Zakaria Bakkali

Zakaria Bakkali (born 26 January 1996) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht as a winger.

He is most famous for becoming the youngest Eredivisie player of all-time to score a hat-trick, at the age of 16 years and 133 days.

Club Career

PSV

Born in Liege to immigrant parents from Morocco, After starting his footballing career at the youth academies of RFC Liege and later Standard Liege, Bakkali transferred to PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands at the age of 12.

On 30 July 2013, Bakkali made his debut for PSV against Zulte Waregem in a UEFA Champions League qualifying match. He made his Eredivisie debut against ADO Den Haag in the opening game of the season on 3 August. On 7 August, he scored his first senior goal in the second-leg of the Champions League tie against Zulte in a 3–0 win. On 10 August, he scored a hat-trick in PSV's 5–0 defeat of NEC Nijmegen at the Philips Stadion, becoming the youngest player to score a hat-trick in Eredivisie history.

In the middle of 2014, Bakkali was set for a move to Atletico Madrid for a fee of around €2-3 million, but the move fell through. After rejecting a new contract from PSV, Bakkali was banished from the first-team, with PSV agreeing to sell him in the winter transfer window. Scottish club Celtic offered £750,000 on transfer deadline day for Bakkali, but a PSV spokesman stated that "this deadline day no deal will be closed by PSV with any team for this particular player".

Valencia

On 6 July 2015, Bakkali moved to La Liga club Valencia CF, after agreeing to a five-year deal. He made his unofficial debut against Werder Bremen in the on 11 July. He scored his first goal for Valencia on 31 October in a 3–0 home win over local rivals Levante.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Закария Баккали (russian)