Night of tears in Morocco due to the death of Abdelaziz Barrada, former Getafe player from 2011 to 2013, also with a brief spell at Gimnàstic de Tarragona in 2019. As revealed and confirmed by several French media, the former footballer suffered a heart attack in early this Friday at his home in Paris, a most premature goodbye because he was barely 35 years old (1989-2024), even though he retired from professional football due to certain heart problems also in 2019, although he extended his career until 2021 at Lusitanos Saint of the French Fourth Division.
Abdel, as he was known in the locker room, was currently a collaborator of RMC Sport and BeIN Sport, in addition to having the UEFA A diploma. It was his way of continuing to be linked to the ball, since as a child he trained in the lower categories of the PSG to sign for Getafe B in 2010. A year later, he was already under the orders of Míchel first and Luis García Plaza later in the first team, a dedicated midfielder but also a touch who scored a goal against Madrid and another against Athletic. Fixed in the eleven, Al-Jariza from the United Arab Emirates caught the attention in 2013, where he only played one season because he could not resist the call from Olympique de Marseille. After two years at the Vélodrome, he returned to the Emirates, then to Al Nasr. In 2018 he went to Türkiye (Antalyasport) and tiptoed through Nàstic and Qatari side Al-Shahaniya, where he decided to leave the ball due to heart problems. His passion, however, made him return to the modest French categories.
Along the way he earned 28 international caps for Morocco, in addition to participating in the London Olympic Games and the Africa Cup of 2012 and 2013. Barrada was considered one of the most valuable talents of that generation, an idol for example of the current figure of PSG, Achraf Hakimi. “Olympique de Marseille regrets the news of the death of its former player and Moroccan international, Abdelaziz Barrada. Arrived in the summer of 2014, the attacking midfielder wore the colors of OM for 2 seasons. “The club wants to offer its deepest condolences to his family and share the pain of those closest to him,” the statement said. Getafe also did so: “The Getafe CF family is dismayed by the death of the azulón Abdel Barrada. The footballer played 66 games and scored 4 goals for Getafe in the 11-12 and 12-13 seasons. Our memory and support at this time goes to Abdel’s family and friends. RIP.”
