Ismail Azzaoui
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ismail Azzaoui | ||
Date of birth | 6 January 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Heracles Almelo | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2014 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | ||
2014–2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2020 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 9 | (4) |
2015–2020 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Willem II (loan) | 24 | (4) |
2020– | Heracles | 30 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2013 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Belgium U16 | 11 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Belgium U17 | 17 | (6) |
2016 | Belgium U19 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:09, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
Ismail Azzaoui (born 6 January 1998) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo .[1]
Club career[]
Born in Brussels, Azzaoui started playing football with R.S.C. Anderlecht.[2][3] In 2015, he joined VfL Wolfsburg from Tottenham Hotspur for a transfer fee of reportedly €500,000 and made his Bundesliga debut on 21 November 2015 against Werder Bremen. He substituted Daniel Caligiuri after 76 minutes in a 6–0 home win.[4]
In early August 2017, Azzaoui was transferred to Dutch Eredivisie club Willem II for a season-long loan.[5] After his return to Wolfsburg, Azzaoui suffered a second major knee injury and was out for the whole 2018-19 season.[6] On 27 October 2020 Azzaoui signed a one-year contract with Dutch side Heracles Almelo.[7] On 1 December 2021 in a match against Feyenoord, Azzaoui suffered the third major knee injury of his career. One day later on 2 December 2021 it was announced he would miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season.[8]
International career[]
He is of Moroccan ancestry and plays for the Belgium U17 team.[3]
Honors[]
International[]
Belgia U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup third place: 2015[9][10]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
VfL Wolfsburg II | Regionalliga Nord | 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |||||
2019–20 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||||
Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
VfL Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | 2015–16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Willem II | Eredivisie | 2017–18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
Career total | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Belgium - I. Azzaoui - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Ismail Azzaoui". vfl-wolfsburg.de. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Azzaoui: Tipps von De Bruyne" [Azzaoui: Tips from De Bruyne] (in German). kicker.de. 9 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015.
- ^ "Wolfsburg vs. Werder Bremen - 21 November 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Loan move" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Belgisch toptalent Azzaoui (Wolfsburg) loopt opnieuw knieblessure op" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ https://www.foxsports.nl/nieuws/artikel/3282133/aanvallende-impuls-voor-heracles-azzoui-tekent-almelo
- ^ "Update: Heracles bevestigt slecht nieuws voor Azzaoui: 'Mijn seizoen is voorbij'" (in Dutch). Voetbalprimeur. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.fifadata.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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- ^ "Ismail Azzaoui » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
External links[]
- Belgium profile at Belgian FA
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Belgian sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Footballers from Brussels
- Association football wingers
- Belgian footballers
- Belgium youth international footballers
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- VfL Wolfsburg II players
- Willem II (football club) players
- Regionalliga players
- Bundesliga players
- Eredivisie players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Belgian football midfielder stubs