Adil Karrouchy ( ar, عادل كروشي) is a Moroccan professional

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, who plays as a defender for FAR.

International career

In January 2014, coach

Hassan Benabicha Hassan Benabicha ( ar, حسن بنعبيشة; born 15 April 1964) is a Moroccan football manager and former player. Biography Benabicha played several years for Wydad Casablanca and is counted among the club's most emblematic players. Once his ...

, invited him to be a part of the Moroccan squad for the

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. He helped the team to top group B after drawing with

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

and

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and defeating

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. The team was eliminated from the competition at the quarter-final stage after losing to

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References

Living people Moroccan men's footballers Morocco men's A' international footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players 1982 births Raja CA players AS FAR (football club) players Place of birth missing (living people) Men's association football fullbacks Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi players 2016 African Nations Championship players {{Morocco-footy-defender-stub