Younes Khattabi
French rugby league player
Intro | French rugby league player | |
Places | France | |
is | Athlete Rugby league player | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 28 March 1984, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, Canton of Carpentras-Sud, arrondissement of Carpentras, Vaucluse | |
Age | 40 years |
Younes Khattabi (born 28 March 1984 in Rabat, Morocco) is a Moroccan rugby league player currently playing for Carpentras in the French Elite One Championship competition. He is famous for scoring the first try for the Catalans Dragons in the 2007 Challenge Cup Final against St Helens, thus becoming the first Muslim to score a try at Wembley Stadium.
Khattabi represented Morocco in a 2009 RLEF Euro Med Challenge match against Catalonia. He scored 1 try in the 29-6 win.
Khattabi represented France in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup