Mourad Mghizrat ( ar, مراد مغيزرات; born 7 September 1974) is a Moroccan former professional

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who played as a

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. He is currently assistant coach at

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Club career

Mghizrat started his career with

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, ONA and GC&FC Olympia, before moving to the academy of

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. He moved to the professional first team in 1996, making his senior debut on 31 May 1997 as a second-half substitute for

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in a 1–3 home loss to

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 ...

. In the 1998–99 season he was loaned to

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. In January 2000, he signed for relegation candidate

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on loan. In that season he could not keep Den Bosch in the

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. In his second season at Den Bosch he promoted with the club. When

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was trainer, Mghizrat played a strong season with fellow striker

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. In spite of his strong season, Den Bosch were relegated again, this time through play-offs. After Den Bosch's relegation Mghizrat signed a three-year contract with Willem II. He played most of the matches the first season, but in his second season he only played two matches for Willem II. He had two loan spells, at

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in the 2003–04 season and again at Den Bosch in the 2004–05 season, before signing permanently with Emmen in 2005. By scoring 29 goals in 63 matches he appeared as an effective goal scorer, however the club did not want to extend his contract. In 2007, he was close to sign a contract with

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club

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. Financial problems, however, made the transfer impossible. Instead, he would move to Dutch amateur club

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International career

Mghizrat gained one international cap for

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, as a substitute in a 3–0 friendly win over

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on 26 November 1997.

Coaching career

In June 2016, he became assistant manager at amateur club Westlandia. He also worked with youths at his former club

. In April 2020, Mghizrat was appointed the new assistant manager at

to head coach

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mghizrat, Mourad 1974 births Living people People from Fez, Morocco Men's association football forwards Moroccan footballers Morocco men's international footballers Moroccan emigrants to the Netherlands Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players VSV TONEGIDO players Sparta Rotterdam players FC Emmen players FC Den Bosch players Willem II (football club) players FC Utrecht players VV Haaglandia players RKVV Westlandia players