Netherlands: “Beautiful goal, too bad it was someone of your kind who scored it”

A regular target of racist and Islamophobic insults in Dutch stadiums, Moroccan FC Volendam striker Bilal Ould-Chikh has announced his intention to leave the Netherlands after his career.

In an interview with NU.nl, he confides that he is experiencing real psychological trauma:

“This feeling of being different has never left me.”

At 27, he recounts being called a “dirty cancerous Muslim” or hearing: “It’s a shame that someone of your kind scored.”

He deplores the extent of racism in Dutch football and states: “After my career, I’m moving to Morocco. There, I feel more at home than in the Netherlands.

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