Abdeljalil Hadda ( ar, عبدالجليل حدّا; born 23 March 1972), sometimes nicknamed Kamatcho, is a Moroccan retired

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Born in

Meknes Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th c ...

, Hadda started playing for local CODM, moving to

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for

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in 1996. After a spell in

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he signed with

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, going on to appear irregularly for the

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side in

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and also being loaned to Yokohama F. Marinos. Released by Real Sporting in 2001, Kamatcho returned to

Club Africain Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis that competes in the Tunisian Championship. It fields several sports teams, including football, handball, basketball, swimming and volleyball. The foot ...

for one more season, then moved back to his country, where he retired two years later at the age of 32.

International career

A Morocco international on 41 occasions (19 goals), Hadda appeared for the country at the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for t ...

, where he scored twice in three games in an eventual group stage exit. He also participated in the

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and

2000 African Cup of Nations The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was co-hosted by Ghana and Nigeria, who jointly replaced Zimbabwe as host. Just like in 1998, the field ...

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hadda goal''.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadda, Abdeljalil 1972 births Living people People from Meknes Moroccan footballers Association football forwards Botola players COD Meknès players Maghreb de Fès players Ittihad FC players Club Africain players Segunda División players Sporting de Gijón players J1 League players Yokohama F. Marinos players Morocco international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1998 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of Nations players 2002 African Cup of Nations players Moroccan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Tunisia Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Japan Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Spain