Mattia El Hilali (Arabic: معطية الهيلالي; born 20 January 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gubbio.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1998-01-20) 20 January 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Gubbio | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2018 | Milan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Matera (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2019 | Chiasso | 1 | (0) |
2019– | Gubbio | 4 | (0) |
National team | |||
2015 | Italy U17 | 10 | (0) |
2015 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2019 |
He is a product of Milan youth teams. On 16 July 2016, he made his first appearance for Milan's senior squad in a pre-season friendly against Bordeaux.[1] He also appeared in the 2016 International Champions Cup game against Bayern Munich on 27 July 2016.[2]
In the subsequent season, he appeared on the bench once on 13 February 2017, in a Serie A away game against Lazio.[3]
On 31 August 2018, he joined Serie C club Matera on loan for the 2018–19 season.[4]
He made his Serie C debut for Matera on 6 October 2018, in a game against Bisceglie, as a 74th-minute substitute for Manuel Ricci.[5]
On 29 January 2019, El Hilali returned from loan at Matera.[6]
On 24 February 2019, El Hilali signed with Swiss club Chiasso until 30 June 2021.[7]
On 12 August 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with Gubbio.[8]
El Hilali was born in Italy to a Moroccan father and Italian mother.[9] He was the starter for Italy in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, in which Italy finished in 5th place.[10]