Mehdi Taouil

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Mehdi Taouil
Full name	Mehdi Taouil
Date of birth	May 20, 1983 (1983-05-20) (age 25)
Place of birth	Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Kilmarnock
Number	34
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007-	Nancy 1. FC Nuremberg Montpellier Kilmarnock	08 (0) 06 (0) 31 (3) 04 (1)
National team
2004-	Morocco	05 (8)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Mehdi Taouil (Arabic: مهدي طويل‎) (born May 20, 1983 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges) is a Moroccan football player currently playing in the Scottish Premier League for Kilmarnock.

He played for Montpellier in Ligue 2, joining the club on a two-year contract in June 2005, before being released at the end of the 2006/07 season. On 19 October 2007 he signed a one-year deal at Scottish side Kilmarnock.^[1]

He was part of the Moroccan 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, finishing third in group D, behind group winners Iraq and runners-up Costa Rica.

On his Kilmarnock debut he was warmly greeted by the fans in a 1-0 loss to Motherwell and was voted as Kilmarnocks MoM (Man of the Match) due to his performance. He scored his first goal in the game against Hibernian on the 26 December 2007 at Rugby Park, the game ended in a 2-1 victory for the Ayrshire side. He has been linked with SPL rivals Hearts.