Chakib Benzoukane

Chakib Benzoukane

Personal information
Full name	Chakib Benzoukane
Date of birth	7 August 1986 (1986-08-07) (age 25)
Place of birth	Marrakech, Morocco
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Free agent
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2007	Kawkab Marrakech
2007–2010	Levski Sofia	34	(0)
National team‡
2009–	Morocco	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:20, 9 January 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:03, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Chakib Benzoukane (born 7 August 1986 in Marrakech) is a Moroccan footballer who is a free agent. He plays for the Moroccan national team.

Career

He started his career in Kawkab Marrakech.

Levski Sofia

Benzoukane had many injuries during his playing for Levski. That become the reason, he missed the first part of 2008/2009 season. On 8 April 2009, he returned to the squad.He became a Champion of Bulgaria in 2009.

On 17 May 2010, Benzoukane renew his contract until 30 June 2012.

During the month of October 2010, he was involved in a number of disciplinary breaches, which threatened his place in the Levski team. In January 2011 his contract was mutually terminated and Benzoukane is now a free agent.

International

In 2005 he got to the semi-finals in the FIFA U-20 World Cup with Morocco U20.

In September 2009, he received his first call-up to the senior team of his country. On 10 October 2009, Benzoukane made his debut for Morocco, playing the full 90 minutes and earning himself a booking in the 1:3 away loss to Gabon in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match.^[1] On 10 August 2010, he was once again called up to the national team of Morocco for the debut of the new manager Eric Gerets.

Career Stats

As of 9 January 2011.

Club	Season	League		Cups		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
PFC Levski Sofia	2007–08	6	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
PFC Levski Sofia	2008–09	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
PFC Levski Sofia	2009–10	19	0	2	0	5	0	26	0
PFC Levski Sofia	2010–11	6	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
Career totals		34	0	3	0	9	0	46	0

Honours

• A PFG: 2008-09
• Bulgarian Supercup: 2009

References

1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualifiers". FIFA com. 2009-10-10. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=252295/match=300070332/index.html. Retrieved 2009-11-16. 

• Benzoukane profile at Levski Official site

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Name	Benzoukane, Chakib
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Date of birth	7 August 1986
Place of birth	Marrakech, Morocco
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