Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti
Squad number 22 · AS FAR
Their 2026 World Cup
Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Morocco, wearing number 22, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 6 matches (3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat) and bowed out in the quarter-finals, beaten by France 2-0.
The goalkeeping job went to Y. Bounou (6 matches, 570′).
Another 2 players in the Morocco squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Morocco team page.
Biography
Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Arabic: أحمد رضا التكناوتي; born 5 April 1996) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Botola Pro club AS FAR and the Morocco national team.
Club career On 30 March 2023, while still with Wydad AC, Tagnaouti underwent a successful knee operation, having sustained an injury that saw him out of action for a prolonged period.
International career Tagnaouti was part of Morocco's 2018 African Nations Championship winning squad. In May 2018, Tagnaouti was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The following year Tagnaouti was selected for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He also made the 2021 squad. On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. He and his teammates made history and became the first African nation in history to reach the semi-finals of the competition. On 26 May 2026, Tagnaouti was selected in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)