Ayoub AKABOU

Goalkeeper Ayoub Akabou was born in 2007 in the Paris area. He began his football career at the tender age of 4 years old with his local club of Blanc-Mesnil, before being signed up at the French National Football Academy (INF) at Clairefontaine in 2020. During his time there, he gained his first internation experience, getting the call-up to the French U16s, U17s and U18s. In 2022, he signed for Stade Rennais, and the promising keeper was presented with his first professional contract by the Red and Blacks on 4th December 2024. Akabou failed to impose himself with the professionals, and in the summer transfer window in 2026, was invited to find himself a new challenge. He found an opportunity in the Spanish 2nd Division with Ceuta, and Rennes released him from his contract, albeit with a clause concerning a percentage commission on any future resale of the goalkeeper.