Abdelkrim El Hadrioui (; born 6 March 1972) is a retired Moroccan professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Career

Born in Taza, Hadrioui began his career at AS.FAR, helping them win one league title. In January 1997, after the sale of Dimas to Juventus, Mário Wilson, who managed AS.FAR a year before, recommend him to Benfica, who subsequently signed him. He made his league debut on 1 March 1997 in a 3–1 loss against Chaves and quickly took the starting role from Pedro Henriques. He scored his first and only goal for Benfica on the 1997 Taça de Portugal Final lost to Boavista. After the arrival of Scott Minto and Graeme Souness, his influence was greatly reduced, only appearing sporadically throughout his second year, but still bagged 20 matches, for a total for 28 appearances for Benfica.

Abdelkrim El Hadrioui

In 1998, he moved to AZ Alkmaar, becoming an undisputed starter, and even attracting attention of other clubs, such as Celtic in August 2000. After four seasons at Alkmaar, El Hadrioui moved to Belgian, playing for two years with Charleroi, retiring in 2005 at the age of 33 years after a one-year spell with Ittihad Khemisset.

Abdelkrim El Hadrioui

Internationally, he was a member of the Morocco national football team that competed at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States and 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. He also participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Abdelkrim El Hadrioui

Career statistics

International goals

References

External links

1972 births

Living people

Moroccan men's footballers

Moroccan expatriate men's footballers

Morocco men's international footballers

1994 FIFA World Cup players

1998 FIFA World Cup players

Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Olympic footballers for Morocco

1998 African Cup of Nations players

2000 African Cup of Nations players

AS FAR (football club) players

S.L. Benfica footballers

R. Charleroi S.C. players

AZ Alkmaar players

Eredivisie players

Primeira Liga players

Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal

Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands

Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium

Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal

Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands

Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium

Men's association football defenders

People from Taza

IZ Khemisset players

Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Morocco

Mediterranean Games medalists in football

Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games