{{short description|Moroccan footballer (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Yazid Kaïssi | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|5|16}} | birth_place = [[Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis|Montreuil]], France | height = 1.76 m | position = [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|Defensive midfielder]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1999–2005 | clubs1 = [[RC Lens|Lens]] | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = → [[Wasquehal Football|Wasquehal]] (loan) | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2002 | clubs3 = [[Panionios F.C.|Panionios]] | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2003 | clubs4 = [[BK Häcken]] | caps4 = ? | goals4 = ? | years5 = 2004–2009 | clubs5 = [[Umm-Salal Sports Club|Umm-Salal]] | caps5 = ? | goals5 = ? | years6 = 2009–2010 | clubs6 = [[Al-Karamah SC|Al-Karamah]] | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2010–2011 | clubs7 = [[Dubai CSC|Dubai Club]] | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2011–2012 | clubs8 = [[Wydad de Fès]] | caps8 = 7 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2012–2013 | clubs9 = [[Stade Marocain]] | caps9 = ? | goals9 = ? | years10 = 2013–2016 | clubs10 = [[Feignies Aulnoye FC|Feignies Aulnoye]] | caps10 = | goals10 = | nationalyears1 = 2002 | nationalteam1 = [[Algeria national under-23 football team|Algeria U23]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2004 | nationalteam2 = [[Morocco national under-23 football team|Morocco U23]] | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 1 }}
'''Yazid Kaïssi''' ({{langx|ar|يزيد قيسي}}; born 16 May 1981) is a former professional [[Association football|footballer]]. He last played for [[Feignies Aulnoye FC|Feignies Aulnoye]]. Born in France, he represented both Algeria and Morocco at youth level.
==Club career== A youth prospect of [[RC Lens|Lens]], Kaïssi played for the reserve team and was a finalist in the 2000–01 [[Championnat National 2]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hamelin |first1=Frédéric |last2=Lebrun |first2=Hugo |title=Finales jeunes : les sentiers de la gloire |work=[[Onze Mondial]] |issue=150 |date=2001 |page=23 |language=fr}}</ref> He also played on loan for [[ES Wasquehal]] in [[Ligue 2]] during the 2001–02 season.<ref>{{LFP|id=kaissi-yazid}}</ref>
Kaïssi never made an official appearance for the Lens first team, and he therefore left the club in October 2004 to play one season at Greek club [[Panionios F.C.|Panionios]], making only a few appearances.<ref>{{cite news |title=Le Marocain Yazid Kaïssi en essai au Panionios (Grèce) |url=https://lematin.ma/journal/2005/Le-Marocain-Yazid-Kaissi-en-essai-au-Panionios--Grece-/49019.html |work=Le Matin |date=5 January 2005 |language=fr}}</ref> After his stint in Greece, he played one season at [[BK Häcken]] in Sweden.<ref>{{cite news |title=Premiären SvD-kommentar Dioh Williams Liberia |url=https://www.svd.se/premiaren-svd-kommentar-dioh-williams-liberia |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=27 March 2006 |language=sv}}</ref> He then moved to Qatari club [[Umm-Salal Sports Club|Umm-Salal]]. After stints with [[Al-Karamah SC|Al-Karamah]] and [[Dubai CSC|Dubai Club]],<ref>[http://gulfnews.com/in-focus/uae-football-league/uae-football-league-team-profiles-1.672944 gulfnews : UAE Football League team profiles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119170023/http://gulfnews.com/in-focus/uae-football-league/uae-football-league-team-profiles-1.672944 |date=19 January 2011 }}</ref> Kaïssi signed with Moroccan club [[Wydad de Fès]] in the summer of 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Les indiscrétions de Ali Hassouni |url=https://lematin.ma/journal/2011/Lu-Vu-Entendu_Les-indiscretions-de-Ali-Hassouni/156247.html |work=Le Matin |date=13 September 2011 |language=fr}}</ref> In the 2012–13 season, he played for [[Stade Marocain]]. Kaïssi played for [[Feignies Aulnoye FC|Feignies Aulnoye]] between 2013 and 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football: Aulnoye accroche Feignies dans les dernières minutes (2-2) |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/art/region/football-aulnoye-accroche-feignies-dans-les-dernieres-jna12b0n1037359 |work=La Voix du Nord |date=17 February 2013 |language=fr}}</ref>
==International career== In 2002, Kaïssi was a member of the [[Algeria Olympic football team|Algerian Under-23 National Team]] at the 2002 Palestine Solidarity Tournament in [[Yemen]].<ref>[http://dzfootball.free.fr/EN/Competitions/tournoi-solidarite-pour-la-palestine-2002.html Tournoi Solidarité pour la Palestine – Yémen 2002]</ref>
However, after that he opted to play for [[Morocco national football team]] and played for the senior national team at the [[2002 Arab Nations Cup]] in [[Kuwait]], appearing in three matches and scoring one goal.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |title=Arabian Cup 2002 Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabcup02-details.html |access-date=2009-04-03}}</ref>
Kaïssi was part of the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic]] [[Morocco national football team]], which exited in the first round, finishing third in group D, behind group winners [[Iraq]] and runners-up [[Costa Rica]].<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Player Statistics: Yazid KAISSI |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=202075/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103072640/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=202075/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2012 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2009-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Morocco name Olympic squad |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3925041.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 July 2004 |access-date=2009-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/yazid-kaissi-1.html |title=Yazid Kaissi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203101901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/yazid-kaissi-1.html |archive-date=2016-12-03}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Olympics.com profile|yazid-kaissi|Yazid Kaissi}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Soccerway}} * {{LFP|id=kaissi-yazid}} * {{Ligue1|yazid-kaissi}} * {{Ligue2|yazid-kaissi}}
{{Morocco men's football squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
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