015
= Poland Ekstraklasa 1 2011
= Turkey Süper Lig 1 2013
= Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Premier League 1 2009
= Scotland Scottish Premiership 1 2012
= Romania Liga I 1 2000

List by Cup[edit]

R. Cup Titles Winning Years
1 Netherlands KNVB Cup 7 2001, 2006, 2010, 2012 x2, 2016, 2017
2 Ukraine Ukrainian Cup 6 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015
3 Portugal Taça de Portugal 5 1995, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2013
4 Luxembourg Luxembourg Cup 4 2003, 2006, 2013, 2014
= France Coupe de France 4 1997, 2001, 2004, 2014
6 Belgium Belgian Cup 3 2008, 2011 x2
= Denmark Danish Cup 3 1995, 1997, 2005
8 Italy Coppa Italia 2 2011, 2017
= Bulgaria Bulgarian Cup 2 2004, 2006
10 Greece Greek Football Cup 1 2011
= Scotland Scottish Cup 1 2012
= Cyprus Cypriot Cup 1 2013
= Russia Russian Cup 1 2015
= Spain Copa del Rey 1 2002
= Romania Cupa României 1 2000
= Germany DFB-Pokal 1 2016
= Turkey Turkish Cup 1 2014
= Switzerland Swiss Cup 1 1986
= Poland Polish Cup 1 2010

List by League Cup[edit]

R. League Cup Titles Winning Years
1 France Coupe de la Ligue 4 2006 x2, 2007, 2009
2 Scotland Scottish League Cup 2 2007 x2
3 Portugal Taça da Liga 1 2016

List by Super Cup[edit]

R. Super Cup Titles Winning Years
1 Portugal Supertaça 5 1995, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2016
= Ukraine Ukrainian Super Cup 5 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
3 Bulgaria Bulgarian Supercup 4 2006, 2007, 2009 x2
4 Belgium Belgian Super Cup 3 2007, 2009, 2010
= Netherlands Johan Cruijff-schaal 3 2002, 2005, 2009
6 France Trophée des Champions 2 2008, 2009
= Spain Supercopa de España 2 2000, 2002
8 Turkey Turkish Super Cup 1 2013

List of Moroccan players hat-tricks in european League[edit]

Position key: GKGoalkeeper; DFDefender; MFMidfielder; FWForward; 4 – Player scored four goals; 6 – Player scored six goals; * – The home team

Player Position For Against Result Date League Ref
Abdelkader Hamiri FW AS Cannes* SR Colmar 4–2 17 April 1949 Ligue 1 [1]
Mohamed Mahjoub FW Olympique de Marseille* SO Montpellier 6–3 29 May 1949 Ligue 1 [2]
Mohammed Abderrazack FW OGC Nice* FC Sochaux 4–0 27 February 1955 Ligue 1 [3]
Hassan Akesbi4 FW Nîmes Olympique* AS Troyes 5–2 13 November 1955 Ligue 1 [4]
Hassan Akesbi FW Nîmes Olympique* Angers SCO 3–1 12 May 1957 Ligue 1 [5]
Hassan Akesbi FW Nîmes Olympique RC Strasbourg* 5–1 19 October 1958 Ligue 1 [6]
Hassan Akesbi FW Nîmes Olympique Toulouse FC* 4–2 15 February 1959 Ligue 1 [7]
Hassan Akesbi FW Nîmes Olympique* AS Monaco FC 5–1 16 September 1959 Ligue 1 [8]
Hassan Akesbi4 FW Nîmes Olympique* OGC Nice 5–1 4 October 1959 Ligue 1 [9]
Hassan Akesbi FW Stade de Reims* Olympique lyonnais 5–1 26 August 1962 Ligue 1 [10]
Hassan Akesbi FW Stade de Reims FC Grenoble* 3–0 4 October 1962 Ligue 1 [11]
Hassan Akesbi FW Stade de Reims* Stade français 6–2 1 November 1962 Ligue 1 [12]
Abdelkrim Merry FW FC Metz* FC Tours 5–1 18 December 1982 Ligue 1 [13]
Abdelkrim Merry FW FC Metz* FC Rouen 3–2 22 January 1983 Ligue 1 [14]
Hassan Nader FW Farense* Salgueiros 4–1 22 May 1994 Primeira Liga [15]
Hicham Zerouali FW Aberdeen Dundee* 1–4 29 September 2001 Scottish Premier League [16]
Omar Er Rafik4 FW Differdange 03* UN Käerjeng 97 5–0 21 August 2011 National Division [17]
Omar Er Rafik FW Differdange 03* Union 05 Kayl-Tétange 4–1 29 April 2012 National Division [18]
Omar Er Rafik FW Differdange 03 FC Jeunesse Canach* 3–1 16 September 2012 National Division [19]
Mounir El Hamdaoui FW Málaga* Rayo Vallecano 5–0 15 September 2013 La Liga [20]
Omar Er Rafik FW Differdange 03* FC RM Hamm Benfica 3–0 3 October 2013 National Division [21]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Granada* Málaga 3–1 8 November 2013 La Liga [22]
Samir Hadji FW Fola Esch Victoria Rosport* 5–1 1 March 2015 National Division [23]
Sofiane Boufal FW Lille* Gazélec Ajaccio 4–2 16 April 2016 Ligue 1 [24]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Granada* Levante 5–1 21 April 2016 La Liga [25]
Samir Hadji FW Fola Esch UN Käerjeng 97* 4–0 7 August 2016 National Division [26]
Omar Er Rafik FW Differdange 03 UN Käerjeng 97* 5–3 4 December 2016 National Division [27]
Samir Hadji FW Fola Esch* FC UNA Strassen 5–0 5 March 2017 National Division [28]
Omar Er Rafik FW Differdange 03* UN Käerjeng 97 6–2 7 May 2017 National Division [29]

