Abdelhak Assal
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 June 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RS Berkane | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TAS de Casablanca | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | TAS de Casablanca | 10 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | SCC Mohammédia | 61 | (1) |
| 2023– | RS Berkane | 59 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Morocco A' | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Morocco | 0 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 May 2025 | |||
Abdelhak Assal (Arabic: Arabic: عبد الحق عسل; born 8 June 1998) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a central defender for RS Berkane and the Morocco national team.
Club career
[edit]Born in Casablanca, Assal began his professional career in the Botola 2 with his boyhood club TAS de Casablanca.[2]
On 1 November 2020, he signed a three-year deal with SCC Mohammédia. He made his top-flight debut on 4 December 2020 against MA Tétouan (2–0 win). On 26 February 2021, he scored an own goal against FAR Rabat (1–1 draw). His first professional goal came on 30 May 2021 against MC Oujda in a 3–2 defeat.
On 4 August 2023, Assal joined RS Berkane.[3] During the 2024–25 Botola season, he won the Botola Pro title and the CAF Confederation Cup.[4][5]
International career
[edit]In August 2022, Assal was called up to the Morocco A' team by coach Houcine Ammouta for a friendly match against Jamaica in Austria (3–0 win).
On 27 May 2025, he received his first call-up to the senior Morocco squad by Walid Regragui for June friendlies against Tunisia and Benin.[6]
Honours
[edit]Morocco
[edit]RS Berkane
[edit]- Botola Pro:
- Champion: 2024–25[7]
- CAF Confederation Cup:
- Winner: 2025
- Runner-up: 2024
References
[edit]- ^ Abdelhak Assal at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Abdelhak Assal… 5 choses à savoir sur le nouveau Lion de l'Atlas". foot-africa.com (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "La RS Berkane étoffe ses rangs avec de nouvelles recrues". Menara.ma. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Football : «On en a pleuré», Berkane champion du Maroc pour la première fois de son histoire". RFI (in French). 18 March 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ Raffray, Raphaël (25 May 2025). "La RS Berkane décroche sa troisième Coupe de la Confédération en six ans". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ Chaabi, Chady (27 May 2025). "Equipe nationale. Premières convocations pour Maroan Sanadi et Abdelhak Assal". Médias24 (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ MATIN, LE (16 March 2025). "Botola : la RS Berkane sacrée championne du Maroc". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2025.