Hassan Kachloul

Infobox Football biography
playername = Hassan Kachloul


fullname = Hassan Kachloul
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|02|19
cityofbirth = Agadir
countryofbirth = Morocco
height = height|ft=6|in=1
position = Midfielder
currentclub = unattached
clubnumber =
youthyears = 1988-1991
youthclubs = Nîmes Olympique
years = 1992–1995
1995–1998
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998–2001
2001–2004
2003–2004
2005
clubs = Nîmes Olympique
FC Metz
→ USL Dunkerque (loan)
→ AS Saint-Étienne (loan)
Southampton
Aston Villa
→ Wolves (loan)
Livingston
caps(goals) = 86 (21)
07 0(0)
28 0(6)
16 0(0)
86 (14)
22 0(2)
04 0(0)
08 0(2)
nationalyears = 1994–2002
nationalteam = flagicon|Morocco Morocco
nationalcaps(goals) = 12 0(0)
pcupdate = 1 December 2007
ntupdate =

Hassan Kachloul ( _ar. حسان كشلول) (born 19 February, 1973 in Agadir) is a Moroccan football player. He played for the Moroccan national team and was a squad member at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Although born in Morocco, he was raised in Belleville in France. He therefore spent his early career in French football, with Nîmes Olympique, before signing for FC Metz, who loaned him to USL Dunkerque and AS Saint-Étienne respectively.

After being released by his parent club FC Metz at his own request, he spent a spell searching for a new club before moving to England, joining top flight Southampton in October 1998. He remained at The Dell until June 2001 when he eventually joined Aston Villa after his contract expired. He had originally made a verbal agreement to join Ipswich Town [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/teams/a/aston_villa/1389099.stm Kachloul opts for Ipswich] ] , but changed his mind at the last minute to head to Villa Park.

Kachloul was signed by John Gregory and played almost all his games for the club under him. After Gregory resigned in January 2002, he was frozen out by, firstly, Graham Taylor, and later David O'Leary.

The midfielder left Aston Villa in July 2004, after failing to appear for the club in the 2003/04 season. He had spent five months on loan at fellow Premier League side Wolves during the campaign, but had only managed 4 games, after suffering injury and illness.

After a spell as a free agent, he joined Livingston, where he helped the club avoid relegation, scoring with his first touch, a free-kick against Dunfermline. His time at Livingston was somewhat overshadowed due to the suspicious circumstances of his transfer.

As he had joined as a free agent, and was signed outside the transfer window, he played under 'amateur' status. However, this was found to be unsound as he was discovered to be receiving an income from Livingston. The SPL ruled that as the player could have been signed as a professional and there had been no need to sign him as an amateur on March 31, 2005 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/4101174.stm SPL decision on Livingston Santion] ] . Livingston argued that they had gained no competitive advantage from this situation, and as a result demands for a points deduction were not followed and the club were just fined £15,000. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/4602415.stm Livi fined over Kachloul signing] ]

After leaving Livingston, he had a trial at Derby County in late 2005, but was not signed and remains without a club.

References

External links

* [http://www.icons.com/kachloul/home.html Player's website at www.icons.com]
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