Aymen Barkok

Aymen Barkok (Arabic: أيمن برقوق; born 21 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger for Bundesliga club Mainz 05. Born in Germany, he plays for the Morocco national team.[1][2][3]

Aymen Barkok
Barkok in August 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-21) 21 May 1998
Place of birth Frankfurt, Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, right winger
Team information
Current team
 Mainz 05
Number 4
Youth career
SG Praunheim
Rot-Weiss Frankfurt
0000–2013 Kickers Offenbach
2013–2016 Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Eintracht Frankfurt 58 (4)
2018–2020 → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 15 (0)
2022– Mainz 05 24 (0)
International career‡
2014 Germany U16 1 (0)
2014 Germany U17 2 (0)
2017 Germany U21 1 (0)
2020– Morocco 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022

Club career

On 20 October 2016, Barkok, previously playing with the under-19s, signed his first professional contract with Frankfurt, lasting until 2020.[4]

Barkok made his professional debut for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on 20 November 2016 in an away match against Werder Bremen, coming on for Mijat Gaćinović in the 75th minute. Barkok went on to score the winning goal for Frankfurt in the final minute of the game, with the match finishing as a 2–1 victory.[5]

On 19 May 2018, Barkok joined Bundesliga newcomers Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan for the 2018–19 season.[6]

On 31 January 2022, Mainz 05 announced that Barkok signed a three-year contract with the club, beginning on 1 July 2022.[7]

International career

Barkok was born in Germany.[8] He is a former youth international for Germany. He switched allegiances to represent his home country, Morocco national team. He debuted for them in a friendly 3–1 win over Senegal on 9 October 2020.[9]

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt

Individual

References
  1. Aymen Barkok at WorldFootball.net
  2. "أيمن بركوك – Aymen Barkok". kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. "Spielersteckbrief Aymen Barkok". kicker (in German).
  4. "SGE-Nachwuchspieler Barkok bekommt Profivertrag" [SGE youth player Barkok gets professional contract]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  5. "Kovacs Joker sorgen für nächsten Bremer Tiefschlag" [Kovač's super-sub provides Bremen's next low blow]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  6. "Aymen Barkok joins Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan". Eintracht Frankfurt. 19 June 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. "BARKOK TO JOIN MAINZ 05 THIS SUMMER". Mainz 05. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. "Aymen Barkok entre le Maroc et la Mannschaft". Le360 Sport (in French). Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  9. "Morocco vs. Senegal - 9 October 2020". Soccerway.
  10. "Fritz-Walter-Medaillen in Gold für Özcan, Arp und Feldkamp" (in German). German Football Association. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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