Rachid Tiberkanine

Rachid Tiberkanine (born 28 March 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and forward. Born in Belgium, he represented Morocco at international level.

Rachid Tiberkanine
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-03-28) 28 March 1985
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Youth career
Liège
Germinal Beerschot
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Ajax 0 (0)
2006–2007 Bayer Leverkusen II 25 (3)
2007–2008 FC Moscow
2008 → FC Daugava (loan) 19 (3)
2008–2010 Levski Sofia 14 (3)
2010–2011 Dubai Club 16 (11)
2015–2016 Olympique de Khouribga 55 (5)
2016–2018 FUS 9 (0)
2017–2018 → Al Kharaitiyat (loan) 29 (19)
2018–2019 Al-Sailiya 18 (13)
2019–2023 Al Kharaitiyat 63 (34)
International career‡
2015 Morocco 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:53, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:40, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Born in Antwerp, Belgium,[1] Tiberkanine holds dual Belgian-Moroccan nationality.[2]

Club career

Tiberkanine spent his early career with Liège and Germinal Beerschot.[2] He signed a professional contract with Dutch club Ajax in 2004, but never made a first-team appearance.[2] He moved to German club Bayer Leverkusen in June 2006.[3] After playing for their second team,[4] he moved to Russian club FC Moscow, who in turn loaned him to Latvian club FC Daugava.[2] He next moved to Bulgarian club Levski Sofia,[2] and later played for Emirati club Dubai Club and Moroccan club Olympique de Khouribga.[1] He signed for FUS in July 2016.[5] He joined Qatari club Al Kharaitiyat on loan in 2017.[1][6] He joined Qatari club Al-Sailiya in 2018.[1][7] He joined Qatari club Al Kharaitiyat in 2019.[1][8]

International career

After playing youth football for Belgium, he later declared his international allegiance to Morocco.[2]

References
  1. Rachid Tiberkanine at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. Gunther De Vos (12 June 2009). "Jeugdproduct Rachid Tiberkanine van G. Beerschot wordt Bulgaars kampioen met Levski Sofia" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. "Tiberkanine verruilt Ajax voor Leverkusen" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. Rachid Tiberkanine at fussballdaten.de (in German)
  5. "RACHID TIBERKANINE FUSSISTE POUR TROIS ANS" (in French). Fath Union Sport. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. "Profile". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  7. "Rachid Tiberkanine signs with Al-Sailiya SC". elbotola.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  8. "Rachid Tiberkanine signs with Al Kharaitiyat SC". Kooora.com. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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