Career
Whilst at PSV, Bakkal has since played on loan with Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Twente and Feyenoord. After making a permanent move to Dynamo Moscow in the summer of 2012, he returned to Feyenoord one year later. Club career
Three days later on 28 March 2004, Bakkal made his league debut and the first senior start of his career in a 3-1 loss against Willem World War II He signed a new three-year deal with PSV in May of that year.
Over the next three seasons, Bakkal would not get any playing time at PSV. Instead, he was loaned out to Football Club Den Bosch, Football Club Eindhoven and Football Club Twente.
Following the 2006-2007 season, Bakkal re-joined PSV and saw regular first-team action. In November 2010, Bakkal was bitten in the shoulder by Luis Suárez during a 0-0 draw against AFC Ajax.
That incident caused Suárez to be suspended for seven games. During the 2010-2011 season, Bakkal was loaned to Feyenoord, having lost any expectation of regular playing time with PSV. Bakkal displayed impressive form and drew the interest of Premier League side Swansea City.
Instead, Bakkal joined Russian club Dynamo Moscow for the 2012-2013 season.
A year after leaving Holland for Russia, Bakkal returned to the Eredivisie to sign for former loan club Feyenoord, signing a one-year contract running until 30 June 2014. At the end of the 2013-2014 season, Bakkal"s contract was subsequently allowed to expire. Bakkal played at the 2007 Union of European Football Associations European Under-21 Football Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics.
He made his debut for the senior national side in 2009, after coming on as a substitute in a friendly match against Paraguay.
Bakkal is of Moroccan descent.