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Hamza Igamane
Personal information
Full name Hamza Igamane
Date of birth (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Temara, Morocco
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 29
Youth career
AS FAR
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2024 AS FAR 45 (13)
2024– Rangers 12 (2)
International career‡
2023– Morocco U23 6 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2023
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:54, 21 December 2024 (GMT)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:17, 07 October 2024 (GMT)

Hamza Igamane (Arabic: حمزة إكمان; born 2 November 2002) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Rangers.

Coming from the AS FAR training centre, he is the youngest player in the history of AS FAR to win the national title, the Throne Cup and the U23 African Cup of Nations, all in an exceptionally short period of time.

Club career

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AS FAR

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Hamza Igamane was born in Témara in Morocco and grew up in the Massira 2 district in a family of footballers, and joined the ASFAR Football Academy from an early age.

During the 2022–23 season, Igmane established himself as a key element of the club's squad and produced remarkable performances during the Confederation Cup.[1] AS FAR and Igamane were eliminated in the quarter-finals after a cumulative score (return match) of 4–3 in favor of USM Alger, winners of this edition.[2][3]

On 23 June 2023, on the last day of the championship, he won the Moroccan championship after a 2–3 victory against Ittihad Riadhi Tangier away and ahead of Wydad AC who finished runners-up.[4][5] He ends the 2023–2024 season as vice-champion of Morocco.[6]

Rangers

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On 5 July 2024, Igamane signed a five-year deal with Scottish Premiership side Rangers for an undisclosed fee.[7] Which was widely reported to be around £1.7 million plus add-ons.[8] He sustained an injury during the summer which ruled him out of the squad for the first couple of months of the season before making his debut on 1st September 2024 in a 3–0 away defeat to Rangers rivals Celtic coming on as an 80th minute substitute for Václav Černý.[9][10] He scored his first goal for Rangers during a 4–0 victory against FC Steaua București at Ibrox on 24 October 2024 in the UEFA Europa League group stage.[11]

Igamane would mostly be used as a substitute during the beginning of his Rangers career but on 28 November 2024, he found himself in the starting line-up against OGC Nice again in the UEFA Europa League group stage where he scored a brace and got an assist during a 4–1 victory at the Allianz Riviera.[12] On 4th December 2024, Igamane scored his first Scottish Premiership goal for Rangers, a powerful strike outside the box which flew into the bottom left corner during a 6–0 victory over Kilmarnock at Ibrox.[13] He followed this up over the next week with goals in both a 3–0 victory over Ross County and a 1–1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur to take his tally to five goals in five games and four goals in his first four Europa League matches.[14][15]

International career

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Appearing on Walid Regragui's pre-selected list in March 2023 for friendly matches against Brazil and Peru, he was not included in the final list.[16] During the press conference for this international break, Regragui said about Igamane: “Igamane is progressing. We follow him closely. When the time is right, he will be called up to the first team . For the moment, he is with the U23s . His time will come".[17]

On 22 March 2023, he joined the Morocco under-23 team under then coach Issame Charaï for a friendly match against Olympic Ivory Coast in Rabat as part of their preparations for the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations which took place in Morocco later that year.[18][19] During this match, he started the game but the team conceded three goals and lost 3-2.[20] Two days later, he appeared on the bench during a new friendly match against Olympic Togo, however he did not feature in the game which Morocco won 2–0.[21]

On June 9, 2023, he appeared on Charaï's final list to take part in the CAN U23 which took place in Morocco.[22] The group stage matches take place at the end of June against Olympic Guinea, Olympic Ghana and Olympic DR Congo at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.[23] On June 24, 2023, during the first match against Olympic Guinea, he was put on the bench for 90 minutes despite a Moroccan victory (victory, 2–1).[24] Established during the first match against Olympic Guinea (victory, 2–1), he was put on the bench for the second time in a row during the second day of the U23 CAN against Olympic Ghana and nevertheless validated his ticket for the semi-finals of the competition after a 5–1 victory .[25][26] On 30 June, he played his first match of the competition against the Olympic Congo, coming on in the 46th minute in place of Couhaib Driouech (victory, 1–0).[27] The final was won by Morocco in overtime against Egypt thanks to a goal from Oussama Targhalline (victory, 2–1).[28][29]

Career statistics

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As of match played 21 December 2024[30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AS FAR 2020–21 Botola 7 0 0 0 — 0 0 7 0
2021–22 Botola 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2022–23 Botola 18 6 0 0 — 10[c] 3 28 9
2023–24 Botola 20 7 1 0 — 2[d] 0 23 7
Total 45 13 1 0 — 12 3 58 16
Rangers 2024–25 Scottish Premiership 12 2 0 0 2 0 4[e] 4 18 6
Career total 57 15 1 0 2 0 16 7 76 22
  1. ^ Includes Moroccan Throne Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Includes Scottish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in CAF Champions League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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AS FAR

Rangers

Moroccan U23

References

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  2. ^ "Coupe de la CAF : l'USM Alger élimine les FAR Rabat, l'ASEC en demies..." www.afrik-foot.com (in French). 1 May 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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  7. ^ "Rangers sign Moroccan forward Igamane". BBC Sport. 5 July 2024.
  8. ^ Evans, Anthony (5 July 2024). "Hamza Igamane seals Rangers transfer to become latest summer signing at Ibrox". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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  28. ^ "Le Maroc renverse l'Égypte et remporte sa première CAN U23". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2023.
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