Abdelkrim El Hadrioui ( ar, عبد الكريم الØضريوي; born 6 March 1972) is a retired Moroccan professional
footballer
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who played as a
left-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Career
Born in
Taza
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, Hadrioui began his career at
AS.FAR, helping them win one
league
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title. In January 1997, after the sale of
Dimas to
Juventus
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,
Mário Wilson
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He appeared in 286 Primeira Liga matches over 14 seasons, mainly in representation of Académica. He also played for Desportivo de Lou ...
, who managed AS.FAR a year before, recommend him to
Benfica, who subsequently signed him. He made his league debut on 1 March 1997 in a 3–1 loss against
Chaves and quickly took the starting role from
Pedro Henriques
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He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 222 matches and six goals over 12 seasons, representing mainly Benfica and Vitória de Setà ...
. He scored his first and only goal for Benfica on the
1997 Taça de Portugal Final lost to
Boavista. After the arrival of
Scott Minto
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and
Graeme Souness
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, his influence was greatly reduced, only appearing sporadically throughout his
second year
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, but still bagged 20 matches, for a total for 28 appearances for Benfica.
In 1998, he moved to
AZ Alkmaar
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, becoming an undisputed starter, and even attracting attention of other clubs, such as
Celtic
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in August 2000. After four seasons at Alkmaar, El Hadrioui moved to Belgian, playing for two years with
Charleroi
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Ittihad Khemisset
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The club was founded in 1940. They play their home games at Stade du 18 novembre.
Honours
* Moroccan League First Division: 0
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.
Internationally, he was a member of the
Morocco national football team
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that competed at the
1994 FIFA World Cup
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in the
United States
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and
1998 FIFA World Cup
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in
France
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. He also participated at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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.
Career statistics
International goals
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Moroccan footballers
Moroccan expatriate footballers
Morocco international footballers
1994 FIFA World Cup players
1998 FIFA World Cup players
Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Morocco
1998 African Cup of Nations players
2000 African Cup of Nations players
AS FAR (football) players
S.L. Benfica footballers
R. Charleroi S.C. players
AZ Alkmaar players
Eredivisie players
Primeira Liga players
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Association football defenders
People from Taza
Ittihad Khemisset players
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Morocco
Mediterranean Games medalists in football
Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
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