Khalid Ait Ouarkhane
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Tata, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AS FAR | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | AS FAR | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | AS FAR | 37 | (7) |
| 2022 | → Raja Beni Mellal (loan) | – | (–) |
| 2022–2023 | → JS Soualem (loan) | 23 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Morocco U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Morocco Olympic | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Morocco A' | 0 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 July 2024 | |||
Khalid Aït Ouarkhane (Arabic: خالد آيت أورخان; born 22 April 2000) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for AS FAR.
Club career
Youth and early years at AS FAR
Born in Tata, Aït Ouarkhane joined the youth academy of AS FAR in Rabat at a young age.
On 21 April 2019, he made his professional debut in the Botola against Olympic Safi, coming on as a substitute for Taoufik Safsafi in the 71st minute of a 1–0 loss. Later that season, he made his first start against Moghreb Tétouan in a 2–0 defeat.
In the 2019–20 Botola season, he scored his first professional goal on 4 October 2020 against Raja Beni Mellal in a 3–0 away win.
Returning from loan for the 2023–24 season, he scored his first career brace on 8 February 2024 against SCC Mohammédia, helping AS FAR finish as league runners-up.[2]
Loans to Raja Beni Mellal and JS Soualem
In January 2022, Aït Ouarkhane was loaned to Raja Beni Mellal in the Moroccan second division for six months.
On 9 August 2023, he joined JS Soualem on a season-long loan, making 23 appearances and scoring three goals.
International career
In August 2019, Aït Ouarkhane was called up by Jamal Sellami to the Morocco U20 squad for the 2019 African Games, hosted in Morocco.[3]
In November 2019, he was selected by Mark Wotte for a training camp with the Morocco Olympic team in El Jadida, and took part in two friendly matches against the Gabon Olympic team.[4]
Honours
AS FAR
- Botola Pro runner-up: 2023–24
References
- ^ Khalid Ait Ouarkhane at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Botola Pro D1: AS FAR dominate Chabab Mohammedia". Menara.ma (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Jeux africains 2019: Jamal Sellami dévoile la liste définitive des joueurs". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). 15 August 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Un stage de préparation et un match amical au programme des Lionceaux". Le Matin.ma (in French). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2024.