Hicham Kanis

Hicham Kanis
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Vimercate, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 PAOK B
Number 30
Youth career
0000–2012 Renate
2012–2014 AlbinoLeffe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 AlbinoLeffe 13 (4)
2016–2019 Novara 1 (0)
2017 → Catanzaro (loan) 14 (0)
2018 → Sion II (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Cuneo (loan) 34 (10)
2019–2020 Fano 21 (2)
2020–2021 Renaissance Zemamra 2 (0)
2021 Pergolettese 13 (1)
2021–2023 Panserraikos 41 (22)
2023– PAOK 0 (0)
2023 → Panserraikos (loan) 13 (2)
2023– PAOK B 14 (3)
International career‡
2016 Morocco under-20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 May 2017

Hicham Kanis (Arabic: هشام كانيس; born 16 August 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club PAOK. Born in Italy, he represented Morocco national under-20 football team

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for AlbinoLeffe on 10 October 2015 in a game against Pavia and scored a goal on his debut.[1] On 17 February 2018, Hicham scored a double hat-trick in the opening 36 minutes against Pro Piacenza in a Serie C match, that eventually finished 20–0 to Cuneo.

On 2 September 2019, he signed a 1-year contract with Fano.[2]

After playing for the first half of the 2020–21 season in the Moroccan Botola league, on 22 January 2021 he returned to Italy and signed with Serie C club Pergolettese.[3]

PAOK

On 16 January 2023, PAOK officially announced the purchase of Kanis, who remained on loan to Panserraikos, with whom he celebrated promotion to the top tier,[4] until the end of season.[5]

International career

Kanis was born in Italy and is of Moroccan descent. He was a youth international for Morocco.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 10 October 2015.
  2. ^ "IN ARRIVO DAL NOVARA L'ESTERNO D'ATTACCO HICHAM KANIS!" (Press release) (in Italian). Fano. 2 September 2019.
  3. ^ "KANIS HICHAM IN ARRIVO ALLA PERGOLETTESE" (in Italian). Pergolettese. 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Πανσερραϊκός - ΠΑΟΚ Β' 0-0: Φιέστα χωρίς νικητή στις Σέρρες". www.sport24.gr. 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ "ΠΑΟΚ μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον Κανίς μέχρι το 2027, μένει δανεικός στον Πανσερραϊκό". www.sport24.gr. 16 January 2023.
  6. ^ Tomegah, Rodolph (7 November 2016). "Maroc U20: Un stage et deux matchs amicaux contre le Portugal".
  7. ^ "Hicham Kanis convocato con la Nazionale del Marocco U20".
  8. ^ "EN U20: Stage de préparation et participation au Tournoi International de Cotif - الموقع الرسمي للجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم". www.frmf.ma.