Sofiane Alakouch (; born 29 July 1998) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

club Paris FC, on loan from

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club

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. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Club career

On 21 July 2021, Alakouch joined

for a four-year term. On 15 February 2022, he joined

Lausanne-Sport FC Lausanne–Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport played in the Swiss Super League in their most recent 2021-22 season, the highest tier of football i ...

in Switzerland on loan until the end of the season.

International career

Alakouch is Moroccan by descent and represented France at U19 level. He received a call-up to represent the Morocco national team in August 2017. He later received a call-up to represent the France under-20 national team for the

2018 Toulon Tournament The 2018 Toulon Tournament (officially french: 46ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the 46th edition of the Toulon Tournament. It was held in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône from 26 May to 9 June 2018. Engl ...

on 17 May 2018. Alakouch debuted with Morocco in a 3–0

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win over

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

on 12 November 2021.

References

External links

France profile
at FFF {{DEFAULTSORT:Alakouch, Sofiane 1998 births Living people Footballers from Nîmes Moroccan men's footballers Morocco men's international footballers French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers French sportspeople of Moroccan descent Men's association football fullbacks JS Chemin Bas d'Avignon players Nîmes Olympique players FC Metz players FC Lausanne-Sport players Paris FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Swiss Super League players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Moroccan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland French expatriate men's footballers