Fouad Idabdelhay (born 2 May 1988) is a Dutch

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who most recently played for

Wydad Casablanca Wydad Athletic Club (, ), often known outside Morocco as Wydad Casablanca, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that competes in Botola, the top tier of the Moroccan football ...

Biography

Born in

Bergen op Zoom Bergen op Zoom (; called ''Berrege'' in the Brabantian dialect, local dialect) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southwestern Netherlands. It is located in the Province ...

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to Moroccan parents, Idabdelhay made his début in 2007/2008 against Stormvogels Telstar Reserves in the

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; ), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside the N ...

. He replaced Matthew Amoah in the attack in the 78th minute. Three minutes later, he scored the winning goal for NAC Breda. A few days later, he made his Eredivisie debut against

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

. Short before the final whistle he replaced Viktor Sikora. On 22 January 2008, Idabdelhay scored his first Eredivisie goal against

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...

, before he was substituted 18 minutes before the final whistle. A few minutes later he scored the 1–1 for NAC Breda. In the last minute he scored his second goal, and gave NAC the victory. A week later, against

Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; ), shortly as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or simply Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. The c ...

, Idabdelhay was substituted in the 68th minute. In the same minute he was substituted, he scored the 2–0 goal, which was also the final result. On 13 July 2011, Idabelhay signed a two-year contract with the German

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side

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section. The footba ...

, but he was released six months later. In February 2013, Idabdelhay signed with

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

until the end of the season, scoring 7 goals. After leaving FC Dordrecht, Idabdelhay signed with

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...

. In August 2014, Idabdelhay signed a three-year contract with

. After only one game for Wydad Casablanca, Idabdelhay suffered a back injury. After not being paid by Wydad Idabdelhay was set to be loaned to

Chabab Rif Al Hoceima Chabab Rif Al-Hoceima, also referred to as CRA, is a Moroccan football club based in Al Hoceima Al Hoceima () is a city in the north of Morocco, on the northern edge of the Rif Mountains and on the Mediterranean coast. It is the capital city ...

, but the deal fell through, due to not being paid his owed salary by Wydad. Idabdelhay left Wydad after not being paid for three months.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Idabdelhay, Fouad 1988 births Living people Footballers from Bergen op Zoom Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers 21st-century Dutch sportsmen NAC Breda players RKC Waalwijk players VfL Osnabrück players Wydad AC players AEL Limassol players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players 3. Liga players Cypriot First Division players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Men's association football forwards