Houcine Anafal
{{short description|Moroccan footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Houcine Anafal
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|09|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kenitra, Morocco
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|08|22|1952|09|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = Mehdia, Morocco{{Cite web|url=https://www.hespress.com/24-heures/61050.html|title="حسينة" لاعب "الكاك" السابق في ذمة الله|date=24 August 2012}}
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| position = Midfielder
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| years1 = –1974
| years2 = 1974–1976
| years3 = 1976–1979
| years4 = 1979–1981
| years5 = 1981–1983
| clubs1 = KAC Kénitra
| clubs2 = Rennes
| clubs3 = KAC Kénitra
| clubs4 = Rennes
| clubs5 = Stade Quimpérois
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| caps2 = 66
| goals2 = 10
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| caps4 = 45
| goals4 = 10
| nationalyears1 = 1973–1978
| nationalteam1 = Morocco
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Houcine Anafal (15 September 1952 – 22 August 2012){{cite web|url=http://www.staderennais.com/breve.php?id=5663|title=Déces : H. Anafal s'est éteint|accessdate=2012-08-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116114741/http://www.staderennais.com/breve.php?id=5663|archivedate=2014-01-16}} was a Moroccan professional footballer who played for clubs in Europe, including Stade Rennais F.C.{{cite web|publisher=Stade-Rennais.net|title=Fiche de Houssaine ANAFAL|url=http://npds.stade-rennais.net/joueur.php?id_joueur=139&actif=false|accessdate=2008-10-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123075712/http://npds.stade-rennais.net/joueur.php?id_joueur=139&actif=false|archivedate=2008-11-23}} as well as the Morocco national football team.
Club career
Born in Kenitra, Anafal played senior football with KAC Kénitra over two spells, winning the 1972–73 Botola with the club.{{cite news|newspaper=Le Matin|title=Houssaine Anafal n'est plus|url=https://lematin.ma/express/2012/KAC-de-Kenitra-_Houssaine-Anafal-n-est-plus-/170683.html|language=fr|date=24 August 2012|access-date=24 January 2019}} He also had two spells in France's Ligue 1 with Rennes, and one spell in Ligue 2 with Stade Quimpérois.{{cite web|website=kenitraujourdhui.blogspot.com|title=Il s'appelait Houssaine Anafal!|url=http://kenitraujourdhui.blogspot.com/2012/08/il-sappelait-houssaine-anafal.html|language=fr|date=27 August 2012|access-date=21 November 2019}}
International career
Anafal made several appearances for the full Morocco national football team, including qualifying matches for the 1974 FIFA World Cup and 1978 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web|website=RSSSF|title=Morocco - Details of World Cup Matches|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro-intres-detwcq.html|accessdate=2008-10-25}} He also participated at the 1978 African Cup of Nations.
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Category:Moroccan men's footballers
Category:Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
Category:Morocco men's international footballers
Category:Stade Rennais FC players
Category:Quimper Kerfeunteun FC players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
Category:Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:1978 African Cup of Nations players
Category:Footballers from Kenitra
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:20th-century Moroccan sportsmen
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