Abdelkrim Merry (born 13 January 1955), nicknamed Krimau, is a Moroccan former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club 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, Krimau spent his entire professional career in France, reaching the

1978 UEFA Cup Final The 1978 UEFA Cup Final was a football match played on 26 April 1978 and 9 May 1978 between PSV Eindhoven of Netherlands and SEC Bastia of France. PSV won the tie 3–0 on aggregate, with a 3–0 victory at home following a goalless draw in Ba ...

with

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International career

Krimau was part of the Morocco national team's squad at the

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, and scored one goal in a 3–1 win against Portugal. In 13 international matches from 1976 to 1989, Krimau scored five goals.

Coaching career

In the summer of 2012, Krimau started his coaching career with

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Retirement

Krimau appears every week in a TV Show called ''Prolongation'' on

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TV.

References

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