Soufiane Bidaoui (born 20 April 1990) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly referred to by the acronym SPAL (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. During the 2024–25 season the team played in Serie C, the third tier of the Italian foot ...

. Born in Belgium, he represented Morocco at the 2012 Olympics.

Club career

Born in

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, Belgium, Bidaoui has played club football in Belgium for

Westerlo Westerlo () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises seven towns: * Westerlo centrum * * Tongerlo * Heultje * Voortkapel * Oosterwijk * In 2021, Westerlo had a total population of 25,288. Th ...

Roeselare Roeselare (; ; ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Roeselare proper and the towns of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke. The name of the city is derived from two ...

and Lierse. In the summer of 2013, Bidaoui signed a contract with Italian team

Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

. He joined

Crotone Crotone (; ; or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( or ; ), it became a great Greek city, home of the renowned mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras amongst other famous citizens, and one ...

on loan for the 2013–14 season. On 11 July 2016 Bidaoui was signed by

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in a two-year contract, with the option of further season. On 20 August 2018, he joined

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club

Spezia La Spezia (, or ; ; , in the local ) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy. La Spezia is the second-largest city in the Liguri ...

. On 14 January 2021 he signed with Ascoli. On 31 January 2023, Bidaoui moved to

Frosinone Frosinone (; local dialect: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lazio, administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is about southeast of Rome, close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of th ...

on a one-and-a-half-year contract. On 4 September 2024, Bidaoui joined

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on a two-season contract.

International career

Bidaoui represented Morocco at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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* 1990 births Living people Moroccan men's footballers Morocco men's youth international footballers Belgian men's footballers Belgian sportspeople of Moroccan descent Lierse S.K. players K.V.C. Westerlo players K.S.V. Roeselare players Parma Calcio 1913 players FC Crotone players Latina Calcio 1932 players US Avellino 1912 players Spezia Calcio players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Frosinone Calcio players SPAL players Belgian Pro League players Serie B players Serie A players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Moroccan expatriate men's footballers Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Olympic footballers for Morocco Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Belgian sportsmen 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen {{Morocco-footy-midfielder-stub