Abdelkrim Merry, nicknamed "Krimau", (born 13 January 1955 in Casablanca

Casablanca

Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...

) is a Moroccan

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 former professional football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player.

Club career

He spent his entire professional career in France, reaching the 1978 UEFA Cup Final

1978 UEFA Cup Final

The 1978 UEFA Cup Final was a football match played on 26 April 1978 and 9 May 1978 between PSV Eindhoven of Netherlands and SC Bastia of France. PSV Eindhoven won the two matches 3–0 on aggregate.-First leg:-Second leg:...

, with SC Bastia

SC Bastia

Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

.

International career

He was also part of the Moroccan squad at the 1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...

, and scored one goal in a 3-1 win against Portugal.

Retirement

Actually, Krimau appears every week in a TV Show called "Prolongation" on Arryadia

Arryadia

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 TV.

External links

• Career stats - National Football Teams
• Player profile - RC Strasbourg
• Player profile - FC Metz