Zakarya Bergdich

Zakarya Bergdich (Arabic: زكرياء برݣديش; born 7 January 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back.^[2] Born in France, he represents Morocco at full international level, and played at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Zakarya Bergdich

Personal information
Full name	Zakarya Bergdich[1]
Date of birth	(1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Compiègne, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
2004–2007	Strasbourg
2007–2009	Créteil-Lusitanos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Alfortville	31	(1)
2010–2013	Lens	51	(1)
2013–2015	Valladolid	39	(5)
2015	→ Genoa (loan)	11	(0)
2015–2016	Charlton Athletic	23	(0)
2016–2017	Córdoba	20	(0)
2017–2018	Sochaux	25	(0)
2018–2019	Belenenses SAD	25	(0)
2019–2021	Denizlispor	39	(0)
2021	BB Erzurumspor	6	(0)
2022–2023	Erzurumspor	7	(0)
International career‡
2011	Morocco U23	8	(0)
2012–	Morocco	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2017

Club career

Bergdich started his career at UJA Alfortville, and went on to represent RC Lens in his country.^[4][5][6] In 2013, he moved abroad, signing for Real Valladolid.

On 23 July 2015, Bergdich joined Charlton from Valladolid for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal.^[7] He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 League Cup win over Dagenham & Redbridge on 11 August 2015.^[8]

On 28 August 2016, Bergdich returned to Spain, signing a one-year contract with Córdoba CF.^[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 July 2018^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Alfortville	2009–10	CFA	31	1	0	0	—		—		31	1
Lens II	2010–11	CFA	27	0	—		—		—		27	0
	2011–12		5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	2012–13		1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		33	0	—		—		0	0	33	0
Lens	2010–11	Ligue 1	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2011–12	Ligue 2	25	0	0	0	2	0	—		27	0
	2012–13		24	1	2	1	0	0	—		26	2
	Total		51	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	55	2
Real Valladolid	2013–14	La Liga	22	0	2	0	—		—		24	0
	2014–15	Segunda División	17	5	2	0	—		—		19	5
	Total		39	5	4	0	—		0	0	43	5
Genoa (loan)	2014–15	Serie A	11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
Charlton Athletic	2015–16	Championship	23	0	0	0	3	1	—		26	1
Córdoba	2016–17	Segunda División	20	0	1	0	—		—		21	0
Sochaux	2017–18	Ligue 2	25	0	3	0	1	0	—		29	0
Career total			233	7	10	1	6	1	0	0	249	9

Honours

Morocco U23

• CAF U-23 Championship runner-up: 2011^[11]

References

1. "Zakarya Bergdich" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
2. "Bergdich ve Estupinan Yukatel Denizlispor'da" (in Turkish). denizlispor.org.tr. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
3. "Zakarya Bergdich Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
4. "FOOTBALL Bergdich, fier d'être un Lensois". Le Courrier picard. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
5. "Z. Bergdich: "Lens, la destination idéale"". Lensois. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
6. "Zakaria Bergdich rejoint la CFA lensoise". RC Lens. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
7. "Charlton sign Zakarya Bergdich and Cristian Ceballos". BBC Sport. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
8. "Charlton 4-1 Dag & Red". BBC Sport. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
9. "Bergdich, nuevo jugador del Córdoba CF" [Bergdich, new player of Córdoba CF] (in Spanish). Córdoba CF. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
10. "Z Bergdich". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
11. "Relive 2011 U-23 AFCON: When Gabon stunned the entire continent | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019".

External links

• Zakarya Bergdich at BDFutbol