Rachid Housni ( ar, رشيد حسني; born 2 May 1990) is a Moroccan

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who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club

;Wydad Casablanca *

Botola The Botola Pro ( ar, البطولة الاحترافية, translit=al-buṭūla l-iḥtirāfiyya), is a Moroccan professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Moroccan football league system, it is the country's prima ...

: ** Winner: 2014-2015

Club career

Born in France, Moroccan national Housni played for a number of French clubs in his early career. His first club was

Lormont Lormont (; oc, Larmont, ) is a commune in the Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the northeast. Thus, it is a member of the intercommunality Bordeaux Métr ...

, before joining

Trélissac Trélissac (; oc, Trelhissac) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Dordogne department The following is a list of the 503 communes of the Dordogne depart ...

, where he spent 3 years, amassing 29 appearances and 4 goals. A spell at

Stade Bordelais Stade Bordelais are a French rugby union club, based in Bordeaux. The club was established in 1889. Bordelais were a major force in the French championship during the 1900s. Until 2005–06, the senior team competed in the second level of dome ...

and a return to

followed, before he secured a move to Moroccan side

Chabab Rif Al Hoceima Chabab Rif Al-Hoceima, also referred to as CRA, is a Moroccan football club based in Al Hoceima, a Riffian city in northern Morocco. The club was founded in 1953 and is best known for their 2010 promotion to the Botola Pro, the top tier league ...

. On 12 January 2015, Housni was signed by

Wydad Casablanca Wydad Athletic Club ( ar, نادي الوداد الرياضي, ) commonly referred to as Wydad AC and known as Wydad, or simply as WAC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that ...

on a four and a half year long deal.

International career

Housni made his international debut for Morocco on 22 October 2016; scoring in their 4-0 thrashing of Libya in the

2016 African Nations Championship qualification The 2016 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's association football, football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their countr ...

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.''

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Housni, Rachid 1990 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Moroccan men's footballers Botola players Chabab Rif Al Hoceima players RS Berkane players Morocco men's international footballers