Zakaria Labyad is a Dutch-born Moroccan footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Utrecht in the Eredivise.<\/P>
The player has previously represented the Netherlands U17 team at international level before switching his allegiance to Morocco and playing for them at the Under-23 level.
In January 2009, he extended his contract with PSV until the summer of 2012. Before joining PSV, Labyad played for USV Elinkwijk. Labyad made his debut in the senior team on 25 February 2010 in a UEFA Europa League home match against Hamburger SV, coming on as a substitute for Otman Bakkal in the 71st minute.
On 3 April 2012, Sporting CP's president revealed that Labyad will join the Portuguese team for the 2012–13 season, on a free transfer. On 2 July 2012, he officially joined Sporting.
In January 2014, after not playing a single match for Sporting during the first half of the season, Labyad was sent on loan to Dutch side Vitesse until the summer of 2015. Labyad returned to Sporting CP for the 2015–16 Primeira Liga season.
On 1 February 2016, Labyad moved on loan to Fulham until the end of the 2015–16 season. On 31 August 2016, Sporting CP announced that both parties had agreed to terminate the contract. On 5 January 2017, Labyad signed for Eredivise side Utrecht until 2019.<\/P>","584B722087373EED7A432DDE0763CE35":"1","CDD05FD46E6F78B9FEABD05EFFA7F762":"","37FE64B882E92ECB":"Zakaria Labyad","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","165A9E64AAEECF036C1B6B6A72794204F7BF560594F29F16":"1","e_index":3};