Khalid Sinouh ( ar, خالد سينوح; born 2 May 1975) is a former professional

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who played as a

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. Born in the Netherlands, he represented

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at international level.

Career

Sinouh debuted playing for

HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982 ...

in the Dutch second-tier

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

at the age of 19 in the 1994–95 season. After three seasons playing for Haarlem, he signed for Eerste Divisie club,

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 ...

in 1997. He only played one match in a year and a half for Heerenveen.

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

became Sinouh's new club in the middle of the 1998–99 season. The Moroccan keeper was the second keeper behind the experienced

Rob van Dijk Robert van Dijk (born 15 January 1969) is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Over the course of exactly 20 seasons as a professional, he appeared in 364 Eredivisie games, mainly with RKC (nine years) and Feyenoord (seven). H ...

and for two seasons he made no appearances. After years on the bench, he played again in the season 2000–01 having three appearances. The two seasons that followed, Sinouh took his chance by proving that he could be a trustworthy goalkeeper as Rob van Dijk was. Between

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and

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, he played 23 matches. After the transfer of Van Dijk to PSV in the summer of 2003, the club decided to promote Sinouh to first goalkeeper. In the season 2003–2004, Sinouh played 33 league matches and the following season 34 and he proved that he was a skillful goalkeeper. Sinouh refused to sign a contract extension in the summer of 2005 with

, as he eyed a move outside of the Netherlands, rejecting offers by

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and

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

. However, he initially did not manage to find a new club and he remained a free agent for six months. In early 2006, he signed with Cypriot club

Omonia Nicosia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ; ''Athlitikos Sillogos Omonias Lefkosias'', ''ASOL''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (" Harmony"; also tran ...

and played in 11 matches. However, due to a bad game he had in his last appearance with his team, he was not used again until the end of the season where he finished his career in Cyprus, since he was no longer needed by Omonia. He signed for

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and ho ...

in the summer of 2006. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, he was not playing in the first six matches, but subsequently the injury of first team goalkeeper

Joey Didulica Joseph Anthony Didulica (; born 14 October 1977) is a Croatian Australian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. On 11 October 2011 he ended his career after ongoing neck and head complaints. Club career Didulica was born in Geelong, Vic ...

, gave him the chance to gain the first keeper position and to help his team in their effort of winning the second position. He also made his debut in European competition, playing with AZ in the

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groups. In April 2007, Sinouh was subject of controversy after he had threatened a journalist who had, in Sinouh's opinion, written negatively about Sinouh. Sinouh joined Turkish club Kasımpaşa in 2007, but they were forced to release him in September 2008 after they failed to pay his wages. He then went on trial with

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club Hibernian,Hardie, David
Hibs boss mulls over deal for keeper Sinouh
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'', 10 October 2008. but failed to win a contract. From July 2008 to 31 January 2009 was without a club after being released by Kasımpaşa and joined as third keeper to

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...

, played here his second time under

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. He was also member of the reserve team from HSV and played his first game here on 28 February 2009 against

VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and ...

in the

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. On 15 April 2011, he signed a one-year deal with

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

. He joined the club after the end of the 2010–11 season. On 18 September 2011, Sinouh made his first

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

appearance for PSV in a match against

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, replacing

Przemysław Tytoń Przemysław Tytoń (; born 4 January 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club Twente. Club career Born in Zamość, Tytoń played for Górnik Łęczna until the end of the 2006–07 season when th ...

who suffered a head injury in a collision with his own defender. On 6 August 2012, Sinouh signed a one-year deal with

.Sinouh (37) gekeurd door NEC
(Dutch), voetbalprimeur.nl, 6 August 2012

International

He has been capped by the Moroccan national team four times in the years 2004 and 2005.

Notes

External links

Voetbal International profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinouh, Khalid 1975 births Living people RKC Waalwijk players AC Omonia players AZ Alkmaar players HFC Haarlem players SC Heerenveen players Hamburger SV players Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers FC Utrecht players PSV Eindhoven players NEC Nijmegen players Sparta Rotterdam players A.V.V. Zeeburgia players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Süper Lig players Cypriot First Division players Footballers from Amsterdam Moroccan footballers Morocco international footballers Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent Moroccan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Turkey Association football goalkeepers Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Dutch expatriate footballers Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Germany