Younes Khattabi
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Born | Rabat, Morocco | 28 March 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Younes Khattabi (born 28 March 1984) is a Moroccan rugby league footballer who plays as a wing or centre for US Entraigues XIII in the Elite Two Championship. He previously played for SO Avignon and the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. He is notable for scoring the first try for the Catalans Dragons in the 2007 Challenge Cup Final against St. Helens, thus becoming the first Muslim to score a try at Wembley Stadium.[3]
Background[edit]
Khattabi was born in Rabat, Morocco.
International career[edit]
Khattabi represented Morocco in a 2009 RLEF Euro Med Challenge match against Catalonia. He scored a try in the 29–6 win.
Khattabi represented France in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.
References[edit]
- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ Rugby League Project stats
- ^ "Showpiece sacrificed to success at Saints gear up for the double". The Guardian. 27 August 2007.
External links[edit]
Categories:
- 1984 births
- Living people
- AS Carcassonne players
- Catalans Dragons players
- France national rugby league team players
- French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- French rugby league players
- Morocco national rugby league team players
- RC Carpentras XIII players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league wingers
- Sporting Olympique Avignon players
- Sportspeople from Rabat
- US Entraigues XIII players
- Sportspeople from Vaucluse
- French rugby league biography stubs