Khalid Sinouh
Birth date2 May 1975 (age 51)
Birth placeAmsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.91 m[1]
PositionGoalkeeper
Years 11994–1997
Clubs 1Haarlem
Caps 146
Goals 10
Years 21997–1999
Clubs 2Heerenveen
Caps 21
Goals 20
Years 31999–2005
Clubs 3RKC Waalwijk
Caps 393
Goals 30
Years 42005–2006
Clubs 4Omonia Nicosia
Caps 411
Goals 40
Years 52006–2007
Clubs 5AZ
Caps 511
Goals 50
Years 62007–2008
Clubs 6Kasımpaşa
Caps 623
Goals 60
Years 72009
Clubs 7Hamburger SV
Caps 70
Goals 70
Years 82009–2011
Clubs 8Utrecht
Caps 82
Goals 80
Years 92011–2012
Clubs 9PSV
Caps 91
Goals 90
Years 102012–2013
Clubs 10NEC
Caps 106
Goals 100
Years 112013–2014
Clubs 11Sparta Rotterdam
Caps 1138
Goals 110
Totalcaps232
Totalgoals0
Nationalyears 12004–2005
Nationalteam 1Morocco
Nationalcaps 14
Nationalgoals 10

Khalid Sinouh (Arabic: خالد سينوح; born 2 May 1975) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Morocco at international level.

Career

Sinouh debuted playing for HFC Haarlem in the Dutch second-tier Eerste Divisie at the age of 19 in the 1994–95 season. After three seasons playing for Haarlem, he signed for Eerste Divisie club, SC Heerenveen in 1997. He only played one match in a year and a half for Heerenveen. RKC Waalwijk became Sinouh's new club in the middle of the 1998–99 season. The Moroccan keeper was the second keeper behind the experienced Rob van Dijk and for two seasons he made no appearances. After years on the bench, he played again in the season 2000–01 having three appearances.

The two seasons that followed, Sinouh took his chance by proving that he could be a trustworthy goalkeeper as Rob van Dijk was. Between 2001 and 2003, he played 23 matches. After the transfer of Van Dijk to PSV in the summer of 2003, the club decided to promote Sinouh to first goalkeeper. In the season 2003–2004, Sinouh played 33 league matches and the following season 34 and he proved that he was a skillful goalkeeper.

Sinouh refused to sign a contract extension in the summer of 2005 with RKC Waalwijk, as he eyed a move outside of the Netherlands, rejecting offers by NEC and NAC Breda. However, he initially did not manage to find a new club and he remained a free agent for six months. In early 2006, he signed with Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia and played in 11 matches. However, due to a bad game he had in his last appearance with his team, he was not used again until the end of the season where he finished his career in Cyprus, since he was no longer needed by Omonia.

He signed for AZ Alkmaar in the summer of 2006. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, he was not playing in the first six matches, but subsequently the injury of first team goalkeeper Joey Didulica, gave him the chance to gain the first keeper position and to help his team in their effort of winning the second position. He also made his debut in European competition, playing with AZ in the UEFA Cup groups.

In April 2007, Sinouh was subject of controversy after he had threatened a journalist who had, in Sinouh's opinion, written negatively about Sinouh.[2]

Sinouh joined Turkish club Kasımpaşa in 2007, but they were forced to release him in September 2008 after they failed to pay his wages.[3] He then went on trial with Scottish Premier League club Hibernian,[3] but failed to win a contract.[4] From July 2008 to 31 January 2009 was without a club after being released by Kasımpaşa and joined as third keeper to Hamburger SV, played here his second time under Martin Jol.[5] He was also member of the reserve team from HSV and played his first game here on 28 February 2009 against VfB Lübeck in the Regionalliga Nord.

On 15 April 2011, he signed a one-year deal with PSV Eindhoven. He joined the club after the end of the 2010–11 season.[6] On 18 September 2011, Sinouh made his first Eredivisie appearance for PSV in a match against Ajax, replacing Przemysław Tytoń who suffered a head injury in a collision with his own defender.

On 6 August 2012, Sinouh signed a one-year deal with NEC.[7]

International

He has been capped by the Moroccan national team four times in the years 2004 and 2005.

Notes

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  2. ^ "Doelman Sinouh bedreigt journalist" (in Dutch). Trouw. 10 April 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2021. aan staan. "Als ik je op straat tegenkom, heb je een probleem", was één van de dingen die Sinouh zei.
  3. ^ Hardie, David. Hibs boss mulls over deal for keeper Sinouh, Edinburgh Evening News, 10 October 2008.
  4. ^ Etherson, Brian. Hibs turn down trialist[dead link], Setanta Sports, 14 October 2008.
  5. ^ /* Hamburger SV */ http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/hsv/2009/02/01/3-neue-stars/fuer-den-meister-titel.html Archived 13 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Goalkeeper Khalid Sinouh signs one-year deal with PSV". PSV Eindhoven official clubsite. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011.
  7. ^ Sinouh (37) gekeurd door NEC (Dutch), voetbalprimeur.nl, 6 August 2012