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