Hicham Kanis

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hicham Kanis

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|16|df=yes}}

| image =

| birth_place = Vimercate, Italy

| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| position = Winger

| currentclub = PAOK B

| clubnumber = 30

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2012 | youthclubs1 = Renate

| youthyears2 = 2012–2014 | youthclubs2 = AlbinoLeffe

| years1 = 2014–2016 | clubs1 = AlbinoLeffe | caps1 = 13 | goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2016–2019 | clubs2 = Novara | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2017 | clubs3 = → Catanzaro (loan) | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2018 | clubs4 = → Sion II (loan) | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2018–2019 | clubs5 = → Cuneo (loan) | caps5 = 34 | goals5 = 10

| years6 = 2019–2020 | clubs6 = Fano | caps6 = 21 | goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2020–2021 | clubs7 = Renaissance Zemamra | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2021 | clubs8 = Pergolettese | caps8 = 13 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2021–2023 | clubs9 = Panserraikos | caps9 = 41 | goals9 = 22

| years10 = 2023– | clubs10 = PAOK | caps10 = 0 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2023 | clubs11 = → Panserraikos (loan) | caps11 = 13 | goals11 = 2

| years12 = 2023– | clubs12 = PAOK B | caps12 = 37 | goals12 = 10

| nationalyears1 = 2016

| nationalteam1 = Morocco under-20

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 2 February 2025

| ntupdate = 10 May 2017

}}

Hicham Kanis ({{langx|ar|هشام كانيس}}; born 16 August 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club PAOK. Born in Italy, he represented Morocco national under-20 football team

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for AlbinoLeffe on 10 October 2015 in a game against Pavia and scored a goal on his debut.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/10/10/italy/serie-c1/uc-albinoleffe/ac-pavia/2146012/|title=Game Report by Soccerway|date=10 October 2015}} On 17 February 2018, Hicham scored a double hat-trick in the opening 36 minutes against Pro Piacenza in a Serie C match, that eventually finished 20–0 to Cuneo.

On 2 September 2019, he signed a 1-year contract with Fano.{{cite press release|publisher=Fano|url=https://www.almajuventusfano1906.com/in-arrivo-lesterno-dattacco-hicham-kanis/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902234629/https://www.almajuventusfano1906.com/in-arrivo-lesterno-dattacco-hicham-kanis/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 September 2019|title=IN ARRIVO DAL NOVARA L'ESTERNO D'ATTACCO HICHAM KANIS!|date=2 September 2019|language=Italian}}

After playing for the first half of the 2020–21 season in the Moroccan Botola league, on 22 January 2021 he returned to Italy and signed with Serie C club Pergolettese.{{cite web|publisher=Pergolettese|url=https://www.uspergolettese1932.it/3908_KANIS_HICHAM_IN_ARRIVO_ALLA_PERGOLETTESE.htm|title=KANIS HICHAM IN ARRIVO ALLA PERGOLETTESE|date=22 January 2021|language=it}}

=PAOK=

On 16 January 2023, PAOK officially announced the purchase of Kanis, who remained on loan to Panserraikos, with whom he celebrated promotion to the top tier,{{cite web |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/panserraikos-paok-v-0-0-fiesta-choris-nikiti-stis-serres.10063267.html |title=Πανσερραϊκός - ΠΑΟΚ Β' 0-0: Φιέστα χωρίς νικητή στις Σέρρες |publisher=www.sport24.gr |date=16 January 2023}} until the end of season.{{cite web |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/paok-metagrafes-anakoinose-ton-kanis-mechri-to-2027-menei-daneikos-ston-panserraiko.9905989.html |title=ΠΑΟΚ μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον Κανίς μέχρι το 2027, μένει δανεικός στον Πανσερραϊκό |publisher=www.sport24.gr |date=16 January 2023}}

International career

Kanis was born in Italy and is of Moroccan descent. He was a youth international for Morocco.{{cite web |last=Tomegah |first=Rodolph |date=7 November 2016 |title=Maroc U20: Un stage et deux matchs amicaux contre le Portugal |url=http://www.africatopsports.com/2016/11/07/maroc-u20-stage-deux-matchs-amicaux-contre-portugal/ |publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tuttonovara.it/nazionale/hicham-kanis-convocato-con-la-nazionale-del-marocco-u20-35230|title=Hicham Kanis convocato con la Nazionale del Marocco U20|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.frmf.ma/fr/article/en-u20-stage-de-pr%C3%A9paration-et-participation-au-tournoi-international-de-cotif|title=EN U20: Stage de préparation et participation au Tournoi International de Cotif - الموقع الرسمي للجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم|website=www.frmf.ma}}