Mohamed El Makrini

Mohamed El Makrini (born 6 July 1987) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Norwegian Eliteserien club IK Start.

Mohamed El Makrini
Personal information
Full name Mohamed El Makrini
Date of birth (1987-07-06) 6 July 1987
Place of birth Utrecht, Netherlands
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Start
Number 4
Youth career
CDW
USV Elinkwijk
2001–2004 Den Bosch
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2011 Den Bosch 97 (8)
2011–2015 Cambuur 122 (2)
2015–2017 OB 46 (1)
2017–2019 Roda JC Kerkrade 62 (1)
2019–2020 Kilmarnock 21 (2)
2020– Start 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 December 2020

Career

Born in Utrecht, El Makrini started his youth career at SV CDW in Wijk bij Duurstede, after which he moved to USV Elinkwijk. At USV, he stood out among the scouts of FC Den Bosch, who brought him to their academy. As a youth, he mostly played in attacking midfield. After his transfer to Den Bosch, El Makrini was labeled as a big talent, which earned him a professional contract at a young age. As a result, he was invited to the Morocco national under-20 team. El Makrini played for FC Den Bosch for six seasons, in which he made more than 130 appearances, including matches in the KNVB Cup tournament, league playoffs and the league. After moving to the first team of Den Bosch, he was utilised as a right back, midfielder and right winger. In his last year at FC Den Bosch, El Makrini played mostly in defensive midfield.

In the summer of 2011, El Makrini signed a one-year contract with SC Cambuur.[1] With the club, he won the second-tier Eerste Divisie championship in the 2012–13 season and thus achieved promotion to the Eredivisie. There, he made 32 league appearances during the 2013–14 season. His stay at Cambuur eventually lasted four seasons.

On 1 July 2015, El Makrini moved to Danish Superliga club OB, signing a two-year contract.[2] In the Superliga, El Makrini also made an impact. In January 2017, he was signed by Dutch side Roda JC Kerkrade for a transfer fee of €150,000.[3] In his first six months at the club, they suffered relegation from the Eredivisie. El Makrini remained in Kerkrade despite the relegation and played one season in the second tier.

On 9 July 2019, El Makrini moved to Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock on a one-year contract.[4] He scored his first goal for the club on 14 September 2019, in a 2–0 home win against Hibernian.[5] A year later, El Makrini signed for Norwegian club IK Start.[6][7]

Honours

Club

SC Cambuur

References
  1. "SC Cambuur neemt El Makrini over van FC Den Bosch" (in Dutch). VI. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. "El Makrini kiest voor Deens avontuur bij Odense" (in Dutch). VI. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. "Roda JC legt El Makrini vast" (in Dutch). Roda JC Kerkrade. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. "Mohamed El Makrini: Dutch midfielder joins Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  5. Idessane, Kheredine (14 September 2019). "Kilmarnock 2–0 Hibernian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. "Erfaren midtbanekriger klar for Start". IK Start (in Norwegian). 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  7. "Mohamed El Makrini leaves to join IK Start". Kilmarnock FC. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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