Rachid Madkour' (born April 1, 1977) is a former Moroccan footballer who had stints in the Canadian Soccer League, and the USL First Division.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rachid Madkour | ||
| Date of birth | April 1, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Morocco | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position(s) | attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Laval Dynamites | 5 | (3) |
| 2005 | Montreal Impact | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | Laval Dynamites | 16 | (9) |
| 2007 | Trois-Rivières Attak | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 25, 2015 | |||
Playing career edit
Madkour began his professional in North America in the Canadian Professional Soccer League with Laval Dynamites. He recorded his first ha-trick and first goals on June 24, 2005 against London City in a 4-1 victory.[1] Midway through the season he was signed by the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division. His signing was announced on July 11, 2005, and was signed to add extra caliber due to injuries plaguing the Impact's strikers.[2] Madkour made his debut for the club on August 7, 2005 in a match against Atlanta Silverbacks. He would only feature in a single match throughout the entire season for Montreal.[3] Subsequently his contract wasn't renewed the following season.[4]
In 2006, he returned to Laval and had a tremendous season with the club finishing as the team's leading goalscorer with 9 goals. He helped Laval clinch a playoff berth by finishing third in the National Division. In the postseason he appeared in the quarterfinal match against Toronto Croatia, but was ejected from the match by receiving his second red card resulting in 1-0 defeat.[5] In 2007, he signed with newly expansion franchise Trois-Rivieres Attak making his debut for the club on September 1, 2007 in a semi-final match of the Open Canada Cup tournament against the Italia Shooters.[6] He assisted the club in earning their first piece of silverware by claiming the Open Canada Cup, and clinching a playoff berth by finishing second in the National Division.
References edit
- ^ "LAVAL UPSETS LONDON CITY 4-1, CROATIA BEATS DURHAM". Rocket Robin's Home Page. CPSL website. June 25, 2005.
- ^ Vallee, Patrick (July 11, 2005). "The Impact signs Carlos Garcia and Rachid Madkour". impactmontreal.com.
- ^ "Rachid Madkour | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ NUKESTER (April 23, 2006). "Impact Faces Miami Tonite". Nukesoccer.com.
- ^ Glover, Robin (October 1, 2006). "Result of the October 1, 2006 CSL game between Toronto Croatia and Laval Dynamites played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 1:30pm. This was a one-game Quarterfinal Match for the CSL playoff trophy". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
- ^ Glover, Robin (September 1, 2007). "Result of the Saturday September 1st, 2007 CSL Open Canada Cup Semi-Final between Trois-Rivieres Attak and Italia Shooters played at Cove Road in London Ontario at 8:38pm". Rocket Robin's Home Page.