Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walid Birrou | ||
Date of birth | September 6, 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kaya–Iloilo | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2014 | Gandía | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2017–2018 | Oakland City University | 28 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2015–2018 | CD Teruel | ||
2018–2019 | Little Rock Rangers | ||
2019–2020 | Atlanta SC | ||
2020–2021 | Almagro | 3 | (0) |
2021 | FC Wichita | ||
2021–2022 | Stade Marocain | ||
2022 | RB Keflavík | 12 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Þróttur Vogum | 1 | (0) |
2023 | Njarðvík | 5 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Glacis United | 8 | (0) |
2024– | Kaya–Iloilo | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5:45, June 20, 2024 (UTC) |
Walid Birrou Essafi (born 6 September 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Philippines Football League club Kaya-Iloilo. [1] [2]
Birrou was born in the city of Vilanova i la Geltrú in Spain and is of Moroccan heritage. He is the eldest of two brothers. [3] [4]
Until the age of 19, Birrou played for the youth team of Gandía, before playing for lower league side CD Teruel while pursuing his studies. [3] From 2017 to 2018, he played football for Oakland City University, making 27 appearances in 2 seasons before graduating. [5] [6] [7]
After graduating, Birrou left Oakland and Teruel and signed for USL League Two side Little Rock Rangers, where he played for two seasons. [8] [9] [10] He transferred to Atlanta SC in 2019 [4] before returning to Spain and sign with Almagro CF. [11] [12] [13]
After two seasons, he returned to the US to play for FC Wichita. [14] A year later, he played in the second tier of Morocco football, playing for Stade Marocain. [3]
In 2022 he left Stade Marocain and played for Icelandic side RB Keflavík. [15] He stayed with them for a short while before transferring to Þróttur Vogum in the same year. [16] In 2023, he signed with second-tier side Njarðvík FC. [17] [18] [19]
In August that year, he transferred to the Gibraltar Football League, signing for Glacis United where he made 8 appearances and kept 2 clean sheets. [20]
In 2024, Birrou left Glacis United to join Filipino club Kaya–Iloilo, who were defending champions of the Philippines Football League. [21] [22] [23] He made his first appearance and got his first clean sheet for the club in the opening match against United City.