Achraf Hakimi: Football Profile of Morocco's Right Back, PSG Career, Net Worth and Caps

Achraf Hakimi is a Morocco right back, born Achraf Hakimi Mouh in Madrid on 4 November 1998. He joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2021, signed an extension in February 2025 that runs until 2029, and was named CAF African Player of the Year in 2025. For South African readers who call the game soccer, he is the full back the whole continent claims as its own.

Think of the one danfo driver who always finds the gap on Third Mainland Bridge: you never quite see how he got there, but suddenly he is in front of you. That is Hakimi on the right flank. Below are his clubs and reported fees and his Morocco record, followed by every published earnings figure with its outlet and date, including why those figures disagree.

Who Is Achraf Hakimi?

Achraf Hakimi is the right back who turned a defensive position into one of the most watched roles in African football. He plays for Morocco, whom he first represented in 2016 aged 17. His club honours include the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain in 2024-25, Serie A with Inter Milan in 2020-21, and Ligue 1 with PSG in every season from 2021-22 to 2024-25.

So, why does a Moroccan defender matter in Nairobi, Accra or Kampala? The reason is that Morocco's run to the 2022 World Cup semi-final, the first by any African nation, made the Atlas Lions everybody's second team, and Hakimi was the face of it. The 2025 CAF award confirmed what fans had already decided, and his sixth place in the 2025 Ballon d'Or is the highest any Moroccan has reached.

The Road From Madrid: Every Club and Every Reported Fee

Hakimi joined the Real Madrid academy in 2006 and played for Real Madrid Castilla, the reserve side, between 2016 and 2017. His first team debut came on 1 October 2017. For a teenager from the youth system, that is a remarkable first page in the record book.

Rather than wait in Madrid, he joined Borussia Dortmund on a two year loan, signed on 11 July 2018, and stayed a Real Madrid player throughout. In Germany he played between 2018 and 2020, and his goals from full back stood out. Dortmund gave him what every young player needs most, which is minutes in front of a crowd that rewards running.

Inter Milan signed him permanently on 2 July 2020 on a five year contract, for a reported fee of about EUR 40 million paid to Real Madrid. He spent one season in Milan, and Inter won Serie A in 2020-21 with Hakimi as a wing back in a back three.

Paris Saint-Germain signed him on 6 July 2021 on a five year deal, and The Guardian reported an initial fee of EUR 60 million plus up to EUR 11 million in further payments. PSG extended the contract on 8 February 2025, until 2029. His Paris appearances and goals sit in the stats module because they grow with every match, but the trophies are on the record, including the Coupe de France in 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Why Did Hakimi Choose Morocco Over Spain?

Hakimi chose Morocco because it is his family's country, even though he was born and raised in Madrid and was eligible for Spain. His parents are Moroccan, and he grew up between two cultures, Moroccan at home and Spanish in the Real Madrid academy. He settled the question early, debuting for the Atlas Lions in October 2016.

For African supporters, the choice is part of why he is loved. Fans in Lagos and Accra know the diaspora debate well from Super Eagles and Black Stars squads built partly abroad. Hakimi answered it on 6 December 2022, chipping the deciding penalty as Morocco won their World Cup last 16 shootout against Spain. That is his defining match: a Madrid boy sending Morocco into the quarter final against the country he grew up in.

What Does Hakimi Do on the Pitch?

Hakimi plays as an attacking right back in a back four, or as a right wing back in a back three, and his job is to give his side width and, in effect, a second winger. He defends the flank first. But, the reason managers build around him is what happens once the ball is won, when he can carry it the length of the pitch before the other side has reorganised.

His strengths are pace and the timing of his runs, along with an end product most full backs never develop. He overlaps outside a winger, but he also drifts inside and arrives in the area like an extra forward, which is unusual for a defender. His crossing is varied, low and hard as often as lofted, and he is usually still sprinting back in the closing minutes.

The defining club performance came on 31 May 2025, when Hakimi scored the opening goal in PSG's 5-0 Champions League final win over Inter Milan, his former club. African fans watch finals like that in viewing centres, bars and living rooms from Surulere to Westlands, and a goal from a Moroccan right back lands differently for them. Paradoxically, a final remembered elsewhere for its scoreline is remembered in Africa for the right back who started it.

