Zakaria Bakkali

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Zakaria Bakkali
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Zakaria Bakkali (2013)
Personnel
birthday January 26, 1996
place of birth Liege ,  Belgium
size 164 cm
position Winger
Juniors
Years station
2003-2005 RFC Liege
2005-2008 Standard Liege
2008-2015 PSV Eindhoven
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2013-2015 PSV Eindhoven 16 (3)
2013-2015 PSV Eindhoven II 6 (1)
2015-2018 Valencia CF 34 (2)
2017-2018 →  Deportivo La Coruña  (loan) 23 (0)
2018– RSC Anderlecht 22 (2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2009-2010 Belgium U-15 6 (5)
2010-2011 Belgium U-16 4 (4)
2011–2012 Belgium U-17 12 (7)
2013-2016 Belgium U-21 9 (1)
2013-2015 Belgium 2 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 7, 2020

Zakaria Bakkali (born January 26, 1996 in Liège ) is a Belgian football player with Moroccan roots who is under contract with RSC Anderlecht .

Life

The son of Moroccan parents was born in Liège and is a Belgian citizen.

Career

societies

Bakkali first played in his hometown at RFC Liège during his youth . In 2005 he moved to the big Belgian first division club Standard Liège . There he was active until 2008 when he finally moved to the Netherlands to play in the youth of the top club PSV Eindhoven .

During the 2012/13 season he was allowed to train with the professionals for the first time and was in the squad for the first time. On May 2, 2012, he signed his first professional contract with PSV, which was valid until summer 2015, although at that time several clubs from abroad were already showing interest in the then 16-year-old. At the beginning of the 2013/14 season he became very well known. Four days after his league debut on August 3, 2013 against ADO Den Haag , he scored his first professional goal in the third qualifying round for the Champions League against the Belgian club SV Zulte Waregem . A few days later, on August 10, he met for the first time in the Eredivisie . A three-pack in the 5-0 win against NEC Nijmegen made him the youngest player in league history to score three goals in one game. In total, he came to 16 league games in 2013/14, but no further goals were added.

After the end of his contract, Bakkali moved to Valencia CF on a free transfer in July 2015 . He signed a five-year contract. Bakkali was loaned to Deportivo La Coruña for one season in June 2017 and was signed by RSC Anderlecht a year later .

National team

In the national team he represented Belgium in various junior selections. He was already a successful goalscorer at the U-15 level. From 2013 to 2016 he was a member of Belgium's U-21 squad. Immediately after his first goal in the Champions League, he was called up by Marc Wilmots , the coach of the senior national team, for a friendly against France in August 2013, in which he was not used. On October 15, 2013 Bakkali finally made his debut in a World Cup qualifier against Wales. Almost two years later he played his last game against Andorra .

Style of play

Bakkali is considered to be fast, ball-safe and robust, although he has grown very small. He can hold various positions on the offensive, but is preferred as a winger . His trainer Phillip Cocu praised him with the words: "He has great individual skills and is still a team player who does not neglect his defensive duties."

successes

youth
  • Dutch A youth cup winner: 2013
Seniors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Christoph Volk: Zakaria Bakkali: 17-year-old Wunderfloh ( memento from August 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), eurosport.yahoo.com, August 13, 2013, accessed on August 19, 2013
  2. ↑ Zakaria Bakkali signs three-year contract ( Memento of November 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), psv.nl, May 2, 2013, accessed on August 20, 2013 (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Belgian winger joins VCF through to June 30th, 2020. In: en.valenciacf.com. Valencia CF, July 6, 2015, accessed August 7, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Deportivo La Coruna borrow left winger Bakkali from Valencia . ( transfermarkt.de [accessed on July 14, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Bakkali, Zakaria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Liege , Belgium