Mohamed Ihattaren

Mohamed Amine Ihattaren (Riffian-Berber: ⵎⵓⵃⴰⵎⴻⴷ ⵉⵃⴰⵜⴰⵔⵏ, born 12 February 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk.

[6] His father, Mostapha Ihattaren (died in October 2019), arrived in Utrecht in the 1980s from Rouadi close to Al Hoceima, a city located in the Rif region of northern Morocco.

[9] Ihattaren made his professional debut for PSV in a 2–1 Eredivisie win over FC Groningen on 26 January 2019, coming on as a late substitute for Gastón Pereiro.

[12] Ihattaren had made eight appearances for the first team when head coach Mark van Bommel definitively promoted him to the first-team squad in March 2019.

[28] In October 2021 – only a month and a half after his arrival – Ihattaren had still not made his debut for the club, and reports of 'adaptation issues' arose,[29] despite Ihattaren having been assigned a personal assistant in Italy to support him with practical matters, in addition to his own manager José Fortes Rodríguez, the man who has been guiding him on behalf of his agent Mino Raiola for several years.

[34][35] On 11 March, after still having not made his debut for the club, manager Erik ten Hag expressed his disappointment with Ihattaren's physical improvement in recent weeks: "If you can't run, it ends there".

[37] Three days later, Ihattaren played his first game with Jong Ajax as a starter and scored a goal against TOP Oss, helping his side win 4–1.

[28][40] On 31 October 2022, Ajax notified Juventus of their intention not to exercise the purchase option on Ihattaren's contract, his loan being set to expire on 3 January 2023.

[44] On 4 December 2023, Ihattaren joined Czech First League club Slavia Prague, signing a one-year contract with an optional three-year extension.

[45][46] On 30 January 2024, Slavia announced on Twitter that following a pre-season camp in Portugal Ihattaren will join their reserve team, where he will continue work on his physical condition.

[49] He made his competitive return on 29 September, appearing as a substitute in the 80th minute of a 2–0 home defeat to his former club, Ajax, marking his first official match in over two years.

[52] He found the net again on 2 February, delivering a standout performance in RKC's 4–1 away victory over Almere City in a relegation battle.

[64][65] According to journalist John van den Heuvel of De Telegraaf, Ihattaren had also dated a girl who was related to a family tied to the Mocro Maffia.

[66][67] Because of all this controversy, he began to receive death threats on social media, and Ajax, his team at the time, tried to terminate his contract before the end of the 2022–23 Eredivisie season.