21 years old Dutch midfielder Achraf El Mahdioui extended the Dutch enclave in the cabin of AS Trenčín. The talented youngster, who is a native of Marocco and played for the last four years in ADO Den Haag and Ajax Amsterdam, signed a three years contract with AS Trenčín.

The creative midfielder was scouted for the famous Ajax five years ago by then a director of the academy Wim Jonk. The young midfielder was awarded with a trophy of Sjaak Swart in 2013/2014 season, which is being awarded from 1999 to talents of the year of Ajax. In the past it was awarded for example to Davy Klaassen, Christian Eriksen, Daley Blind, Hedwiges Maduro, Wesley Sneijder, Johnny Heitinga or Rafael van der Vaart.

El Mahdioui played, in the season 2015/2016, 23 matches in the second league reserves of Ajax Amsterdam. He scored 4 goals. He was not able to make it into the first team, because of a hard competition, so he rather aimed for ADO Den Haag. There he played, in the last edition of the highest Dutch competition, 13 matches. Afterwards he joined AS Trenčín.