Tarik Sektioui

Tarik Sektioui

Sektioui in action for Porto (left)
Personal information
Full name Tarik Sektioui
Date of birth (1977-05-13) 13 May 1977
Place of birth Fes, Morocco
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996–1997 Maghreb Fez
1997–1999 Auxerre 2 (0)
1999 → Marítimo (loan) 2 (0)
1999 Neuchâtel Xamax 9 (0)
2000–2004 Willem II 85 (19)
2004–2006 AZ 48 (10)
2006–2009 Porto 36 (7)
2007 → RKC (loan) 9 (0)
2009–2010 Ajman Club 25 (3)
2010–2011 Maghreb Fez 12 (4)
Total 228 (43)
National team
2001–2008 Morocco 18 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Tarik Sektioui (born 13 May 1977) is a Moroccan retired footballer who played as a right winger.

He spent most of his professional career in the Netherlands and Portugal, amassing Eredivisie totals of 142 games and 29 goals over the course of eight seasons.

Club career

Born in Fes, Sektioui played two seasons at French club AJ Auxerre, failing to establish with the main squad and also appearing sparingly for its reserves during his spell.

He arrived at the Netherlands and Tilburg's Willem II in January 2000, from Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax, playing a major role with his team and eventually gaining club captaincy. In the 2004–05 campaign he switched to AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie, where he scored some vital goals and formed an efficient attacking partnership with Shota Averladze,[1] being subsequently scouted by Stade Rennais F.C. and Borussia Dortmund.

After an uneventful loan stint in 1999 with C.S. Marítimo, in July 2006, Sektioui returned to Portugal, after Co Adriaanse (also his coach at Willem) signed him for FC Porto.[2] He would find the adjustment difficult and spent the second half of the season on loan to yet another Dutch side, RKC Waalwijk. On 3 February 2007 he played his first game, against NAC Breda.[3]

Even though Adriaanse was gone, Sektioui was recalled for 2007–08, and was a key member of the squad coached by Jesualdo Ferreira that retained the league title with five matches remaining. On the fourth day of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League he scored arguably the best goal of the night, overtaking five Olympique de Marseille defenders before hitting home beyond the goalkeeper;[4] Porto eventually reached the round-of-16, ousted by FC Schalke 04 on penalties.

On 2 July 2009, after having featured rarely for Porto during the campaign – only 14 appearances combined – Sektioui moved to Ajman Club in the United Arab Emirates, on a one-year deal.[5] He retired after one season aged 33, but later went back on his decision and joined his very first professional club, hometown's MAS Fez.

International career

A Moroccan international since 2001, Sektioui represented his nation in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring a penalty in the 5–1 rout of Namibia.

Honours

Porto

References

  1. ↑ Sektioui secures AZ success; UEFA.com, 20 October 2005
  2. ↑ Sektioui set for Porto switch; UEFA.com, 13 July 2006
  3. ↑ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
  4. ↑ López leads Porto to Group A summit; UEFA.com, 6 November 2007
  5. ↑ Terik Sektioui joins Ajman of UAE; GOAL.com, 2 July 2009

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