Individual Honours[edit]

Most expensive transfers in the history of Moroccan players[edit]

Medhi Benatia owner of the most expensive transfer deal for Moroccan player from Roma to Bayern Munich for 26 million euros.
As of 31 August 2016; during the 2016 summer transfer window.
  Fee broke the Moroccan record at the time of the transfer
  Fee broke the national club record
  Fee broke the record for a African
R. Year Player Fee
(M )
From To Ref
1 2014 Medhi Benatia €26 Italy Roma Germany Bayern Munich [30][31][32]
2 2017 Medhi Benatia €20 Germany Bayern Munich Italy Juventus [33]
3 2016 Sofiane Boufal £16.0 France Lille England Southampton [34][35][36]
4 2013 Medhi Benatia €13.5 Italy Udinese Calcio Italy Roma [37]
5 2013 Younès Belhanda €10 France Montpellier Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv [38]
6 2012 Nordin Amrabat €8.6 Turkey Kayserispor Turkey Galatasaray [39][40][41][42][43]
7 2011 Mbark Boussoufa €8 Belgium Anderlecht Russia Anzhi Makhachkala

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Born in France
  2. ^ Born in Netherlands
  3. ^ Born in Belgium
  4. ^ Born in Denmark

References[edit]

  1. AS Cannes 4–2 SR Colmar (in French)
  2. Olympique Marseille 6–3 SO Montpellier (in French)
  3. OGC Nice 4–0 FC Sochaux (in French)
  4. Nîmes Olympique 5–2 AS Troyes (in French)
  5. Nîmes Olympique 3–1 Angers SCO (in French)
  6. RC Strasbourg 1–5 Nîmes Olympique (in French)
  7. Toulouse FC 2–4 Nîmes Olympique (in French)
  8. Nîmes Olympique 5–1 AS Monaco FC (in French)
  9. Nîmes Olympique 5–1 OGC Nice (in French)
  10. Stade de Reims 5–1 Olympique lyonnais (in French)
  11. FC Grenoble 0–3 Stade de Reims (in French)
  12. Stade de Reims 6–2 Stade français (in French)
  13. FC Metz 5–1 FC Tours (in French)
  14. FC Metz 3–2 FC Rouen (in French)
  15. Farense 4–1 Salgueiros (Portuguese)
  16. "Zero hat-trick dumps Dundee". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 September 2001. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  17. Differdange 03 5–0 UN Käerjéng (in French)
  18. Differdange 03 4–1 Union Kayl-Tétange (in French)
  19. Jeunesse Canach 1–3 Differdange 03 (in French)
  20. "La Liga Highlights: El Hamdaoui Hat-trick for Málaga vs. Rayo". Insidespanishfootball.com. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  21. Differdange 03 3–0 RM Hamm Benfica (in French)
  22. "Youssef El-Arabi inspires Granada to win over Malaga". Sports Mole. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  23. Victoria Rosport 1–5 Fola Esch (in French)
  24. Lille OSC 4–2 Gazélec Ajaccio (in French)
  25. "La Liga: Granada thrash Levante to move out of drop zone, as Getafe win too". Sky Sport. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  26. UN Käerjéng '97 0–4 Fola Esch (in French)
  27. UN Käerjéng 3–5 Differdange 03 (in French)
  28. Fola Esch 5–0 UNA Strassen (in French)
  29. Differdange 03 6–2 UN Käerjéng (in French)
  30. "Mehdi Benatia: Bayern Munich sign Roma defender". BBC Sports. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  31. "Transfer von Benatia ist fix" (in Deutsch). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  32. "OPERAZIONI DI MERCATO BENATIA" (PDF) (in italiano). AS Roma. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  33. "Benatia signs until 2020!". juventus.com. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  34. "Sofiane Boufal joins Southampton from Lille on five-year contract". Southampton F.C. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  35. Thomas, Lall (29 August 2016). "Southampton confirm signing of Sofiane Boufal - Sky sources believe it to be for club record £16m". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  36. "Sofiane Boufal: Southampton break transfer record to sign midfielder from Lille". BBC Sport. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  37. "Transfer news: Roma sign defender Mehdi Benatia from Udinese". Sky Sports. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  38. "Transfer news: Younes Belhanda signs for Dynamo Kiev from Montpellier". Sky Sports. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  39. "Amrabat'tan 3 milyon Euro'luk fedakarlık!". NTVSPOR. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  40. "Amrabat 8 milyon euro'ya aslan". Hürriyet Newspaper. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  41. "Özel Durum Açıklaması (Genel)". Istanbul Stock Exchange. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  42. "Nordin Amrabat Galatasaray'da". Galatasaray S.K. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  43. Galatasaray complete €8.5M signing of Kayserispor winger Nordin Amrabat


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