Khalid Askri
Personal information
Full name Khalid Askri[1]
Date of birth (1981-03-20) 20 March 1981[1]
Place of birth Missour, Morocco
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Raja Casablanca
Number 61
Youth career
1992–1998 FAR Rabat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2012 FAR Rabat 199 (0)
2011Chabab Rif Al Hoceima (loan) - (0)
2012Raja Casablanca (loan) 10 (0)
2012– Raja Casablanca 71 (0)
International career
2013 Morocco 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Khalid Askri (born 20 March 1981) is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Raja Casablanca. He played for FAR Rabat for over 12 years.

Career

FAR Rabat

At the 2010 Moroccan Throne Cup, in a match against MAS Fez, Askri blocked a penalty shootout but failed to grab the ball and instead went to celebrate his save. Meanwhile, the ball spun into the goal and Rabat lost the penalty shootout with a score of 7-6.[2]

Raja Casablanca

Askri contributed to Casablanca's win against Clube Atlético Mineiro by preventing two goals[3] from Fernandinho and .[4] Casablanca's win brought them to the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup finals against FC Bayern Munich.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2013. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
  2. "Is this soccer's dumbest keeper?". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 14 September 2010. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. "Raja Casablanca 3-1 Atlético Mineiro | Club World Cup semi-final match report". Press Association. 19 December 2013 via www.theguardian.com.
  4. "Morocco's Raja stuns Ronaldinho's Atletico at Club World Cup". Al Arabiya English. 19 December 2013.
  5. "'Unluckiest goalkeeper in the world' Khalid Askri has Raja Casablanca rolling at Club World Cup". The National.


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