Abdelkarim Kissi ( ar, عبد الكريم قيسي; born 5 May 1980) is a Moroccan former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Kissi's former teams are

Mouloudia Oujda Mouloudia Club of Oujda ( ar, مولودية وجدة), commonly abbreviated to MC Oudja, is a Moroccan football club based in Oujda. Mouloudia, which closely translates to "birth" in Arabic, was named after the coincidence of the day of its c ...

Maghreb Fez The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...

Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club ( el, Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou'', "Youth Union of Paralimni"), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the firs ...

and

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

. From April 2007, he played for the Bulgarian club

Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

Trivia

Kissi was also part of the Moroccan national squad that took part in the

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

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* 1980 births Living people Moroccan footballers Moroccan expatriate footballers Morocco international footballers 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players MC Oujda players FC Rubin Kazan players Russian Premier League players PFC Litex Lovech players SC Heerenveen players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players Apollon Limassol FC players AEK Larnaca FC players Ermis Aradippou FC players Ethnikos Achna FC players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Eredivisie players Cypriot First Division players Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Russia Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Russia People from Oujda Association football midfielders Wydad de Fès players Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus {{Morocco-footy-midfielder-stub