Morocco’s most valuable footballers remain largely unchanged at the top, but the latest Atlas Lions Insider Market Value Tracker shows significant movement further down the ranking.
The October 2 snapshot values Morocco’s Top 50 players plus cutoff ties at a combined €865.3 million, an increase of €6 million, or 0.7%, from the September 25 comparison point.
Abdellah Ouazane is the standout mover. The 17-year-old Ajax midfielder has risen from €1.5 million to €8 million, while Soufiane El-Faouzi has climbed from €9 million to €12 million. Zakaria El Ouahdi moved in the opposite direction, falling from €17 million to €12 million.
The numbers leave the elite end of Morocco’s player pool almost untouched while strengthening a younger group immediately beneath it.
Ouazane enters Morocco’s Top 50 at 17
No player made a larger percentage gain in the latest snapshot than Ouazane.
His valuation increased by €6.5 million, or 433.3%, taking him from €1.5 million to €8 million and moving him directly into the ranking at No. 34.
The timing reflects a significant period in his development.
Ouazane has established himself around Ajax’s first team this season and received his first senior Morocco call-up in September. He made his international debut against Gabon on September 25, coming off the bench during Morocco’s 2-0 AFCON qualifying victory.
His contribution was brief but notable. Ouazane was involved in the move that led to Soufiane Rahimi’s second goal, with his pass releasing Bilal El Khannouss before the final delivery.
The valuation increase does not itself establish how Ajax or another club would price Ouazane in a transfer. Transfermarkt figures are reference estimates rather than transfer fees.
What it does show is how rapidly Ouazane’s standing has changed.
At €8 million, he is no longer positioned as a prospect outside Morocco’s main valuation ranking. He is level with several established or emerging players including Bilal Nadir, Issa Diop, Jones El-Abdellaoui, Othmane Maamma and Tawfik Bentayeb in the current tracker.
For a player still only 17, that is the most significant development in this update.
El-Faouzi continues his rapid climb
Soufiane El-Faouzi has also moved sharply.
The Schalke midfielder increased from €9 million to €12 million, a gain of €3 million or 33.3%. His ranking improves eight places to joint 23rd among Moroccan players.
The 24-year-old now shares the €12 million level with Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal, Anass Salah-Eddine, Gessime Yassine, Ilias Akhomach, Yanis Begraoui and El Ouahdi in the October 2 snapshot.
El-Faouzi’s trajectory is particularly notable because of how quickly his market status has developed. His rise at Schalke has been followed by involvement with Morocco’s senior national-team setup, bringing him into a midfield pool that has become increasingly competitive.
The valuation should not be read as a prediction of his next transfer fee. It does, however, place El-Faouzi much closer to the established international group than he was earlier in his career.
For Morocco, that matters more than the number in isolation.
Mohamed Ouahbi already has central-midfield options including Azzedine Ounahi, Neil El Aynaoui, Oussama Targhalline and the emerging Ayyoub Bouaddi. El-Faouzi’s development adds another player entering his prime years with experience in German football.
El Ouahdi records the biggest fall
Zakaria El Ouahdi is the largest faller in the October 2 comparison.
The Hamburger SV right-back drops from €17 million to €12 million, a decrease of €5 million or 29.4%. That moves him down seven ranking places to joint 23rd.
The change comes shortly after his summer move from Genk to Hamburg. The transfer was reported at around €8 million guaranteed, with additional bonuses potentially increasing the package.
That does not mean the transfer itself caused the valuation adjustment. Market-value estimates incorporate multiple factors, and the tracker does not assign a specific cause to individual changes.
El Ouahdi nevertheless remains one of Morocco’s highest-valued full-backs and inside the upper half of the national ranking.
His movement is also a reminder of why the tracker is more useful over several snapshots than as a single league table. Transfers, playing time, age, performances and changing club situations can all alter a player’s estimated market position over time.
Hakimi and Bouaddi remain level at €80 million
There was no change at the top.
Achraf Hakimi and Ayyoub Bouaddi remain Morocco’s joint-most valuable players at €80 million each.
Ismael Saibari follows at €55 million, with Abde Ezzalzouli at €40 million. Bilal El Khannouss and Brahim Díaz are next at €35 million, followed by Neil El Aynaoui at €30 million.
The absence of movement among those names is significant in itself.
The latest update is not being driven by another major increase for Morocco’s established stars. Instead, most of the interesting movement is taking place further down the pool.
That makes the development of Bouaddi especially important.
At 19, the Manchester City midfielder is already level with Hakimi at the top of the tracker and is comfortably Morocco’s highest-valued U23 player.
Morocco’s value is increasingly spread across a younger core
The age profile near the top of the ranking is one of the more important signals in the data.
Six of the 12 players occupying Morocco’s highest valuation positions are 23 or younger: Bouaddi, El Khannouss, Chemsdine Talbi, Samir El Mourabet, Chadi Riad and Eliesse Ben Seghir.
That group does not include Ouazane, Gessime Yassine, Ait Boudlal, Ilias Akhomach, Othmane Maamma and several other young players further down the table.
The result is a player-value structure that is no longer dependent only on Morocco’s established internationals.
Hakimi, Brahim Díaz and other senior players still occupy important positions, but younger players are increasingly represented throughout the ranking rather than concentrated near its bottom.
That provides Morocco with something potentially more important than a high combined valuation: competition across several age groups.
The current squad extends well beyond the headline names
The tracker also shows how much of Morocco’s current international pool sits inside the upper end of the national market-value ranking.
Twenty-four players identified with the current senior squad are inside the Top 50 plus ties.
Another six squad players sit below the €5 million cutoff, including Yassine Bounou, Ali Maamar, Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti, Munir El Kajoui, Alaa Bellaarouch and Marwane Saadane.
Market value is not a squad-selection model. A goalkeeper’s valuation, for example, cannot be compared mechanically with that of a young attacking player, and international selection depends on form, tactical requirements, experience and positional needs.
But the distribution provides useful context.
Morocco now combines some of Africa’s highest-valued established players with a substantial group of younger players moving into higher-value European football.
Ouazane’s entry into the ranking and El-Faouzi’s continued rise are the clearest examples from this update.
The top of the table has barely moved. Beneath it, the competition is becoming considerably more fluid.
About the tracker
The Atlas Lions Insider Market Value Tracker records Transfermarkt reference estimates at specific points in time and compares movement between snapshots. The October 2, 2026 edition is compared with September 25, 2026 using the same ranking limit and including players tied at the cutoff.
Market values are estimates and should not be treated as expected transfer fees. Combined-value changes can also reflect players entering or leaving the ranking, rather than only individual increases and decreases.
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