Nassir Maachi (born 9 September 1985) is a Dutch

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for De Posthoorn. He also works as a youth coach for the club.

Club career

Maachi began his career as a youth player at

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

. He made his first team debut during the 2005–06 season and spent the following year on loan with

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

. He joined Cambuur in 2008 and spent three seasons with the club before being transferred to

Zwolle Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is on ...

, initially on loan and then permanently during the summer of 2011. In summer 2012, Maachi joined technical director

Kevin Hofland Kevin Hofland (born 7 June 1979) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, and was last the head coach of Eerste Divisie club Willem II. A centre back during his career, Hofland played 15 active seasons in which he amassed Er ...

at Cypriot side

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

. After an unsuccessful stint in Albania, Maachi moved to Birkirkara in January 2015. In the next two years he played in Cyprus for

Pafos FC Pafos FC ( el, Πάφος FC) is a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was created in 2014, by the merger of the two biggest teams of Paphos, AEP Paphos and AEK Kouklia. They play their home games at the Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, ...

and

Nea Salamina Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta ( el, Νέα Σαλαμίνα Αμμοχώστου) is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis (or Salam ...

. On 18 June 2016, the newly promoted to Greek Super League club

Apollon Smyrni Apollon Smyrnis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Σμύρνης), or in its full name Gymnasticos Syllogos Apollon Smyrnis ( el, links=no, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης, ''Gymnastics Club Apollon o ...

officially announced the signing of the experienced Dutch-Moroccan forward on a free transfer. At the end of August 2018, Maachi joined

VV DOVO VV DOVO, short for Voetbalvereniging Door Ons Vrienden Opgericht, is a football club from Veenendaal, Netherlands. History The club was founded in 1933 as DVO and later changed its name to DOVO to set itself apart from a nearby club with an ide ...

which competes in the Derde Divisie. At the end of 2018 he left there again to return to

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

. At the end of November 2019, Maachi returned to his former youth club,

SV Huizen SV Huizen is an association football club from Huizen, Netherlands. History The club became Dutch national amateur champions in 1974 and in 2003. In 2001, Huizen won the Regional Cup of the now defunct Central soccer district. In 2016 it Huizen ...

, where he also would work as a youth coach. He began playing for De Posthoorn in 2021.

References

External links

Player profile
- Birkirkara

Nassir Maachi Interview
1985 births Living people People from Naarden Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent Dutch footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus FC Utrecht players FC Dordrecht players SC Cambuur players PEC Zwolle players AEK Larnaca FC players Flamurtari FC players Birkirkara F.C. players Pafos FC players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Alki Oroklini players VV DOVO players ASIL Lysi players Maltese Premier League players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Super League Greece players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Malta Expatriate footballers in Greece Men's association football forwards SV Huizen players Footballers from North Holland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Malta Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate footballers in Albania {{Morocco-footy-forward-stub