Rachid Arma (born 16 January 1985) is a Moroccan

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who plays as a

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for Italian

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club Chievo-Sona.

Club career

Rachid Arma was born in Agadir. In 1989, his father left Morocco to move to San Bonifacio,

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, for work purposes, and the rest of the family, including Rachid, joined him later in 1995. In 2004, he was promoted into Sambonifacese's first team, and played four consecutive

seasons with the Verona club, being instrumental in their promotion to

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during the 2007–08 season thanks to his 21 goals.

SPAL

He was consequently noted by a number of professional clubs, and was acquired by

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outfit SPAL during the 2008 summer transfer window. With SPAL, he immediately managed to achieve some space under the guidance of head coach Aldo Dolcetti, and provided a 13-goal tally in his first professional season. He then achieved national coverage after he managed to score two goals to

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side

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in the third round of the Coppa Italia 2009–10; the match ended with a 4–2 win for the Sicilians, but Arma was subsequently noted by

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giants

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and was acquired by the ''granata'' in co-ownership deal only days after his impressive performance in the Coppa Italia, which also proved to be his final game with SPAL. In June 2010, SPAL bought back Arma from Torino. In July 2010, he was acquired by Serie B club Cittadella in a co-ownership bid, with Francesco Battaglia moved to opposite direction . On 31 August 2010, Vicenza Calcio acquired the co-ownership from Cittadella, for a peppercorn fee of €500. He returned to SPAL for a second spell in July 2011 in temporary deal. In June 2012 SPAL bought back Arma for €84,115.

Carpi

After SPAL went bankrupted, Arma left for

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Pisa

On 2 August 2013 Arma was signed by

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, in

Reggiana

On 24 July 2015 Arma left Pisa and moved to

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. In reggiana he became the best striker of the team.

Pordenone

On 30 June 2016, he joined

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. But at the end of the season, he decides to terminate his contract to join

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L.R. Vicenza Virtus

On 18 August 2018 Arma joined

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club

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, a phoenix club of

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Later years

On 11 September 2020 he joined

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on a 2-year contract. After two seasons with Virtus Verona, in September 2022 he signed for

amateurs Chievo-Sona.

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
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