Is he really among the best attacking full backs in the world? The record says yes, because sixth in the 2025 Ballon d'Or is a placing defenders very rarely reach, and the CAF African Player of the Year award in 2025 put him ahead of the continent's forwards. For any Super Eagles right back he is perhaps the most useful benchmark, since his game rests on habits (running early, arriving late in the box) that can be learned anywhere.

Hakimi and the Atlas Lions: Debut, World Cups and the 100th Cap

Hakimi made his Morocco debut on 11 October 2016 in a 4-0 win over Canada, aged 17, and scored his first international goal on 1 September 2017 in a 6-0 win over Mali. Those dates show how early the Atlas Lions committed to him. From there he grew into the player opponents plan around, the one a coach mentions first in his team talk.

The tournament that changed his standing was the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Morocco finished fourth, becoming the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final, with Hakimi on the right of a defence that was very hard to break down. Many fans in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda adopted Morocco as Africa's team for those weeks, and the Atlas Lions became a continental rallying point.

He has added landmarks since. As overage captain he won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics, scoring in the 6-0 bronze medal win over Egypt. At the 2026 World Cup he scored his first World Cup goal on 24 June in a 4-2 win over Haiti, and on 29 June he won his 100th cap, against the Netherlands. A century of caps at 27 is rare for a defender.

His current caps and goals totals sit in the stats module, which updates after every international, so check there rather than the older numbers many fan sites still carry. The Atlas Lions are a benchmark for the continent. So, for a Super Eagles supporter, watching Hakimi is partly admiration and partly homework, because the Nigerian winger who keeps him busy usually decides the evening.

Achraf Hakimi net worth

The Week reported on 2 August 2025 an estimate of about USD 25 million for Achraf Hakimi's net worth, an estimate The Week attributed to Athlon Sports. It is an estimate, not accounts.

The salary reports are more detailed. Afrik-Foot, citing Mundo Deportivo on 8 February 2025, reported about EUR 14 million net a year after the extension, up from EUR 10 million. Africa Soccer, citing L'Équipe on 26 March 2025, said his gross monthly pay rose from EUR 730,000 to EUR 1.1 million, making him PSG's third highest earner at that time. The Week, on 2 August 2025, put it at about USD 14.9 million a year, roughly USD 288,000 a week, plus bonuses and image rights.

No reliable figure has been published for Hakimi's endorsements, and there is no dated market valuation from a named outlet to quote either. The transfer fees cause a common confusion: the EUR 40 million Inter paid in 2020 went to Real Madrid, and the EUR 60 million PSG paid in 2021 went to Inter, not to the player.

Why do the numbers disagree? Gross pay is the figure before deductions and net pay is what reaches the player, while a euro salary converted into dollars moves with the exchange rate on the day of writing. A figure from before February 2025 also describes a different contract. Above all, a wage is not a net worth, which is what remains after spending and the people a player employs, so no outside estimate is more than an informed guess.

How to Watch Hakimi From Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda

Hakimi is easiest to follow through Ligue 1 and the Champions League with PSG, and through Morocco's AFCON and World Cup matches. Across Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda, European club games are watched mainly on pay TV and streaming, while the big nights fill bars, viewing centres and fan zones. The fixtures module lists the broadcast information held for your country, which changes with rights deals.

A Champions League evening match at 21:00 Paris time kicks off at 20:00 GMT in Accra, 21:00 WAT in Lagos, 22:00 SAST in Johannesburg and 23:00 EAT in Nairobi and Kampala during the European winter. When Europe moves its clocks forward, the same match starts an hour earlier in every one of those cities. Ligue 1 kick-off times vary across the weekend, so the fixtures module shows each one in all four zones.

AFCON matches are played in Africa and usually land at friendlier hours for viewers on the continent. If you are in Lagos and backing the Super Eagles, a Morocco match is still worth your evening, partly as scouting and partly for the pleasure of watching a full back at his peak. For more players from the continent, the African footballers hub holds every profile, from Lagos to Lubumbashi.