Abdeljalil Hadda

Abdeljalil Hadda (Arabic: عبدالجليل حدّا‎; born 23 March 1972), sometimes nicknamed Kamatcho,[2] is a Moroccan retired footballer who played as a striker.

Abdeljalil Hadda

Personal information
Full name	Abdeljalil Hadda
Date of birth	23 March 1972
Place of birth	Meknes, Morocco
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1996	CO de Meknès
1996–1997	Ittihad FC
1997–1998	Club Africain
1998–2001	Real Sporting de Gijón	35	(6)
2000	→ Yokohama F. Marinos (loan)	0	(0)
2001–2002	Club Africain	20	(12)
2002–2003	MAS de Fès
2003–2004	CO de Meknès	5	(4)
National team
1995–2002	Morocco[1]	48	(19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Meknes, Hadda started playing for local CODM, moving to Saudi Arabia for Ittihad in 1996. After a spell in Tunisia he signed with Real Sporting de Gijón in Spain, going on to appear irregularly for the Asturias side in Segunda División[2] and also being loaned to Yokohama F. Marinos.

Released by Real Sporting in 2001, Kamatcho returned to Club Africain for one more season, then moved back to his country, where he retired two years later at the age of 32.

International career

A Morocco international on 41 occasions (19 goals), Hadda appeared for the country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he scored twice in three games in an eventual group stage exit.[3][4] He also participated in the 1998 and 2000 African Cup of Nations.[5][6]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Morocco
	1995	1	0
	1996	4	3
	1997	5	1
	1998	9	4
	1999	8	3
	2000	7	2
	2001	10	4
	2002	4	2
Total		48	19

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hadda goal.

List of international goals scored by Abdeljalil Hadda[7]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 January 1996	Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco	Tunisia	3 – 1	3 – 1	Friendly
2	17 January 1996	Stade Jules Ladoumègue, Vitrolles, France	Armenia	5 – 0	6 – 0	Friendly
3	7 February 1996	Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco	Luxembourg	2 – 0	2 – 0	Friendly
4	26 November 1997	Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco	Togo	2 – 0	3 – 0	Friendly
5	10 June 1998	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France	Norway	1 – 0	2 – 2	1998 FIFA World Cup
6	23 June 1998	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France	Scotland	2 – 0	3 – 0	1998 FIFA World Cup
7	3 October 1998	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Sierra Leone	3 – 0	3 – 0	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
8	23 December 1998	Agadir, Morocco	Bulgaria	2 – 0	4 – 1	Friendly
9	28 February 1999	Stade Municipal (Lomé), Lomé, Togo	Togo	1 – 0	3 – 2	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
10				3 – 2
11	6 June 1999	Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco	Guinea	1 – 0	1 – 0	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
12	9 July 2000	Fez Stadium, Fez, Morocco	Algeria	1 – 1	2 – 1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
13				2 – 1
14	13 January 2001	Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Morocco	Tunisia	1 – 0	1 – 0	2002 African Cup of Nations qualification
15	24 March 2001	Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco	Tunisia	2 – 0	2 – 0	2002 African Cup of Nations qualification
16	21 April 2001	Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco	Namibia	2 – 0	3 – 0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
17				3 – 0
18	13 June 2002	Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco	Guinea	1 – 0	2 – 1	Friendly
19	16 June 2002	Independence Stadium Banjul, Gambia	Gambia	2 – 0	2 – 0	Friendly

References

1. Abdeljalil "Camacho" Hadda - Goals in International Matches
2. "Hadda 'Kamatcho' fue el último internacional absoluto del Sporting" [Hadda 'Kamatcho' was Sporting's last full international]. El Comercio. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
3. "Brazil wins, Morocco and Norway tie, in opener". Soccer Times. 10 June 1998. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
4. "Football: World Cup – Morocco tear out Scotland's page in history". The Independent. 23 June 1998. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
5. "African Nations Cup 1998 – Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
6. "African Nations Cup 2000 – Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
7. Abdeljalil "Camacho" Hadda - Goals in International Matches

External links

• Abdeljalil Hadda at BDFutbol
• Abdeljalil Hadda at National-Football-Teams.com
• Abdeljalil Hadda – FIFA competition record