Abderrazak Hamdallah

Abderrazak Hamdallah (عبد الرزاق حمد الله; born 17 December 1990) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad and the Morocco national team.

He is nicknamed The Executioner for his goal scoring ability.

He started his professional career playing for Olympic Club de Safi in Morocco, later transferring to Aalesunds in Norway.

After one season with them, he joined Chinese club Guangzhou R&F.

Hamdallah received his initial football formation at Nejm Shabab Safi club, before moving to the first team, Olympic Club de Safi, where his professional career began since the 2010–11 Botola, during which he played his first match in the Moroccan championship.

He managed to score his first goal for the team against Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi.

Hamdallah scored twice for Olympic Club de Safi in his first appearance in the Moroccan Throne Cup against Raja CA, the match ended in a 3–2 victory.

The 2011–12 Botola marked the real start of Hamdallah at the scoring level, as he finished the season by scoring 15 goals, occupying the second row, two goals ahead of the Chadian new striker Karl Max Barthélémy.

A full international for Morocco since 2012, Hamdallah has represented his country at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Born in Safi, Morocco, Hamdallah was the youngest of seven children of the family.

Hamadallah spoke about his childhood, stating:"I started playing football in the street with other children of the city where I was born, Safi. As a teenager, I enrolled in a club in town. I was playing almost every day after school and all weekend. My older brother always supported me. He encouraged me to work hard."

In the 2012–13 season, Hamdallah scored 15 goals in the first two-thirds of the tournament before joining, during March 2013, to professionally with the Norwegian club Ålesund.

He scored his first hat-trick for the team against Wydad de Fès.

The financial value of Hamdallah's transfer to Olesund Club amounted to one million US dollars.

On 14 February 2013, it was confirmed that Hamdallah had joined Tippeliga club Aalesund.

The transfer fee was in the region of €1 million or 7.4 million Norwegian Krone and the player signed a three-year contract, his first European contract.

The transfer fee was the highest Aalesund has paid for a player ever.

Hamdallah spoke about the first time he arrived at Norway, stating: "It was a difficult experience because I arrived in a country that's very cold, but through an effort of will, I overcame every obstacle. I was the first player from the Moroccan championship to come to Norway, and my signing generated a lot of attention in the newspapers. In the end, I was able to silence my critics by finishing as one of the leading scorers in the league."

Hamdallah made his debut on 1 April 2013 as a substitute in the 1–0 away win of Sandnes Ulf and then scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–0 win over Sarpsborg 08 on 14 April 2013.

Then on 13 May 2013, Hamdallah scored his first hat-trick for Aalesund in a 7–1 win over Lillestrøm SK, which he helped the club into second place after nine games.

After scoring ten goals so far this season, Hamadallah scored his second hat-trick of the season, in a 3–1 win over Viking on 25 October 2013.

In his first season with the club, Hamdallah scored 15 times in 27 appearances and was included in the Team of the Year.

Also, it left Hamdallah as the club's top scorer, though he was the second in the league behind Frode Johnsen.

In February 2014, Hamdallah joined Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F.

Upon the move, Hamdallah will be coached by Sven-Göran Eriksson for a record fee of €4.5 million or 33,3 million Norwegian Krone.

His departure from Aalesund left the club very affected, due to his goal-scoring form, something the club struggled with after Hamdallah left Norway for China.

After making two appearances at the start of the season, Hamdallah scored his first hat-trick of the season, in a 3–1 win over Shanghai Shenxin on 22 March 2014.

In the next game against Hangzhou Greentown, he scored another hat-trick in a 6–2 win.

He scored again in the next match against Henan Jianye, which he scored twice in a 4–0 win.

After a week out over a leg injury, Hamdallah scored the winning goal, in a 1–0 win over against reigning champion, Guangzhou Evergrande.

In his first season at Guangzhou R&F, Hamdallah made twenty-two appearances and scoring twenty-two times.

Despite making a good start in the first four matches and scoring three times against Hangzhou Greentown, Shanghai SIPG and Guizhou Renhe.

Hamdallah also scored in the group-stage of AFC Champions League match against Gamba Osaka.

However, Hamdallah suffered leg injury and then continuously suffered from injuries.

Not only that, his attitude caused a stir from manager Cosmin Contra and the pair fell out.

In 2015, he transferred to El Jaish, where he won the 2016 Qatar Cup.

Soon later he signed with Qatari club Al-Rayyan.

He felt in terms with Al-Rayyan and joined Saudi Al Nassr.

In the season, 2018–19 Saudi Professional League he scored a league record of 34 goals in one season, and 2019 King Cup he scored a record of 14 goals in one tournament, and was the world's leading goalscorer during the 2019 calendar year with 57 goals overall Without playing with the national team.

He won two Saudi Professional League, three Saudi Super Cup and the top scorer in the league three times.