Karim Rekik
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Karim Rekik (Arabic: كريم رقيق; born 2 December 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for UAE Pro League club Al-Jazira.
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Full name | Karim Rekik[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1994-12-02) 2 December 1994 (age 29)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back, left-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Jazira | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1999–2002 | Scheveningen | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2011 | Feyenoord | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Manchester City | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Manchester City | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | → PSV (loan) | 54 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Marseille | 34 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Hertha BSC | 64 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Sevilla | 45 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Al-Jazira | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Netherlands U16 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Netherlands U17 | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Netherlands U19 | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Netherlands U21 | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Netherlands | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017 |
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Rekik came through the youth academy at Feyenoord, before joining Premier League side Manchester City who he signed on a professional terms in 2011. He would only make one appearance for City in the league over a four-year spell, spending time on loan with Portsmouth, Blackburn Rovers and PSV. In 2015 he signed for Marseille where he remained for several seasons before joining Hertha BSC.
He has been capped at numerous international levels, including four caps for Netherlands between 2014 and 2017.