Mehdi Ballouchy

Personal information
Mehdi Ballouchy
Date of birth	April 4, 1983 (age 24)
Place of birth	Casablanca, Morocco
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Real Salt Lake
Number	10
Youth clubs
1996-99 2002 2004-05	Raja Casablanca Creighton 24 (5) Santa Clara 42 (4)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005 2006-	Boulder Rapids Reserve Real Salt Lake	2 (0) 32 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 August 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 14 May 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Mehdi Ballouchy (Arabic: مهدي بلوشي‎) (born April 6, 1983 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan football (soccer) midfielder, who currently plays for the Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.

Ballouchy moved to the United States in 2000 and played a year of college soccer at Creighton and two at Santa Clara, where he was named first team All-American in 2005. He then signed a Generation adidas contract with MLS. Ballouchy was taken second overall by Salt Lake at the 2006 MLS SuperDraft.

Ballouchy played in the youth system of Raja Casablanca. He has played for various youth Moroccan national teams. He Also played for Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, and with Boulder Rapids Reserve in the USL Premier Development League.

He is currently in the process of becoming a US citizen. [1]

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Real Salt Lake - Current Squad
1 Rimando \| 2 Lancos \| 3 Talley \| 5 Torres \| 6 Worthen \| 7 Williams \| 8 Brown \| 9 Kreis \| 10 Ballouchy \| 11 Adu \| 12 Hashimoto \| 13 Harris \| 15 Cutler \| 16 Forko \| 17 Klein \| 18 Tejada \| 20 Besagno \| 21 Jimenez \| 22 Watson \| 23 Pope \| 24 Seitz \| 25 Brown \| 29 Harrison \| 31 Stewart \| 36 Reynish \| 90 Cunningham \| Coach Ellinger