Zakaria Aboukhlal

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Zakaria Aboukhlal
Personal information
Full name Zakaria Aboukhlal
Date of birth (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 (age 22)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 AZ Alkmaar
Number 7
Youth career
Willem II
PSV Eindhoven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Jong PSV 25 (9)
2019 PSV 2 (0)
2019– Jong AZ 19 (13)
2019– AZ 56 (7)
National team‡
2016–2017 Netherlands U17 12 (5)
2017 Netherlands U18 4 (4)
2017–2019 Netherlands U19 10 (2)
2019 Netherlands U20 5 (1)
2020– Morocco 8 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2022

Zakaria Aboukhlal (born 18 February 2000) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as forward for AZ Alkmaar in Eredivisie and the Morocco national team.

Club career[]

Aboukhlal made his professional debut for Jong PSV in a 2–1 Eerste Divisie win over FC Eindhoven on 17 August 2018.[2]

In August 2019, after making only two appearances for PSV's senior side, Aboukhlal transferred to Eredivisie rivals AZ Alkmaar in a deal worth €2 million.[3] In a match for Jong AZ on 9 December 2019, he scored all four of his team's goals in a win against Helmond Sport.[4]

International career[]

Born in the Netherlands, Aboukhlal was born to a Libyan father and Moroccan mother.[5] He is a former youth international for the Netherlands. He decided not to represent the Netherlands but Morocco national team for whom he was called up to represent in November 2020.[6] Aboukhlal debuted for Morocco in a 4–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Central African Republic on 13 November 2020, and scored his side's fourth goal in his debut.[7]

Career statistics[]

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aboukhlal goal.[8]
List of international goals scored by Zakaria Aboukhlal
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 November 2020 Mohammed V Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco  Central African Republic 4–1 4–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 14 January 2022 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Comoros 2–0 2–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

References[]

  1. ^ "Kennismaken met Zakaria Aboukhlal". www.psv.nl. 8 January 2019.
  2. ^ "PSV II vs. Eindhoven - 17 August 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "Aboukhlal leaves PSV for AZ Alkmaar". Football Oranje. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. ^ "AZ II VS. HELMOND SPORT 4 - 1". Soccerway. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. ^ "PSV Eindhoven youngster Zakaria Aboukhlal wanted by Libya". African Football.
  6. ^ "Portrait. Qui est Zakaria Aboukhlal, le nouveau Lion de l'Atlas?". Le360 Sport.
  7. ^ https://www.africatopsports.com, Rodolph TOMEGAH Journaliste à Africa Top Sports Premier portail sportif Africain. "Elim.CAN 2021 : Hakim Ziyech porte le Maroc contre la Centrafrique". {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  8. ^ "Zakaria Aboukhlal". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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