Mounir El Hamdaoui (Arabic: منير الحمداوي; born 14 July 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.

He played for clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur, Ajax and Málaga CF, as well as Excelsior, Derby County, Willem II, AZ Alkmaar and Fiorentina.

He decided to represent Morocco, for whom he made his debut in February 2009 in a match against the Czech Republic, and played at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

[2] In January 2005 English club Tottenham Hotspur, managed by fellow Dutchman Martin Jol, signed El Hamdaoui from Excelsior on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

In June 2006, El Hamdaoui moved back to his native Netherlands to play for Willem II, due to a lack of opportunities at Spurs.

[12] By the end of the season, AZ had won the second championship in their history, and El Hamdaoui was the top scorer in the Eredivisie, with 23 goals in 31 matches, one more than Ajax's Luis Suárez.

[16] Defending champions AZ had a bad start to the season, although El Hamdaoui still managed to score 9 goals in 11 matches by the winter break.

"[19] On 30 July 2010, El Hamdaoui signed a four-year deal with Ajax, rejoining with his former Spurs manager Martin Jol.

He scored a goal in the play-off round second leg of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League against Dynamo Kyiv, helping Ajax win 2–1 on aggregate and ending a five-year drought from this competition.

De Boer, discontent with his performance despite a goal, substituted El Hamdaoui at half-time in the semi-final of KNVB Cup against RKC Waalwijk.

[24] In August 2011 manager Frank de Boer confirmed interest from Premier League club Blackburn Rovers for El Hamdaoui.

[27] At the end of the transfer window El Hamdaoui stayed at Ajax but did not play any part in the 2011–12 season due to his troubled relationship with De Boer.

[24] Frank de Boer explained his reason for registering them as him making players eligible in case he were to be relieved of his managerial duties, so that a potential successor would have the full squad at his disposal.

[43] He made his debut for the club on 13 October in a 5–5 draw in the KNVB District Cup to VV Jonathan from Zeist, also scoring a goal in the 49th minute.

[46] El Hamdaoui left DHSC in June 2022, and initially joined SteDoCo,[47] before cancelling his contract in August 2022 to pursue a career as a football agent for youth players of AZ Alkmaar.

[48] Although being born in the Netherlands and having played for their under-21 side,[49] El Hamdaoui pledged his international future to the Morocco national team.