Soufiane Karkache (born 2 July 1999) is a Belgian-Moroccan footballer who plays for Wydad AC.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Wydad AC | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Efj Molenbeek | |||
| Union Saint-Gilloise | |||
| Anderlecht | |||
| 2015–2018 | Club Brugge | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | MC Oujda | 21 | (3) |
| 2019 | RS Berkane | 5 | (0) |
| 2020– | Wydad AC | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2014–2015 | Belgium U16 | 7 | (9) |
| 2015 | Belgium U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Belgium U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Belgium U19 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Brussels, Soufiane grew up in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean with his Moroccan parents from Oujda. His father, Abdelaziz Kerkache is a former football player and later manager, who played in Belgium.[3] Soufiane joined the RWDM Brussels, formerly known as Efj Molenbeek, at a very young age before joining the Union Saint-Gilloise, and then Anderlecht.[4]
Karkache joined Club Brugge in 2015.[5] During his time at Brugge, Karkache attracted interest from a lot of clubs, including LOSC Lille and West Bromwich Albion.[6]
For personal reasons, Karkache left Belgium and moved father's hometown, Oujda, where he grew up. He signed with MC Oujda, where his father, Abdelaziz, at the time was the head coach of.[7] Despite interest from two clubs at the end of the 2018-19 season, both from Ligue 1 and the Belgian First Division A,[8] Karkache decided to stay in Morocco and joined RS Berkane.
At the end of December 2019, he signed with Wydad AC.[9]