Nassir Maachi (born 9 September 1985) is a Dutch
footballer
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who plays for De Posthoorn. He also works as a youth coach for the club.
Club career
Maachi began his career as a youth player at
Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...
. He made his first team debut during the 2005–06 season and spent the following year on loan with
Dordrecht
Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...
. He joined
Cambuur in 2008 and spent three seasons with the club before being transferred to
Zwolle
Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is on ...
, initially on loan and then permanently during the summer of 2011. In summer 2012, Maachi joined technical director
Kevin Hofland
Kevin Hofland (born 7 June 1979) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, and was last the head coach of Eerste Divisie club Willem II.
A centre back during his career, Hofland played 15 active seasons in which he amassed Er ...
at Cypriot side
AEK Larnaca
AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...
. After an unsuccessful stint in Albania, Maachi moved to
Birkirkara in January 2015. In the next two years he played in Cyprus for
Pafos FC
Pafos FC ( el, Πάφος FC) is a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was created in 2014, by the merger of the two biggest teams of Paphos, AEP Paphos and AEK Kouklia. They play their home games at the Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, ...
and
Nea Salamina
Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta ( el, Νέα Σαλαμίνα Αμμοχώστου) is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis (or Salam ...
. On 18 June 2016, the newly promoted to Greek
Super League club
Apollon Smyrni
Apollon Smyrnis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Σμύρνης), or in its full name Gymnasticos Syllogos Apollon Smyrnis ( el, links=no, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης, ''Gymnastics Club Apollon o ...
officially announced the signing of the experienced Dutch-Moroccan forward on a free transfer. At the end of August 2018, Maachi joined
VV DOVO
VV DOVO, short for Voetbalvereniging Door Ons Vrienden Opgericht, is a football club from Veenendaal, Netherlands.
History
The club was founded in 1933 as DVO and later changed its name to DOVO to set itself apart from a nearby club with an ide ...
which competes in the
Derde Divisie. At the end of 2018 he left there again to return to
Cyprus
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.
At the end of November 2019, Maachi returned to his former youth club,
SV Huizen
SV Huizen is an association football club from Huizen, Netherlands.
History
The club became Dutch national amateur champions in 1974 and in 2003. In 2001, Huizen won the Regional Cup of the now defunct Central soccer district. In 2016 it Huizen ...
, where he also would work as a youth coach. He began playing for De Posthoorn in 2021.
References
External links
Player profile- Birkirkara
Nassir Maachi Interview
1985 births
Living people
People from Naarden
Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent
Dutch footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
FC Utrecht players
FC Dordrecht players
SC Cambuur players
PEC Zwolle players
AEK Larnaca FC players
Flamurtari FC players
Birkirkara F.C. players
Pafos FC players
Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players
Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players
Alki Oroklini players
VV DOVO players
ASIL Lysi players
Maltese Premier League players
Eerste Divisie players
Eredivisie players
Cypriot First Division players
Cypriot Second Division players
Super League Greece players
Dutch expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate footballers in Malta
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Men's association football forwards
SV Huizen players
Footballers from North Holland
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Malta
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Albania
Expatriate footballers in Albania
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