Laakkad Abdelhadi (born 27 April 1977) is a Moroccan retired professional

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. He played for

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in the

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(LPIS). He previously played for

Woodlands Wellington FC Woodlands Wellington Football Club is an inactive professional football club which played in the S.League, the top division of football in Singapore. They are based in Woodlands at the 4,300 seater Woodlands Stadium, where they have played sinc ...

in the

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. He is the all-time top goalscorer for

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, whom he played for in the

between 2006 and 2008, and again in 2010.

Career

Woodlands Wellington FC

Laakkad was introduced to the

in 2006 when he was signed up from

KAC 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 Divis ...

as one of

's foreigners for the 2006 S.League season. He proved to be a successful signing as he ended up as the top scorer in the 2006 S.League season, scoring 23 goals in his debut season with the

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Goal Of The Year award in the 2008 S.League season. In view of his impressive displays, Laakkad was supposed to join

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during the 2009 off-season but niggling injuries hampered the transfer and it was eventually called off. As a result, he spent a year away from football to recover from his injury. Laakkad returned to

during the

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season and achieved two personal milestones during that year. He made his 100th appearance for Woodlands in a match against the

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, in which he also scored a goal to mark the occasion, and also surpassed

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's all-time top scorer record by scoring 10 goals in 30 appearances, bringing his total tally to 67 goals in 129 appearances.

Medan Chiefs

After the 2010 season, Laakkad was released by Woodlands. He would soon join

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side Medan Chiefs, rejoining former Woodlands coach

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and teammate Luis Eduardo Hicks in the

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-based club.

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* 1977 births Men's association football forwards Moroccan expatriate men's footballers Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Moroccan men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Living people Woodlands Wellington FC players Singapore Premier League players Pro Duta FC players Indonesian Premier Division players KAC Marrakech players Botola players Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Singapore People from Safi, Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore Lion City Sailors FC players {{Morocco-footy-forward-stub