Achraf Ben Ayad

ABOUT ACHRAF BEN AYAD

Journalist known for covering sports content, particularly soccer. He appears on the Alkass talk show Al Majlis where he interviews athletes and coaches and covers news from events like the FIFA World Cup. He is also a contributor for the Spanish daily sports newspaper Mundo Deportivo. He covers clubs such as FC Barcelona for the publication.

He went to university in Spain. He later began his journalism career at La Depeche 24. He is a fan of the Moroccan soccer team Ittihad Tanger, and covered news about them early in his career.

He shares sports news content on both his benayadachraf Instagram page and Benayadachraf Twitter account. His Instagram account has garnered 2.1 million followers. He previously worked for the Qatari state-owned sport network beIN Media Group. It was there he got his start reporting on Spanish soccer teams. In September 2023, he made a post on Instagram about João Cancelo being signed to FC Barcelona.

His family has appeared on his Instagram account.

He has been photographed alongside Lionel Messi .