Adil Serraj

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Adil Serraj
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Personal information
Date of birth (1979-08-26) 26 August 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Nahdat Berkane
Youth career
1992–1998 Raja Casablanca
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2000 Raja Casablanca
2000–2001 Chabab Mohammédia
2001–2003 FUS Rabat
2003–2004 Wydad Casablanca
2004–2009 FAR Rabat
2009–2010 Kawkab Marrakech 24 (0)
2010–2011 FAR Rabat 16 (0)
2011–2013 COD Meknès
2013– Nahdat Berkane 34 (0)
International career
2008 Morocco 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adil Serraj (born 26 August 1979) is a Moroccan footballer who currently plays for Renaissance de Berkane. He usually plays as defender.

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Career

Serraj began playing football for the Raja Casablanca youth sides under manager Abdesalam Serraj, his father and former Raja player. He joined Raja's first team in 1998, making his debut in a league match against FAR Rabat. Adil would win the 1999 Moroccan first division, 1999 CAF Champions League and 2000 CAF Super Cup with Raja. The club qualified for the 2000 FIFA Club World Cup in Brazil, and Serraj was a member of the squad but did not play. [1]

Looking for more playing time, he joined Chabab Mohammédia, but left the club after just two months. He spent the next two seasons with FUS Rabat, but after the club was relegated from the first division in 2003, he joined Wydad Casablanca. [1]

He next joined FAR Rabat, and helped the club win the CAF Cup in 2005. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Saâdane, Fatima-Ezzahra (1 January 2006). "Adil Serraj, tel père, tel fils" (in French). Le Matin. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.