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Belgian footballer (born 1998)

Ismail Azzaoui
Ismail Azzaoui
Personal information
Full name Ismail Azzaoui
Date of birth (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team Araz-Naxçıvan
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2014 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)
2020–2023 Heracles 50 (7)
2023– Araz-Naxçıvan 21 (2)
International career
2013 Belgium U15 2 (0)
2013–2014 Belgium U16 11 (2)
2014–2015 Belgium U17 17 (6)
2016 Belgium U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024

Ismail Azzaoui (born 6 January 1998) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger who plays for Araz-Naxçıvan in the Azerbaijan Premier League.

Club career

Born in Brussels, Azzaoui started playing football with R.S.C. Anderlecht. 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.

In early August 2017, Azzaoui was transferred to Dutch Eredivisie club Willem II for a season-long loan. After his return to Wolfsburg, Azzaoui suffered a second major knee injury and was out for the whole 2018-19 season. On 27 October 2020 Azzaoui signed a one-year contract with Dutch side Heracles Almelo. 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.

On 11 October 2022, Azzaoui returned to Heracles until the end of the season, with an option to extend for two more seasons.

International career

He is of Moroccan ancestry and plays for the Belgium U17 team.

Honors

Belgium U17

Career statistics

As of 18 August 2018
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

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  2. ^ Ismail Azzaoui at Soccerway
  3. "Ismail Azzaoui". vfl-wolfsburg.de. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. "Wolfsburg vs. Werder Bremen - 21 November 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  6. "Loan move" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  7. "Belgisch toptalent Azzaoui (Wolfsburg) loopt opnieuw knieblessure op" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  8. "Ismail Azzaoui joins Heracles Almelo". GhanaSoccernet. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  9. "Update: Heracles bevestigt slecht nieuws voor Azzaoui: 'Mijn seizoen is voorbij'" (in Dutch). Voetbalprimeur. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  10. "ISMAIL AZZAOUI KEERT TERUG BIJ HERACLES ALMELO" (in Dutch). Heracles. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  11. "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)
  12. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015". 22 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  13. "Ismail Azzaoui » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

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