Zakaria Allaoui El-Achraf ( ar, زكرياء علوي) (born 17 June 1966 in

Marrakesh Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

) is a retired Moroccan football

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. He spent most of his career with

Kawkab Marrakech Kawkab Athlétique Club of Marrakech ( ar, الكوكب المراكشي; KACM) is a Moroccan professional football club based in Marrakech. The club was founded on 20 September 1947 by Hadj Idriss Talbi. Honours * Moroccan League First Divisio ...

, playing for the club between 1983 and 1997. Between 1998 and 2000, he played for French clubs

Tours FC Tours Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tours (), is a French association football club based in Tours, the capital city of the Indre-et-Loire department. The club was formed in 1919 and currently play at the fifth level of French ...

SO Châtellerault Stade Olympique Châtellerault is a French association football club founded in 1914. It is based in Châtellerault, Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Nové ...

and

Paris FC Paris Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional football club based in Paris, that competes in the Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Paris FC play their home matches at the Stade Ch ...

, before finishing his career. Between 2005 and 2007, he was the goalkeeping coach for French club

Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...

. He played for the Moroccan national team in the first half of the 1990s and also made two appearances at the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...

finals in the United States.

References

* 1966 births Sportspeople from Marrakesh Moroccan footballers Moroccan expatriate footballers Morocco international footballers Living people Tours FC players Paris FC players 1994 FIFA World Cup players Association football goalkeepers Botola players SO Châtellerault players Kawkab Marrakech players Expatriate footballers in France Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in France {{Morocco-footy-goalkeeper-stub