{"id":324030,"date":"2025-03-18T22:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T21:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/?p=324030"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:08:26","slug":"julien-mesbahi-chooses-morocco-and-will-compete-in-the-u-20-africa-cup-of-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/julien-mesbahi-chooses-morocco-and-will-compete-in-the-u-20-africa-cup-of-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Juli\u00ebn Mesbahi Chooses Morocco and Will Compete in the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Juli\u00ebn Mesbahi, the promising central defender from FC Twente, has officially chosen to represent Morocco on the international stage. His change of sporting nationality is now confirmed on FIFA&#8217;s new dedicated portal. Formerly the captain of the Netherlands U-18 team, the 19-year-old strengthens the ranks of Mohamed Ouahbi&#8217;s Atlas Cubs in anticipation of the U20 Africa Cup of Nations, which will take place in Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n\n<p>Trained in the Netherlands and accustomed to the Dutch youth selections, Mesbahi ultimately opted for Morocco, thereby enhancing the national squad for this continental competition. His integration is a significant asset for the Cubs, who will benefit from his experience and potential.<\/p>\n\n<p>This first major event wearing the Moroccan jersey will provide the young defender with an opportunity to establish himself and showcase his talent within the Moroccan squad.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-597x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-323938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-597x1024.jpeg 597w, https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-175x300.jpeg 175w, https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-768x1318.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-895x1536.jpeg 895w, https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-1194x2048.jpeg 1194w, https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-310x532.jpeg 310w, https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-75x128.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-19x32.jpeg 19w, https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-150x257.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-450x772.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182-1200x2059.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6182.jpeg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juli\u00ebn Mesbahi, the promising central defender from FC Twente, has officially chosen to represent Morocco on the international stage. His change of sporting nationality is now confirmed on FIFA&#8217;s new dedicated portal. Formerly the captain of the Netherlands U-18 team, the 19-year-old strengthens the ranks of Mohamed Ouahbi&#8217;s Atlas Cubs in anticipation of the U20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-324030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-u20"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324031,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324030\/revisions\/324031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}