Zakaria El Ouahdi is a Belgian-born Moroccan footballer born in Hoboken in 2001. Able to play as a right winger or right-back, he came through Belgian youth football and made his senior breakthrough with RWD Molenbeek, helping the club win the Challenger Pro League. He joined Genk in 2023. El Ouahdi chose Morocco internationally, played for the under-23 team at the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2024 Olympics, and later received senior national-team recognition.