Zakaria Aboukhlal

Zakaria Aboukhlal (born 18 February 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as forward for AZ Alkmaar in Eredivisie.

Zakaria Aboukhlal
Personal information
Full name Zakaria Aboukhlal
Date of birth (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
AZ Alkmaar
Number 17
Youth career
Willem II
PSV Eindhoven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Jong PSV 25 (9)
2019 PSV 2 (0)
2019– Jong AZ 10 (8)
2019– AZ 12 (0)
National team
2016–2017 Netherlands U17 12 (5)
2017 Netherlands U18 4 (4)
2017–2019 Netherlands U19 10 (2)
2019– Netherlands U20 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 December 2019

Club career

Aboukhlal made his professional debut for Jong PSV in a 2–1 Eerste Divisie win over FC Eindhoven on 17 August 2018.[2]

In August 2019, after making only two appearances for PSV's senior side, Aboukhlal transferred to Eredivisie rivals AZ Alkmaar in a deal worth €2 million.[3] In a match for Jong AZ on 9 December 2019, he scored all four of his team's goals in a win against Helmond Sport.[4]

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Aboukhlal was born to a Libyan father and Moroccan mother.[5]

References

  1. "Kennismaken met Zakaria Aboukhlal". www.psv.nl. 8 January 2019.
  2. "PSV II vs. Eindhoven - 17 August 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  3. "Aboukhlal leaves PSV for AZ Alkmaar". Football Oranje. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. "AZ II VS. HELMOND SPORT 4 - 1". Soccerway. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. "PSV Eindhoven youngster Zakaria Aboukhlal wanted by Libya". African Football.


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