Mohammed Jamel El Âdfaoui (born 28 February 2008) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Gent.
Club career El Âdfaoui joined the youth academy of RSC Anderlecht at a young age. In 2023, at the age of fifteen, he transferred to Gent. In the 2024/25 season, El Âdfaoui moved up to Jong KAA Gent, the club's reserve team that became champions in Belgian Division 1 that season. In early July 2025, KAA Gent announced that El Âdfaoui had move to the club's first team and extended his contract until mid-2028.
Interntational career Born in Belgium, El Âdfaoui is of Moroccan descent. He is a youth international for Belgium.
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