Hicham Zerouali

Hicham Zerouali (; 17 January 1977 – 5 December 2004), nicknamed 'Zero' or the 'Moroccan Magician', was a Moroccan footballer. He played as a forward for clubs in Morocco, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates. He played internationally for Morocco with seven caps.

Club career Aberdeen After playing in his native Morocco for US Yacoub El Mansour and USP Police, He became the first player in the United Kingdom to wear the shirt number '0' in 2000, which was outlawed the following season by the Scottish Premier League and the Premier League in England; he switched to number 11 for the 2001–02 season.

In January 2000, Zerouali scored a thirty-yard free kick in a fourth round Scottish Cup tie away to St Mirren to take the tie to a replay. Zerouali then scored in the 2–0 replay win at Pittodrie to help the club into the next round of the competition. Aberdeen reached both the 2000 Scottish League Cup Final and the 2000 Scottish Cup Final with Zerouali playing in both matches, although they ended in defeat to Celtic and Rangers respectively. and was eventually out of action for a full year. In one of his more memorable outings after his return, he scored a hat-trick against Dundee.

Al-Nasr and FAR Rabat After his contract at Aberdeen expired, Zerouali moved to play his football in the United Arab Emirates with the team Al-Nasr for a year, before returning to live in his home country of Morocco in 2003, signing for FAR Rabat, where he won the Coupe du Trône that year. Only the previous Saturday, he had scored two goals in a league game for his club.

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