Soufiane Karkache

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Soufiane Karkache
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre back [1]
Team information
Current team
 Olympique Khouribga
Number 99
Youth career
Efj Molenbeek
Union Saint-Gilloise
Anderlecht
2015–2018 Club Brugge
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 MC Oujda 21 (3)
2019 RS Berkane 5 (0)
2020– Wydad AC 2 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Belgium U16 7 (9)
2015 Belgium U17 4 (0)
2016–2017 Belgium U18 4 (0)
2017 Belgium U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Soufiane Karkache (born 2 July 1999) is a Belgian-Moroccan footballer who plays for Olympique Khouribga.

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Early years

Born in Brussels, Soufiane grew up in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean with his mom and dad, from France and Morocco, respectively. His father, Abdelaziz Karkache, is a former football player and later manager, who played in Belgium. [2] Soufiane joined the RWDM Brussels, formerly known as Efj Molenbeek, at a very young age before joining the Union Saint-Gilloise, and then Anderlecht. [3]

Club career

Club Brugge

Karkache joined Club Brugge in 2015. [4] During his time at Brugge, Karkache attracted interest from a lot of clubs, including LOSC Lille and West Bromwich Albion. [5]

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. [6] Despite interest from two clubs at the end of the 2018-19 season, both from Ligue 1 and the Belgian First Division A, [7] Karkache decided to stay in Morocco and joined RS Berkane.

At the end of December 2019, he signed with Wydad AC. [8]

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