Soufiane Karkache Explained

Soufiane Karkache
Birth Date:2 July 1999
Birth Place:Brussels, Belgium
Height:1.78 m
Currentclub:Olympique Khouribga
Clubnumber:99
Position:Centre back
Youthclubs1:Efj Molenbeek
Youthclubs2:Union Saint-Gilloise
Youthclubs3:Anderlecht
Youthyears4:2015–2018
Youthclubs4:Club Brugge
Years1:2018–2019
Clubs1:MC Oujda
Caps1:21
Goals1:3
Years2:2019
Clubs2:RS Berkane
Caps2:5
Goals2:0
Years3:2020–
Clubs3:Wydad AC
Caps3:2
Goals3:0
Nationalyears1:2014–2015
Nationalteam1:Belgium U16
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:9
Nationalyears2:2015
Nationalteam2:Belgium U17
Nationalcaps2:4
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:2016–2017
Nationalteam3:Belgium U18
Nationalcaps3:4
Nationalgoals3:0
Nationalyears4:2017
Nationalteam4:Belgium U19
Nationalcaps4:1
Nationalgoals4:0

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

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.[1] Soufiane joined the RWDM Brussels, formerly known as Efj Molenbeek, at a very young age before joining the Union Saint-Gilloise, and then Anderlecht.[2]

Club career

Club Brugge

Karkache joined Club Brugge in 2015.[3] During his time at Brugge, Karkache attracted interest from a lot of clubs, including LOSC Lille and West Bromwich Albion.[4]

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

At the end of December 2019, he signed with Wydad AC.[7]

Notes and References

  1. https://fr.hespress.com/69165-soufiane-karkache-proche-du-wydad-de-casablanca.html Soufiane Karkache proche du Wydad de Casablanca
  2. https://www.acff.be/international/7705/infos Profile at ACFF
  3. https://www.walfoot.be/news/2018-09-19/un-espoir-brugeois-signe-a-letranger UN ESPOIR BRUGEOIS SIGNE À L'ÉTRANGER
  4. https://www.football365.fr/belgique-club-bruges-soufiane-karkache-a-cote-7583632.html BELGIQUE – CLUB BRUGES : SOUFIANE KARKACHE A LA COTE
  5. https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nieuws/2018-09-19/ex-anderlechtspeler-soufiane-karkache-trekt-van-club-brugge-naar-mouloudia-oujda Beloftevolle Bruggeling met verleden bij Anderlecht en Union trekt naar opvallende bestemming
  6. https://www.walfoot.be/news/2019-01-25/soufiane-karkache-ex-u18-belge-passe-par-le-fc-bruges-interesse-la-pro-league Un ancien espoir brugeois proche d'un retour en Belgique?
  7. https://lematin.ma/journal/2019/quatre-nouvelles-recrues-chez-wac/328710.html Quatre nouvelles recrues chez le WAC