Brahim Zaari ( ar, إبراهيم زعري; born 12 October 1989 in

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) is a professional

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who plays for Raja Casablanca. Born in the Netherlands, he elected to represent

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at international level.

Clubs career

Zaari made his professional debut during the 24th game of the

2007–08 Eerste Divisie The 2007/2008 season of the Eerste Divisie began in August 2007 and will end in May 2008. New teams These teams were relegated from the Eredivisie at the start of the season: *RKC Waalwijk (17th position, relegated after playoffs) * ADO Den Haag ...

with

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...

when he replaced John Vos who was injured in the 89th minute. The next season Zaari gained his place with the team and became the first goalkeeper until the last games of 2010–11 when the coach preferred to start with Wesley de Ruiter. In June 2011,

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

had announced that the signing of a free transfer contract with Zaari, who played with the club for two years. On 31 August 2013 Zaari signed a 4-year contract with Moroccan champions Raja Casablanca.

International career

Zaari earned his first call-up for

for a

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against the

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on 11 February 2009 played in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

; he remained an unused substitute, and the match finished 0–0.Quatre joueurs ont fait leur première apparition en équipe nationale: Brahim Zaari, Chemseddine El Araichi, Adil Taârabt et Hassan El Mouâtaz - bladi.net
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zaari, Brahim 1989 births Living people Dutch footballers Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent FC Den Bosch players FC Eindhoven players Eerste Divisie players People from Landerd Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from North Brabant Raja CA players Blauw Geel '38 players