Soufiane Karkache

Soufiane Karkache (born 2 July 1999) is a Belgian-Moroccan footballer who plays for Wydad Casablanca.[2]

Soufiane Karkache
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-02) 2 July 1999
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre back[1]
Club information
Current team
 Wydad Casablanca
Number 21
Youth career
Efj Molenbeek
Union Saint-Gilloise
Anderlecht
2015–2018 Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 MC Oujda 21 (3)
2019 RS Berkane 5 (0)
2020– Wydad Casablanca 2 (0)
National team
2014–2015 Belgium U16 7 (9)
2015 Belgium U17 4 (0)
2016–2017 Belgium U18 4 (0)
2017 Belgium U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early years

Born in Brussels, Soufiane grew up in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean with his Moroccan parents from Oujda. His father, Abdelaziz Kerkache is a former football player and later manager, who played in Belgium.[3] Soufiane joined the RWDM Brussels, formerly known as Efj Molenbeek, at a very young age before joining the Union Saint-Gilloise, and then Anderlecht.[4]

Club career

Club Brugge

Karkache joined Club Brugge in 2015.[5] During his time at Brugge, Karkache attracted interest from a lot of clubs, including LOSC Lille and West Bromwich Albion.[6]

Morocco

For personal reasons, Karkache left Belgium and moved father's hometown, Oujda, where he grew up. He signed with MC Oujda, where his father, Abdelaziz, at the time was the head coach of.[7] Despite interest from two clubs at the end of the 2018-19 season, both from Ligue 1 and the Belgian First Division A,[8] Karkache decided to stay in Morocco and joined RS Berkane.

At the end of December 2019, he signed with Wydad Casablanca.[9]

References
  1. Soufiane Karkache at WorldFootball.net
  2. Soufiane Karkache at FootballDatabase.eu
  3. Soufiane Karkache proche du Wydad de Casablanca, hespress.com, 6 May 2019
  4. Profile at ACFF, acff.be
  5. UN ESPOIR BRUGEOIS SIGNE À L'ÉTRANGER, walfoot.be, 19 September 2018
  6. BELGIQUE – CLUB BRUGES : SOUFIANE KARKACHE A LA COTE, football365.fr, 6 July 2018
  7. Beloftevolle Bruggeling met verleden bij Anderlecht en Union trekt naar opvallende bestemming, voetbalkrant.com, 19 September 2018
  8. Un ancien espoir brugeois proche d'un retour en Belgique?, walfoot.be, 25 January 2019
  9. Quatre nouvelles recrues chez le WAC, lematin.ma, 25 December 2019
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