Issam El Adoua

Issam El Adoua is a defender of Vitória Guimarães. He was born on 12 September 1986 in Casablanca, Morocco.

In 2004 Issam began playing professionally for Wydad Casablanca with which he signed the first contract in his career. He spent five years with this club where he often got into the starting XI. During his five-year spell with this Moroccan team Adoua fought for high rankings in the national championship. In the summer 2009 the footballer finished his career in Wydad Casablanca. During this period Issam attracted the attention of different European clubs of medium level, and the French club Lens succeeded in signing a contract with the footballer.

During one season Adoua featured for the first European team in his career where he failed to play a single match. The competition in the first team was high, and Issam needed a long period of adaptation to the high level of European football in order to play the key role in Lens. In January 2010 the management decided to farm out the footballer to Nantes which wanted to look at Issam’s play and maybe to purchase the player’s rights on the expiration of the loan contract. During half a year Adoua took part in 8 games for this French club, however the head coach wasn’t satisfied with Issam’s performance that’s why the footballer returned to Lens after his loan period ended.

In the summer 2010 Adoua penned a permanent contract with the Kuwaiti club Al Qadsia. During the season Issam was a regular first team player, however he failed to become the key player of the team. From 2010 to 2011 Adoua featured in 18 matches overall for Al Qadsia. In the summer 2011 Issam returned to Europe and completed a deal with Vitória Guimarães where he plays until now. The head coach of the Portuguese team sometimes includes Adoua in the starting eleven because the footballer fit in with his tactical scheme and is always in the necessary shape.