Ayyoub Bouaddi, a crack on the field… and at school!

At 17, Ayyoub Bouaddi, the Lille prodigy of Moroccan origin, is a young player who commands admiration due to his young career and his success in studies.

Youngest player in the history of European Cups, youngest in Ligue 1 in the 21st century, high school graduate at 16 with a year in advance, honors, winner of the training center eloquence competition including the final took place at the Élysée… At only 17 years old, Ayyoub Bouaddi amazes. In a statement to The Voice of the North in 2023, Mickaël Delestrez, former director of the Losc training center, praised the young talent in these terms: “We very quickly detected a very intelligent player, with a lot of humor, capable of joking with adults in situations where “many kids his age are very shy.”