Riffi Haddaoui (born 24 March 1971) is a Danish former

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player. He played for a number of Danish clubs, most notably

Boldklubben 1893 Boldklubben af 1893, commonly referred to as B.93, is a football club based in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second level of the Danish football league system, after achieving promotion in t ...

(B 93) in the

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, as well as a number of foreign clubs (Sweden: Kiruna FF, England: Torquay United, Finland: Finnpa, China:

Guangzhou Apollo Guangzhou Football Club (), previously Guangzhou Evergrande (), was a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Historically, Guangzhou FC played its home matches at various grounds in their home ci ...

, Norway:

SK Gjøvik-Lyn SK Gjøvik-Lyn is a Norwegian football club based in Gjøvik, which was founded on 1 February 1902 as Sportsklubben Thor. They play in the Norwegian Second Division, the third highest division in the Norwegian football league system. Their home g ...

Playing career

Haddaoui started his career playing for

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Avarta Boldklubben Avarta is a Danish professional football club currently competing in the 3rd division, which ranks as the fourth-highest league in the country. Avarta's home ground is Tømrermester Jim Jensens Park in Rødovre, Copenhagen ...

, where he attracted the attention of Danish Superliga clubs

FC Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen (, ), commonly known as F.C. København, F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, or simply FCK, is a Danish professional football club based in Copenhagen. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklu ...

and

Lyngby FC Lyngby Boldklub () is a professional football club based in Lyngby, Denmark, founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion. The club play in the Danish Superliga. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club has won the Danish c ...

. He was loaned out from Avarta to FC Copenhagen's 1993

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campaign and Lyngby's 1994 UEFA Intertoto Cup campaign but he ended up permanently joining rival 1st Division club B 93 in September 1994. He had a few training sessions with

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side Airdrie in December 1995, but could not agree personally on terms, and he eventually rejoined Avarta in the 1st Division. In March 1996, Haddaoui joined English 3rd Division club

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on loan. He made two appearances as a substitute in his month at the club, before moving to Finnish club

FinnPa Finnairin Palloilijat, or FinnPa as the club is more commonly known as, was a Finnish association football club established in 1965. The club was based in Helsinki and it operated from 1965 to 1998. FinnPa was founded by staff of the Finnish natio ...

for the rest of the season. After a successful season in Finland, where Haddaoui finished as the league's second highest goalscorer, he moved to

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on a 10-month contract in February 1997. He returned to Denmark in August 1997, following reports of cultural shock and poor living from Haddaoui and Danish teammate Kim Rasmussen. Haddaoui joined

Hvidovre IF Hvidovre Idrætsforening, more commonly known as Hvidovre IF () is a Danish association football club from Hvidovre, Capital Region of Denmark. The club competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football, and plays its ...

in the Danish 1st Division and after making 10 goals, he joined the Norwegian Club Gjøvik Lyn. He then moved back to B 93, who had won

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to the Danish Superliga, and Haddaoui scored a single goal in the 1998-99 Superliga season. His single goal was not enough, as B 93 were

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following their single season in the Superliga. In the same season, he won the topscorer prize in the Danish indoor championship for superleague clubs called BT cup. Haddaoui joined

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rivals HIK in the 1st Division in 1999 and played for seasons, making an impressive 48 goals. He was still playing part-time for HIK in the

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in the 2001–02 season, while working as a web consultant for webmagazine ''Ingeniøren''. Riffi, since 2011, is the founder of VI Elsker 90'erne, a big festival caravan in 12 cities in Denmark and Sweden.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haddaoui, Riffi 1971 births Living people Danish men's footballers Boldklubben af 1893 players Brønshøj Boldklub players Hvidovre IF players Torquay United F.C. players F.C. Copenhagen players Guangzhou F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in China Danish expatriate sportspeople in China Danish people of Moroccan descent FinnPa players Men's association football forwards Boldklubben Avarta players PK-35 Vantaa (men) players Veikkausliiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Danish expatriate sportspeople in Finland Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England English Football League players