Abdeslam Ouaddou

Abdeslam Ouaddou in December 2011

Abdeslam Ouaddou (Arabic عبد السلام وادو, ʿ Abd as- DMG Salām Wadu; born 1 November 1978 in Ksar Azekour ) is a Moroccan footballer who was active as a central defender in the major leagues in France, England, Greece and Qatar.

Career

Ouaddou moved in 2001 from AS Nancy for two million pounds for English club Fulham. There he could not free himself, and so he was two years awarded to the French club Stade Rennes before they committed him in 2005 established. In 2006, he ventured to Greece for there top club Olympiakos Piraeus, but after six months and only six league operations, he asked those responsible for termination of his contract for family reasons.

His contract was eventually dissolved and Ouaddou returned to France, where he joined the Valenciennes FC in January 2007.

In 2008 he returned to Nancy, where he received a four-year contract. In 2010 he left the club and went in July 2010 in the Qatar Stars League to Lekhwiya. In 2011 he moved within the league for Qatar SC, before he again briefly returned to the French League for AS Nancy in 2013. After his return, he vehemently criticized the working conditions in Qatar: " If you work in Qatar, you belong to someone. You are no longer free, you are a slave. "

For Morocco Ouaddou took part in the 2000 Olympic football tournament. In 2002 he made ​​his debut in the senior national team of Morocco. 2004, 2006 and 2008, he was in the squad for the African Cup of Morocco. Greatest success with the national team was reaching the finals of 2004, when it hosts Tunisia were beaten 1:2 by itself.