 Sektioui in action forPorto (left) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Tarik Sektioui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1977-05-13)13 May 1977 (age 48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fez, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Morocco A' (manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Maghreb Fès | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Auxerre | 5 | (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 Fès | 12 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 228 | (43) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Morocco U20 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Morocco | 21 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Maghreb Fès | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Wydad Fès | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Maghreb Fès | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Morocco U19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Moghreb Tétouan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | RS Berkane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Emirates Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Union Touarga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Maghreb Fès | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Morocco U23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Morocco A' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tarik Sektioui (Arabic:طارق السكتيوي; born 13 May 1977) is a Moroccan professionalfootball coach and former player who currently manages theMorocco A' national football team.
He spent most of his professional career in the Netherlands and Portugal, amassingEredivisie totals of 142 games and 29 goals over the course of eight seasons forWillem II,AZ andRKC in the former, and winning several honours withPorto in the latter. A full international forMorocco, he represented the side at the2008 Africa Cup of Nations.
Sektioui began managing in 2013 in his first of three spells atMaghreb de Fès, winning theMoroccan Throne Cup with them in 2016 and theCAF Confederation Cup withRS Berkane in2019–20. He led three other clubs in theBotola and had a brief spell in theUAE Pro League withEmirates Club.
Born inFez, Sektioui played two seasons at French clubAuxerre, failing to establish with the first team and also appearing sparingly for thereserves during his spell. He arrived at the Netherlands andTilburg'sWillem II in January 2000 from Swiss sideNeuchâtel Xamax, going on to play a major role and eventually gainingcaptaincy.
In the2004–05 campaign, Sektioui switched toAZ thus returning to theEredivisie. During his two-year tenure, he scored some vital goals and formed an efficient attacking partnership withShota Averladze.[1]
After an uneventful loan stint in 1999 withMarítimo, Sektioui returned toPortugal in July 2006 afterCo Adriaanse (also his coach at Willem II) signed him forPorto.[2] He would find the adjustment difficult, and spent the second half of the season on loan to another Dutch team,RKC Waalwijk. On 3 February 2007, he played his first game, againstNAC Breda.[3]
Even though Adriaanse was gone, Sektioui was recalled for2007–08, and was a key member of the squad coached byJesualdo Ferreira that retained thePrimeira Liga title with five matches remaining. On the fourth day ofthe group stage of theUEFA Champions League, he scored arguably the best goal of the night after overtaking fiveMarseille defenders before hitting home beyond the goalkeeper;[4] Porto eventually reached theround-of-16, ousted bySchalke 04 onpenalties.
On 2 July 2009, after having featured rarely for Porto duringthe campaign – 17 appearances all competitions comprised – Sektioui moved toAjman Club in theUnited Arab Emirates, on a one-year deal.[5] He retired after one season aged 33, but later went back on his decision and joined his very first professional club, his hometown'sMaghreb Fès.
AMoroccan international since 2001, Sektioui represented his nation in the2008 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring apenalty in the 5–1 rout ofNamibia.[6]
After coaching at theMohammed VI Football Academy, Sektioui was hired on a three-year deal at Maghreb de Fès, afterAzzedine Aït Djoudi left forJS Kabylie.[7] After a spell atWydad AC he returned to his relegated local club for two years in July 2016.[8] On 20 November, he won theMoroccan Throne Cup with a 2–1 victory overOC Safi inthe final inLaayoune.[9]
In February 2019, Sektioui moved toMoghreb Tétouan on an 18-month deal for a salary of 120,000Moroccan dirhams. Thenorthern club was ranked in 14th.[10] He was dismissed in July for undisclosed breach of contract.[11]
Sektioui signed a two-year deal atRS Berkane in September 2019.[12] On 25 October of the following year, his team won theCAF Confederation Cup with a 1–0 win over Egypt'sPyramids inthe final inRabat.[13] He resigned on 7 March 2021 after a 2–1 defeat toAS FAR.[14]
He moved to his first foreign managerial job at newly promotedUAE Pro League sideEmirates Club for the 2021–22 season.[15] He resigned on 27 December, having taken one point in 12 games for the last-placed club.[16]
In 2022, Sektioui returned to his country's top flight, atUnion de Touarga.[17] In July 2023, he returned to Maghreb de Fès.[18] On 29 February 2024, Sektioui was appointed head coach of theMorocco national under-23 football team by theRoyal Moroccan Football Federation to replaceIssame Charaï.[19]
Sektioui's older brother,Abdelhadi, was also a footballer and manager. He was employed by Maghreb Fès in both roles too.[7]
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