Hicham Kanis

Hicham Kanis (Arabic: هشام كانيس‎; born 16 August 1997) is an Italy-born Moroccan football player. He also holds Italian citizenship.

Hicham Kanis
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-16) 16 August 1997
Place of birth Vimercate, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Pergolettese
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2012 Renate
2012–2014 AlbinoLeffe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 AlbinoLeffe 13 (4)
2016–2019 Novara 1 (0)
2017 → Catanzaro (loan) 14 (0)
2018 → Sion II (loan)
2018–2019 → Cuneo (loan) 34 (10)
2019–2020 Fano 21 (2)
2020–2021 Renaissance Zemamra 2 (0)
2021– Pergolettese 2 (0)
National team‡
2016 Morocco U20 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 May 2017

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for AlbinoLeffe on 10 October 2015 in a game against Pavia and scored a goal on his debut.[1] On 17 February 2018, Hicham scored a double hat-trick in the opening 36 minutes against Pro Piacenza in a Serie C match, that eventually finished 20–0 to Cuneo.

On 2 September 2019, he signed a 1-year contract with Fano.[2]

After playing for the first half of the 2020–21 season in the Moroccan Botola league, on 22 January 2021 he returned to Italy and signed with Serie C club Pergolettese.[3]

International career

Kanis was born in Italy and is of Moroccan descent. He was a youth international for Morocco.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 10 October 2015.
  2. "IN ARRIVO DAL NOVARA L'ESTERNO D'ATTACCO HICHAM KANIS!" (Press release) (in Italian). Fano. 2 September 2019.
  3. "KANIS HICHAM IN ARRIVO ALLA PERGOLETTESE" (in Italian). Pergolettese. 22 January 2021.
  4. http://www.africatopsports.com, Publié par Rodolph TOMEGAH pour Africa Top SportsJournaliste à Africa Top Sports Premier portail sportif Africain (7 November 2016). "Maroc U20: Un stage et deux matchs amicaux contre le Portugal".
  5. "Hicham Kanis convocato con la Nazionale del Marocco U20".
  6. "EN U20: Stage de préparation et participation au Tournoi International de Cotif - الموقع الرسمي للجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم". www.frmf.ma.


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