Youssef El Kachati (; born 9 November 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for club Reims. Born in the Netherlands, he has represented Morocco internationally.

Club career Sparta Rotterdam After originally joining Sparta Rotterdam's academy in 2016 from youth club Noordwijk, he signed a one-and-a-half-year professional contract with the club on 16 December 2018. He made his debut in Sparta's first team on 14 October 2018 in a 3–0 Eerste Divisie victory against Cambuur. He came on as a substitute for Ilias Alhaft in the 66th minute and received his first yellow card a minute later for diving.

Noordwijk In 2020, El Kachati returned to Noordwijk to gain playing time in the Tweede Divisie. From in 2021, he moved to Belgium where he represented the under-21 team of Westerlo before joining Quick Boys in the Dutch Tweede Divisie in February 2022.

Quick Boys In the 2022–23 season, El Kachati emerged as a prolific striker and was the top goalscorer of the Tweede Divisie halfway through the season. This sparked interest from clubs in both professional and amateur football. In December 2022, Quick Boys announced that El Kachati, his management, and the club had failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension.

In January 2023, it was announced that El Kachati would be joining IJsselmeervogels for the upcoming season. He signed a contract until mid-2024. However, it later became known that due to an agreement between IJsselmeervogels and Telstar, he would instead be playing for professional Eerste Divisie club Telstar from the 2023–24 season onwards.

Telstar El Kachati made his debut for Telstar on 14 August 2023, starting in a 1–0 league loss on the opening day of the season to Jong PSV. On 2 February 2024, El Kachati scored his first goal for Telstar in a 6–1 loss to MVV. The following week, he scored a brace to help Telstar to a 3–2 victory over Helmond Sport. El Kachati scored six goals in 22 appearances in his debut season for the club.

In the 2024–25 Eerste Divisie season, El Kachati formed a forward partnership with Zakaria Eddahchouri, who led the division in scoring at the halfway point with 17 goals. At the end of January 2025, Eddahchouri moved to Deportivo La Coruña, leaving El Kachati to assume primary goalscoring duties. Having scored six goals up to that point, he subsequently embarked on a prolific run, netting 18 times in his final 21 appearances of the season. This included five goals in six matches during the Eredivisie promotion/relegation play-offs. El Kachati scored in both legs of the play-off final against Willem II, once in the 2–2 home draw and again in the 3–1 away victory, which secured promotion for Telstar and relegated Willem II. His contract with Telstar expired at the end of the campaign, making him a free agent. In total, he recorded 31 goals in 67 appearances for the club.

NEC On 11 June 2025, El Kachati signed a three-year contract with Eredivisie club NEC, with a club option for an additional season. On 9 August, El Kachati made his debut for NEC in a 5–0 home win over Excelsior, coming on as a substitute for Kōki Ogawa. In his first involvement, he was fouled by goalkeeper Tijmen Holla to win a penalty, which Tjaronn Chery converted to complete the scoring. He netted his first goal for the club on 13 September, scoring the second in a 5–3 away defeat to PSV.

Reims On 25 June 2026, El Kachati signed a two-year contract with Reims in French Ligue 2.

International career El Kachati debuted for the Morocco U23s in a 2–0 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification loss to the DR Congo U23s on 20 March 2019.

Career statistics

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueKNVB CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsJong Sparta Rotterdam2017–18Tweede Divisie82——822018–19Tweede Divisie207——2072019–20Tweede Divisie64——64Total3413——3413Sparta Rotterdam2018–19Eerste Divisie10000—1002019–20Eredivisie1000—20Total11000—110Noordwijk2020–21Tweede Divisie1010—20Quick Boys2021–22Tweede Divisie18600—1862022–23Tweede Divisie342410—3524Total523010—5330Telstar2023–24Eerste Divisie22600—2262024–25Eerste Divisie371921654525Total592521656731NEC2025–26Eredivisie19330—223Reims2026–27Ligue 25200—52Career total17166716518472

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