Rayan Frikeche

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rayan Frikeche

| image = Rayan Frikeche (SCO Angers).JPG

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Angers, France

| height = 1.84 m

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub = Wasquehal

| clubnumber = 4

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2011–2015 | clubs1 = Angers | caps1 = 98 | goals1 = 10

| years2 = 2014–2015 | clubs2 = Angers B | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2015–2017 | clubs3 = Ajaccio | caps3 = 51 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2016–2017 | clubs4 = Ajaccio B | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2017 | clubs5 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2018 | clubs6 = Boulogne B | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2018–2022 | clubs7 = Boulogne | caps7 = 118 | goals7 = 7

| years8 = 2023 | clubs8 = Sète 34 | caps8 = 9 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2023– | clubs9 = Wasquehal | caps9 = 16 | goals9 = 5

| nationalyears1 = 2012 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalteam1 = Morocco U23

| pcupdate = 18 May 2024

| ntupdate =

}}

Rayan Frikeche (born 9 October 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Wasquehal.

Early life

Frikece was born and raised in Angers to a French mother and a Moroccan father.{{Cite web |title=Football : Rayan Frikèche a vu son temps de jeu s'envoler. Sport |url=https://angers.maville.com/sport/detail_-football-rayan-frikeche-a-vu-son-temps-de-jeu-s-envoler_52728-2026716_actu.Htm |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=angers.maville.com |language=fr}}

Club career

Frikeche started his career with Angers SCO, playing almost 100 Ligue 2 matches before signing for AC Ajaccio in June 2016.{{cite news|title=Rayan Frikeche rejoint l'AC Ajaccio|trans-title=Rayan Frikeche joined AC Ajaccio|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Rayan-frikeche-rejoint-l-ac-ajaccio/568725|accessdate=11 December 2015|work=L'Equipe|date=23 June 2015|language=French}}

On 27 September 2017, Frikeche signed with Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv for {{frac|1|1|2}} years.{{cite web | title = Локомотив подписа с футболиста Раян Фрикеше | url = https://lokomotivpd.com/lokomotiv-podpisa-s-futbolista-rayan-frikeshe/ | publisher = lokomotivpd.com | date = 27 September 2017 | language = Bulgarian}}

In July 2018, Frikeche returned to France with Championnat National side Boulogne.{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-boulogne-un-milieu-a-150-matchs-de-ligue-2-a-signe-off-109872.html|title=Boulogne : Un milieu à 150 matchs de Ligue 2 a signé (off.)|publisher=foot-national.com|language=fr|date=29 July 2018}}

International career

Frikeche made his debut for the Morocco national under-23 football team at the 2012 Toulon Tournament on 24 May 2012, in a 4–3 defeat against Mexico national under-23 football team.{{cite web|url=https://angers.maville.com/sport/detail_-la-premiere-de-l-angevin-frikeche-sous-le-maillot-marocain_52728-2159579_actu.Htm|title=La première de l’Angevin Frikeche sous le maillot marocain|publisher=maville.com from Ouest France|language=fr|date=24 May 2012}}{{cite web|last1=F.|first1=Abderrahim|title=Tournoi de Toulon: France 2-2 Maroc|url=http://www.lionsdelatlas.ma/football/equipes-nationales/espoirs/4-lionceaux/7735-tournoi-de-toulon-france-2-2-maroc.html|trans-title=Toulon Tournament: France 2-2 Morocco|website=lionsdelatlas.ma|accessdate=11 December 2015|language=French|date=28 May 2012}} He was then called up to the squad for the 2012 Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18767683|title=Houssine Kharja is in Morocco's squad for Olympics|publisher=BBC Sport|date=8 July 2012}}