Ismail Azzaoui (born 6 January 1998) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger who plays for Omonia 29M in the Cypriot First Division.[2]
Club career
Born in Brussels, Azzaoui started playing football with R.S.C. Anderlecht.[3][4] 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.[5]
In early August 2017, Azzaoui was transferred to Dutch Eredivisie club Willem II for a season-long loan.[6] After his return to Wolfsburg, Azzaoui suffered a second major knee injury and was out for the whole 2018-19 season.[7] On 27 October 2020 Azzaoui signed a one-year contract with Dutch side Heracles Almelo.[8] 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.[9]
On 11 October 2022, Azzaoui returned to Heracles until the end of the season, with an option to extend for two more seasons.[10]
On 24 December 2024 Cypriot First Division club Omonia 29 announced that they signed Azzaoui.[11]
International career
He is of Moroccan ancestry and plays for the Belgium U17 team.[4]
Honors
Belgium U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup third place: 2015[12][13]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015: List of Players: Belgium" (PDF). FIFA. 28 October 2015. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019.
- ^ a b Ismail Azzaoui at Soccerway
- ^ "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. 9 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015.
- ^ "Wolfsburg vs. Werder Bremen - 21 November 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ismail Azzaoui joins Heracles Almelo". GhanaSoccernet. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Update: Heracles bevestigt slecht nieuws voor Azzaoui: 'Mijn seizoen is voorbij'" (in Dutch). Voetbalprimeur. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "ISMAIL AZZAOUI KEERT TERUG BIJ HERACLES ALMELO" (in Dutch). Heracles. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Απόκτηση Ismael Azzaoui". pacomonia.com (in Greek). Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.fifadata.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015". 22 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Ismail Azzaoui » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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