Zakaria Messoudi (born October 30, 1993) is a former professional
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who played 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 ...
. Born in Morocco, he represented Canada at youth international level.
Club career
Early career
Born in
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
, Morocco, Messoudi moved to Canada at the age of eight.
He played his youth soccer with Montreal-Concordia AAA before joining the
Montreal Impact Academy in 2010.
Montreal Impact
On June 4, 2013, it was announced that Messoudi had signed his first professional contract with the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...
. In his debut season with the senior team, he played in the league's reserve division where he appeared in 10 matches.North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League may refer to:
*North American Soccer League (1968–1984), a former Division I league
*North American Soccer League (2011–2017)
The North American Soccer League (NASL) was a professional men's soccer league b ...
side Ottawa Fury FC for the 2014 season. He then made his professional debut in the Canadian Championship
The Canadian Championship (french: Championnat canadien) is an annual soccer tournament contested by premier Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's berth in the CONCACAF Champions League. It is contest ...
against FC Edmonton.Oliver Minatel
Oliver Thomal Minatel (born 29 August 1992), known as Oliver, is a Brazilian former professional footballer.
Career
Youth
After spending five years at his home club Guarani, Mintatel joined the esteemed academy of Paulínia in 2007 where he wo ...
as the match ended 0–0.
FC Montreal
Despite being cut Messoudi would remain a part of the Impact organization, being announced as part of the roster of the newly formed FC Montreal on March 13, 2015. He was released by the team at the end of the 2015 USL season
The 2015 USL season was the fifth season of the United Soccer League (USL) and the first under its new name (previously the league was called USL Pro). This season represented a substantial expansion from 14 teams in 2014 to 24 teams in 2015, and ...
.
Odds Ballklubb
Messoudi signed a 2-year deal with Norwegian top-flight Odd on March 17, 2016. He shortly after made his debut coming on as a substitute in a cup tie against Tollnes. He would make his European continental tournament debut against PAS Giannina
PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...
on July 21, 2016. Messoudi left the club after the 2017 season when his contract expired.
Mont-Royal Outremont
In 2020, he played in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec with CS Mont-Royal Outremont
Club Soccer Mont-Royal Outremont is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in the Montreal boroughs of Mount Royal and Outremont. Since 2013, the club has competed in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. Their women's team has compet ...
.
International career
Messoudi made his international debut for the Canada U20 side on February 18, 2013, against Cuba U20 in the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
The 2013 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was an association football tournament that took place between February 18 and March 3, 2013. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship determined the four CONCACAF teams that would participate at the 2013 FIFA U-20 Wo ...
. He was also selected to represent Canada in the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie
The 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' ( French for ''7th Francophone Games''), were held in Nice, France, from September 6-15. This was the second edition of the games to be hosted in France and the fi ...
.
Career statistics
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Messoudi, Zakaria
1993 births
Living people
Footballers from Casablanca
Canadian men's soccer players
Canada men's youth international soccer players
Moroccan men's footballers
Moroccan emigrants to Canada
CF Montréal players
Ottawa Fury FC players
FC Montreal players
Men's association football midfielders
USL Championship players
Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
CF Montréal U23 players
Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Homegrown Players (MLS)
Ligue1 Québec players
CS Mont-Royal Outremont players