Tarik Sektioui

Tarik Sektioui

Sektioui in action for Porto (left)
Personal information
Full name	Tarik Sektioui
Date of birth	(1977-05-13) 13 May 1977
Place of birth	Fes, Morocco
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	RS Berkane (Manager)
Youth career
	Maghreb Fez
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Maghreb Fez
1997–1999	Auxerre	2	(0)
1999	→ Marítimo (loan)	2	(0)
1999	Neuchâtel Xamax	9	(0)
2000–2004	Willem II	85	(19)
2004–2006	AZ	48	(10)
2006–2009	Porto	36	(7)
2007	→ RKC (loan)	9	(0)
2009–2010	Ajman Club	25	(3)
2010–2011	Maghreb Fez	12	(4)
Total		228	(43)
International career
2001–2008	Morocco	18	(5)
Managerial career
2013	Maghreb Fez
2014–2015	Wydad
2016–2019	Maghreb Fez
2018–2019	Morocco U-19
2019	Moghreb Tétouan
2019–	RS Berkane
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tarik Sektioui (Template:Lang-ar; born 13 May 1977) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a right winger, and a current manager of RS Berkane.

He spent most of his professional career in the Netherlands and Portugal, amassing Eredivisie totals of 142 games and 29 goals over the course of eight seasons.

Club career

Born in Fes, Sektioui played two seasons at French club AJ Auxerre, failing to establish with the first team and also appearing sparingly for the reserves during his spell. He arrived at the Netherlands and Tilburg's Willem II in January 2000 from Swiss side Neuchâtel Xamax, going on to play a major role and eventually gaining captaincy.

In the 2004–05 campaign, Sektioui switched to AZ Alkmaar thus returning to the Eredivisie. During his two-year tenure, he scored some vital goals and formed an efficient attacking partnership with Shota Averladze.

After an uneventful loan stint in 1999 with C.S. Marítimo, Sektioui returned to Portugal in July 2006 after Co Adriaanse (also his coach at Willem II) signed him for FC Porto. He would find the adjustment difficult, and spent the second half of the season on loan to yet another Dutch team, RKC Waalwijk. On 3 February 2007, he played his first game, against NAC Breda.

Even though Adriaanse was gone, Sektioui was recalled for 2007–08, and was a key member of the squad coached by Jesualdo Ferreira that retained the Primeira Liga title with five matches remaining. On the fourth day of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, he scored arguably the best goal of the night after overtaking five Olympique de Marseille defenders before hitting home beyond the goalkeeper; Porto eventually reached the round-of-16, ousted by Schalke 04 on penalties.

On 2 July 2009, after having featured rarely for Porto during the campaign – 17 appearances all competitions comprised – Sektioui moved to Ajman Club in the United Arab Emirates, on a one-year deal. He retired after one season aged 33, but later went back on his decision and joined his very first professional club, hometown's MAS Fez.

International career

A Moroccan international since 2001, Sektioui represented his nation in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring a penalty in the 5–1 rout of Namibia.

Honours

Player

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
• Taça de Portugal: 2008–09
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2006

MAS Fès

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2011

Manager

MAS Fès

• Moroccan Throne Cup: 2016

RS Berkane

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2020

External links

• Tarik Sektioui at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• PortuGOAL profile
• Tarik Sektioui at National-Football-Teams.com
• Tarik Sektioui – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Tarik Sektioui at Soccerway
• Template:FootballDatabase.eu