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Maouhoub Ghazouani

Moroccan footballer (born 1946)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionFeb 5, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Maouhoub Ghazouani is a former Moroccan football midfielder who played for Morocco in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He scored a goal versus Bulgaria in a 1-1 draw. Morocco, therefore, became the first African team to avoid defeat in the World Cup. He also played for AS FAR.

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The public source identifies “Maouhoub Ghazouani” as moroccan footballer (born 1946). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Maouhoub, Ghazouani and Moroccan.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1970—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Maouhoub, Ghazouani and Moroccan providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Maouhoub Ghazouani” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.