The story of FC Barcelona’s promising young striker Munir El Haddadi reflects the importance of immigration in society and football. His father was born in Castillejos, Morocco; his mother, in Melilla. His father was Castillejos, Morocco while is mother hails from the Spanis enclave, Melilla. Munir was born 19 years ago in El Escorial, just north of Madrid where the family lived and had two other sons. Hi father Mohammed, had a difficult childhood as he himself admitted earlier this week in ‘El Mundo’. He entered Spain after crossing the strait on a dinghy and earned a living doing a variety of different jobs including as a kitchen assistant in a prestigious restaurant in the Basque Country.
Once the family had settled in El Escorial, the mountainous region to the north of the capital, Munir’s father began introducing him to one of his own big passions – football. He would tell him about the clubs and players back home in Morocco as well as the big name Spanish players.
His favourite player is Adel Taarabt as he revealed in an interview with www. futbolmarroqui.blogspot.com. In the same interview he said that he wouldn’t mind playing for Morocco at full international level one day. He caught the attention
Of Morocco national team coach and former RCD Mallorca goalkeeper Badou Ezzaki who had considered calling him up but a few months ago, Munir was listed for Spain’s Under-19s before he graduated to the Under-21 side and now, the senior side. If Munir plays in tonight’s EURO 2016 qualifier against Macedonia, he will be ineligible to play for Morocco in the future and will always play for La Roja.
Of Morocco national team coach and former RCD Mallorca goalkeeper Badou Ezzaki who had considered calling him up but a few months ago, Munir was listed for Spain’s Under-19s before he graduated to the Under-21 side and now, the senior side. If Munir plays in tonight’s EURO 2016 qualifier against Macedonia, he will be ineligible to play for Morocco in the future and will always play for La Roja.
Loan stints
Curiously it was Barcelona who found precisely what Atlético and Real Madrid failed to notice right on their own doorstep. Munir started out with CD Galapagar, then DVA Santa before moving to Third Division outfit, Rayo Majadahonda, a club who had arrangement with Atlético de Madrid to take players on loan. Munir did appear with Atleti’s youth team but never received a firm offer from the club. Real Madrid did place an offer but the two parties couldn’t reach an agreement on the teenager’s living arrangement. Scouts from Osasuna, Manchester City, Getafe and Rayo Vallecano had also been tracking the player but in the end, he settled for La Masía where he entered at Under-18 level.
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