Yassine Abdellaoui (born 21 June 1975) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

, Abdellaoui played for

OJC Rosmalen Ontspanning Door Inspanning Juliana Combinatie Rosmalen, known as OJC Rosmalen is a football club from Rosmalen, Netherlands. OJC Rosmalen is the biggest amateur football club in the Netherlands. OJC Rosmalen was founded in 1947 when two clubs m ...

, Willem II,

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

, Rayo,

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and

De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...

. After retiring as a player in 2004, he worked as a coach, and in August 2016 was working with the Willem II youth team.

Personal life

Abdellaoui is of Moroccan descent. In 2003, he was arrested on accusation of tax fraud. In 2015, he was acquitted of money laundering charges. In 2019, he was shot and wounded in Amsterdam.

References

1975 births Living people Footballers from 's-Hertogenbosch Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent Dutch men's footballers Men's association football midfielders OJC Rosmalen players Willem II (football club) players NAC Breda players Rayo Vallecano players NEC Nijmegen players De Graafschap players Eredivisie players La Liga players Segunda División players Eerste Divisie players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub