Zakaria Aboukhlal is one of four PSV-trained debutants at the training camp in Qatar. One of the bigger talents from the youth academy introduces himself.
Name: Zakaria Aboukhlal
Born: February 18, 2000, Gorinchem
Nationality: Moroccan/Dutch/Libyan. "I was born in the Netherlands, my mother is of Moroccan descent, my father is from Libya."
Position: outside right. "I can also play as a left forward and in or behind the striker, but I prefer to be on the left."
Family: "I live at home with my mother, father, have two sisters a brother and my grandmother is often there too."
Describe the best points of your game: "I prefer to pass a man in a one-on-one duel with a scissors and then give an assist. Or to score myself of course."
Favorite club Netherlands: "Of course PSV."
Favorite club abroad: "Real Madrid."
Favorite stadium: "The most beautiful stadium in the world is Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu."
Example: "My father."
Music: "Like many peers, I like rap. My favorite is Emms from Brotherly Love."
Watching: "Right now the documentary about Manchester City."
Language prodigy: "I speak Moroccan, Libyan, Arabic, Dutch and a little English."
What in 2019: "I hope to learn a lot from the players already playing in the first team and from all the trainers at PSV. Hopefully I can make a positive out of this training camp and often join PSV 1."
Last thing I bought: "A present for my brother because it was his birthday. A toy car, he loves that."
Competition: "The Premier League."
