Zakaria Aboukhlal

Zakaria Aboukhlal (Arabic: زكريا أبوخلال‎; born 18 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as forward for AZ Alkmaar in Eredivisie. Born in the Netherlands, Aboukhlal represents the Morocco national team.

Zakaria Aboukhlal
Personal information
Full name Zakaria Aboukhlal
Date of birth (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000
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 18 (13)
2019– AZ 36 (4)
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 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

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]

International goals
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 November 2020Mohammed V Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco Central African Republic4–14–12021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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".
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