Nayef Aguerd

Morocco · DF · age 30

2026 World Cup squad profile

RecoveringGroin injury. Expected return: 2026-05-12
Team
Morocco
Position
DF
Squad role
Projected starter
Position rank
#2
Intl caps
64
Intl goals
2
Intl assists
4
Composite rating
0.85(model rating, 0–1)
P(scores ≥1)
0.8%

See Nayef Aguerd on the full Morocco scoring list →

Recent form

Rising

2024/25 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (7.56 vs 6.92).

Major tournament stats

TournamentMPMinGAxGShKPPrgPPrgCTklInt
AFCON 20234392000.1111093952
World Cup 20224368000.311481534
All tournaments8760000.3221575486
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
How to read this table11 columns explained
MP
Matches played in the tournament.
Min
Total minutes on the pitch.
G
Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
A
Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
xG
Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
Sh
Shots taken.
KP
Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
PrgP
Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
PrgC
Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
Tkl
Tackles won.
Int
Interceptions.

Full definitions in the glossary.

90
Career matches
7,889
Career minutes
9
Goals
3
Assists
7.5
xG

Career percentiles

Goals / 90
0.10
92
xG / 90
0.09
97
xAG / 90
0.01
54

vs 392 DF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.

Career — goals & xG by season

GoalsxG
Career goals and xG by season — 4 seasons from 2018-19 to 2021-22, 9 total goals, 7.5 total xG.Career goals and xG by season — 4 seasons from 2018-19 to 2021-22, 9 total goals, 7.5 total xG.012319202122

Season-by-season

SeasonClubLeagueMPMinsGoalsAssistsxGxAG
2018-19DijonLigue 1131,050301.50.1
2019-20DijonLigue 111957100.30.0
2020-21RennesLigue 1353,147313.20.7
2021-22RennesLigue 1312,735222.50.3
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
How to read this table6 columns explained
MP
Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
Mins
Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
Goals
Goals scored (penalties included).
Assists
Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
xG
Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
xAG
Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.

Full definitions in the glossary.