Sofian Chakla

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Sofian Chakla
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Chakla with Videoton in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth Kenitra, Morocco
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
 AEL
Number 44
Youth career
Las Norias
2005–2010 La Mojonera
2010–2012 Málaga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Málaga B 19 (2)
2014 Betis B 12 (2)
2014–2015 Videoton 6 (0)
2015–2016 La Roda 23 (0)
2016–2017 El Ejido 23 (1)
2017–2018 Almería B 39 (6)
2018–2019 Melilla 26 (2)
2019–2020 Villarreal B 21 (1)
2020–2021 Villarreal 3 (0)
2021 → Getafe (loan) 11 (0)
2021–2022 OH Leuven 17 (0)
2023 Ponferradina 13 (0)
2023–2025 Sabah 56 (5)
2025– AEL 2 (0)
International career‡
2013–2014 Morocco U20 5 (0)
2021–2022 Morocco 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 December 2022

Soufiane "Sofian" Chakla (Arabic: سفيان شاكلا; born 2 September 1993) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Greek Super League club AEL.[1]

Club career

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Born in Kenitra, Chakla moved to Spain at the age of eight, and joined Málaga CF's youth setup in 2010. He made his debut as a senior with the reserves in 2012, in Tercera División.

On 27 January 2014, Chakla rescinded with the Andalusians and moved to another reserve team, Real Betis B also in the fourth tier.[2] On 11 July he signed for Hungarian club Videoton FC.[3]

Chakla made his professional debut on 2 November 2014, starting in a 1–0 home win against Budapest Honvéd FC. However, he only appeared in six matches during the whole campaign, and was subsequently released.

On 23 September 2015, after failed trials at Sporting Gijón, Chakla joined Segunda División B club La Roda CF.[4] The following 25 August he moved to fellow league team CD El Ejido 2012.[5]

On 31 May 2017, Chakla signed for UD Almería B in the fourth tier, mainly as a replacement to injured Igor Engonga.[6] On 16 July of the following year, after helping the Andalusians in their promotion, he moved to third division side UD Melilla on a 2+1 contract.[7]

On 17 July 2019, Chakla signed for Villarreal CF;[8] initially assigned to the reserves in division three, he was definitely promoted to the main squad on 27 January 2020.[9] He made his La Liga debut on 19 June, starting in a 1–0 away win against Granada CF.[10]

On 30 January 2021, Chakla joined Getafe CF on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[11] In August 2021, he moved to Belgian side Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

On 18 January 2023, Chakla returned to Spain after agreeing to a contract with SD Ponferradina in the second level.[12]

International career

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He made his debut for Morocco national football team on 30 March 2021 in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Burundi.[13]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 9 May 2021
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
Málaga B 2012–13[14] Tercera División 15 0 — — 2[a] 0 17 0
2013–14[14] Tercera División 4 2 — — — 4 2
Total 19 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 2
Betis B 2013–14[14] Tercera División 12 2 — — 6[a] 1 18 3
Videoton 2014–15[15] NB I 6 0 2 0 9 0 — 17 0
La Roda 2015–16[15] Segunda División B 23 0 — — — 23 0
El Ejido 2016–17[15] Segunda División B 23 1 — — — 23 1
Almería B 2017–18[14] Tercera División 39 6 — — 3[a] 0 42 6
Melilla 2018–19[15] Segunda División B 26 2 3 0 — 4[a] 0 33 2
Villarreal B 2019–20[15] Segunda División B 21 1 — — — 21 1
Villarreal 2019–20[15] La Liga 2 0 1 0 — — 3 0
2020–21[15] La Liga 1 0 2 1 — — 3 1
Total 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
Getafe (loan) 2020–21[15] La Liga 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
Career total 183 14 8 1 9 0 15 1 215 16
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

International

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As of match played 18 January 2022[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Morocco 2021 3 0
2022 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours

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Videoton

References

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  16. ^ Sofian Chakla at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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