Karim Essikal

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Karim Essikal
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Vilvoorde, Belgium
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Tubize-Braine
Number 3
Youth career
2002–2003 Vilvoorde
2003–2007 Black Star
2007–2008 Strombeek
2008–2011 FC Brussels
2011–2012 Lierse SK
2012–2014 Club Brugge
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Zulte Waregem 26 (1)
2016–2017Royal Excel Mouscron (loan) 7 (0)
2017–2018 Beerschot 8 (0)
2018–2020 Eindhoven 62 (1)
2020–2021 Hassania Agadir 4 (0)
2021–2022 Oudenaarde 8 (0)
2022–2023 URSL Visé 30 (0)
2023– Tubize-Braine
International career
2013 Morocco U17 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 February 2022

Karim Essikal (born 8 February 1996) is a Moroccan footballer who plays for Belgian Division 2 club Tubize-Braine. [1]

Essikal was born in Belgium to parents of Moroccan descent. He debuted for the Morocco national under-17 football team in a 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup 4–2 win against Panama U17. [2]

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References

  1. Karim Essikal at WorldFootball.net
  2. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013 - Matches - Morocco-Panama". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013.