Youssef Toutouh

Youssef Toutouh (born 6 October 1992) is a Danish professional footballer of Moroccan descent, who plays as an attacking midfielder for Romanian Liga I club FC Botoșani.

Youssef Toutouh
Toutouh with FC Copenhagen in 2013
Personal information
Full name Youssef Toutouh
Date of birth (1992-10-06) 6 October 1992
Place of birth Nørrebro, Denmark
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Botoșani
Number 24
Youth career
–2008 B.93
2008–2010 Hvidovre IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Hvidovre IF 14 (3)
2011–2018 Copenhagen 106 (14)
2012–2013 → Esbjerg fB (loan) 23 (2)
2018–2020 AGF 15 (1)
2019 → Stabæk (loan) 7 (0)
2020 FAR Rabat 7 (0)
2020– Botoșani 6 (0)
National team
2012 Denmark U20 1 (0)
2013–2014 Denmark U21 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2020

Club career

Hvidovre

After playing two years for the youth teams, Toutouh was promoted to the first team squad in the summer 2010 after some good seasons at the U19 squad. At the age of only 18, Totouh managed to become a regular first team player and got his debut on 2 October 2010 against FC Roskilde in the Danish 1st Division. He scored his first goal against Vendsyssel FF in January 2011.

FC Copenhagen

After a good season on the first team, Toutouh got many interested clubs behind him, for example F.C. Copenhagen, who invited him to a one-week trial.[1] The trial was extended for a further week.[2] After two weeks of trail and one friendly game played, F.C. Copenhagen signed Toutouh on a three-year contract and took with the team on training camp in Austria.[3] The FC Copenhagen management was very impressed by Toutouh and also said to the medias, that it was very rare, that a trial turned out with a contract. Toutouh was seen as one of the biggest talents in the country at this time.

Loan to Esbjerg fB

Due to the lack of playing time (he played four games in his first season), Toutouh and F.C. Copenhagen decided to loan out the player to Esbjerg fB on 3 September 2012 until the new year.[4] Toutouh did very well and played 10 games from start. So Copenhagen and Toutouh decided to extend the loan deal for the rest of the season.[5]

In April 2013, Toutouh made a stunner against Randers FC, which he got very popular for.[6]

Back to F.C. Copenhagen

After a good season at Esbjerg fB, Toutouh revealed, that he didn't knew where he was going to play. That made F.C. Copenhagen to go out to the medias and confirm, that they still believed in him. He stayed in Copenhagen and began to play regularly, before he got an injury in March 2014, and was ruled out for the rest of the season.[7] The same happened a year later, where he went under the knife for a knee-injury.[8]

In January 2016, Toutouh extended his contract until 2019.[9] After F.C. Copenhagen won the 2016–17 Danish Superliga, Toutouh was given two games quarantine for holding a roman candle during the teams celebration of the league title.[10] Some days later, some uproar took place between manager Ståle Solbakken and Toutouh. Toutouh revealed, that he wanted to move on and play at a higher level, but Solbakken was not down with that idea.[11] Solbakken went out to the medias and criticized Toutouh for that behavior, and said, that he was going nowhere due to the lack of players on the winger-position. Toutouh was injured in the most of the first half season in 2017–18. Solbakken revealed in November 2017, that Toutouh should have been sold up until now, because he had refused a contract extension.[12]

AGF

After his contract with F.C. Copenhagen expired, Toutouh signed for AGF on 4 October 2018.[13]

FAR Rabat

A few days after being released by AGF, Toutouh signed a 1,5-year contract with Moroccan club FAR Rabat on 16 January 2020.[14] He made seven appearances for the club.

Botoșani

On 22 October 2020, Toutouh signed a two-year contract with Romanian Liga I club Botoșani.[15][16]

International career

In January 2016, Toutouh announced that he had decided to represent the Moroccan national team.

Honours

Copenhagen

Esbjerg fB

References
  1. FCK-aktuelle Toutouh: Går meget stærkere, bold.dk, 24 June 2011
  2. Youssef Toutouh får endnu en uge i FCK, bold.dk, 27 June 2011
  3. Hvidovre-komet får tre år i FCK, bold.dk, 13 July 2011
  4. Esbjerg lejer offensivtalent i FCK, bold.dk, 3 September 2018
  5. FCK-talent fortsætter i Esbjerg i foråret, bold.dk, 8 January 2018
  6. Toutouh om kongekasse: Tænker ikke, bold.dk, 14 April 2018
  7. FCK-nedtur: Foråret slut for Toutouh, bold.dk, 31 March 2018
  8. Youssef Toutouh ude resten af foråret, bold.dk, 20 April 2015
  9. FC København forlænger med Toutouh, bold.dk, 27 January 2016
  10. Toutouh får romerlys-karantæne, bold.dk, 7 June 2017
  11. Youssef Toutouh vil forlade FCK nu, bold.dk, 16 June 2017
  12. Ståle: Toutouh skulle være solgt nu, bold.dk, 4 November 2017
  13. YOUSSEF TOUTOUH TIL AGF, agf.dk, 4 October
  14. رسميا يوسف تتوح عسكري لموسم ونصف ..., facebook.com, 16 January 2020
  15. "Toutouh Youssef, Camara Sekou și Christopher Braun au semnat cu FC Botoșani (video)". fcbotosani.ro (in Romanian). FC Botoșani. 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  16. Hoffskov, Ole (22 October 2020). "Officielt: Youssef Toutouh skifter klub - får to år i Rumænien". Tipsbladet (in Danish). Retrieved 23 October 2020.
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