Younes Ebnoutalib
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 September 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Frankfurt, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV 07 Heddernheim | |||
| Rot-Weiss Frankfurt | |||
| 2019–2020 | Wehen Wiesbaden | ||
| 2020–2022 | Rot-Weiss Frankfurt | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | Rot-Weiss Frankfurt | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Perugia | 1 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | FC Gießen | 19 | (6) |
| 2025–2026 | SV Elversberg | 21 | (12) |
| 2026– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Morocco U15 | ||
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:30, 1 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:26, 7 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
Younes Ebnoutalib (born 13 September 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. Born in Germany, Ebnoutalib has represented the Morocco youth national team.
Career
Ebnoutalib is a product of the youth academies of the German clubs SV 07 Heddernheim, Rot-Weiss Frankfurt and Wehen Wiesbaden.[1] He debuted with RW Frankfurt in the Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd in 2022. In 2022, he moved to the Italian club Perugia and made one appearance for them in the Serie C and two in Coppa Italia before terminating his contract in December 2023.[2]
In the summer of 2024, he joined the Regionalliga side Gießen.[3] On 19 December 2024, he signed a pre-contract with SV Elversberg starting 1 January 2025 in the 2. Bundesliga until 2028.[4] He scored six goals in his first six games for Elversberg in the 2. Bundesliga in the 2025–26 season.[1] He eventually managed to score 12 goals in 17 matches during the first half of that season.[5]
On 29 December 2025, Ebnoutalib joined Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, signing a contract until June 2031, for a reported transfer fee of €8 million, which could rise to €10 million with add-ons.[6][7] On 9 January 2026, he made his debut for the club, scoring a goal in a 3–3 draw with Borussia Dortmund.[8] Later that year, on 29 August, he scored his first hat-trick in a 3–3 away draw with Union Berlin.[9]
International career
Eligible to represent both Germany and Morocco, Ebnoutalib played for Morocco's under-15 in 2018.[10]
Personal life
Born in Germany, Ebnoutalib is of Moroccan descent.[11] His father, Faissal Ebnoutalib, was a silver medalist in Taekwondo for Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[12]
Career statistics
- As of 21 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rot-Weiss Frankfurt | 2021–22 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Perugia | 2022–23 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| FC Gießen | 2024–25 | Regionalliga | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 6 | ||
| SV Elversberg | 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12 | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2026–27 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 47 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 20 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coppa Italia Serie C, Hessian Cup, DFB-Pokal
- ↑ Appearances in 2. Bundesliga relegation playoffs
References
- 1 2 "Die wundersame Geschichte des Younes Ebnoutalib". www.fr.de. 26 September 2025.
- ↑ "YOUNES EBNOUTALIB RESCINDE". www.ac-perugia.com.
- ↑ "Younes Ebnoutalib eiskalt". www.giessener-allgemeine.de. 28 July 2024.
- ↑ "Vertrag bis Sommer 2028: SV Elversberg verpflichtet Stürmer Younes Ebnoutalib". sportschau.de.
- ↑ Holden, Kit (9 January 2026). "Ebnoutalib's rapid rise from fourth tier to potential star". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Eintracht verpflichtet Younes Ebnoutalib" [Eintracht signs Younes Ebnoutalib] (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 29 December 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ↑ Kovbasa, Ivan (29 December 2025). "Medical completed as Younes Ebnoutalib's move to Eintracht Frankfurt is virtually confirmed - reports". Tribuna.com. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ↑ "Frankfurt's Ebnoutalib savours 'dream' debut as Dortmund drop points". France 24. 9 January 2026.
- ↑ "Younes Ebnoutalib hat-trick not enough as shares spoiled between Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt". Bundesliga. 29 August 2026.
- ↑ Kurt, Elias (7 July 2018). "Elias Kurt - Schön wars in der U16 [U15] Marokko, leider muss ich wieder zurück". Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ↑ Rabarison, Olivia (20 September 2025). "Trois choses à savoir sur Younes Ebnoutalib la révélation d'Elversberg".
- ↑ "Younes Ebnoutalib's rapid rise from fourth tier to potential Eintracht Frankfurt star". BBC Sport. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
External links
- Younes Ebnoutalib at Soccerway
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Frankfurt
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- German men's footballers
- German people of Moroccan descent
- Sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Rot-Weiss Frankfurt players
- AC Perugia Calcio players
- FC Gießen players
- SV Elversberg players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- Serie C players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy