Karim Essikal

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Karim Essikal

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|02|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vilvoorde, Belgium

| height = 1.89 m

| currentclub = Tubize-Braine

| clubnumber = 3

| position = Defensive midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2002–2003 |youthclubs1 = Vilvoorde

| youthyears2 = 2003–2007 |youthclubs2 = Black Star

| youthyears3 = 2007–2008 |youthclubs3 = Strombeek

| youthyears4 = 2008–2011 |youthclubs4 = FC Brussels

| youthyears5 = 2011–2012 |youthclubs5 = Lierse SK

| youthyears6 = 2012–2014 |youthclubs6 = Club Brugge

| years1= 2014–2017 |clubs1 = Zulte Waregem |caps1 = 26 |goals1 = 1

| years2= 2016–2017 |clubs2 = → Royal Excel Mouscron (loan) |caps2 = 7 |goals2 = 0

| years3= 2017–2018 |clubs3 = Beerschot |caps3 = 8 |goals3 = 0

| years4= 2018–2020 |clubs4 = Eindhoven |caps4 = 62 |goals4 = 1

| years5= 2020–2021 |clubs5 = Hassania Agadir |caps5 = 4 |goals5 = 0

| years6= 2021–2022 |clubs6 = Oudenaarde |caps6 = 8 |goals6 = 0

| years7= 2022–2023 |clubs7 = URSL Visé |caps7 = 30 |goals7 = 0

| years8= 2023– |clubs8 = Tubize-Braine |caps8 = |goals8 =

| nationalyears1 = 2013

| nationalteam1 = Morocco U17

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 9 February 2022

| ntupdate =

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Karim Essikal (born 8 February 1996) is a Moroccan footballer who plays for Belgian Division 2 club Tubize-Braine.{{Worldfootball.net|karim-essikal}}

Essikal was born in Belgium to parents of Moroccan descent. He debuted for the Morocco national under-17 football team in a 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup 4–2 win against Panama U17.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=259263/match=300253554/index.html#lineups#nosticky|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027044639/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=259263/match=300253554/index.html?#lineups#nosticky|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2013|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013 - Matches - Morocco-Panama |last=FIFA.com|website=FIFA.com}}