Hicham Zerouali

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Hicham Zerouali
Personnel
birthday 17th January 1977
date of death December 5, 2004
Place of death Rabat ,  Morocco
size 170 cm
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1996-1999 FUS Rabat
2000-2002 Aberdeen FC 37 (11)
2002-2003 al-Nasr
2003-2004 FAR Rabat
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1999-2004 Morocco 20 (6)
1 Only league games are given.

Hicham Zerouali ( Arabic هشام زروالي, DMG Hišām Zarwālī ; * January 17, 1977 ; † December 5, 2004 in Rabat ) was a Moroccan football player .

Life

Zerouali started playing football in his home country. In October 1999 the striker moved from FUS Rabat to Scottish first division club Aberdeen FC for a fee of £ 450,000 . With him he was in the Scottish Cup final in 2000 and reached 3rd place in the Scottish Premier League in the 2001/02 season . He was the first player to wear the number 0 after his fans nicknamed him Zero .

Zerouali played 17 international matches (three goals) for the Moroccan national soccer team , having previously played in the junior national team and in Morocco's Olympic team. In 2002 he took part in the Africa Cup of Nations in Mali with the national team.

In July 2002, Zerouali went to the Saudi Arabian first division club Al-Nasr . After a year he returned to his homeland and played for the first division club FAR Rabat until his death . After numerous injuries, he was able to build on his former strength here and celebrated the greatest success of his career by winning the Moroccan Cup a month before his death.

Zerouali was killed in a traffic accident on December 5, 2004 when he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree.

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personal data
SURNAME Zerouali, Hicham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moroccan soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th January 1977
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 2004
Place of death Rabat