Oussama_El_Azzouzi
Oussama El Azzouzi
Moroccan footballer (born 2001)
Oussama El Azzouzi (Arabic: أسامة العزوزي; born 29 May 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Bologna. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Morocco national team.
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| Full name | Oussama El Azzouzi | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001 (age 22) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Veenendaal, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Bologna | |||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Vitesse Arnhem | ||||||||||||||
| Groningen | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Emmen | 34 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Union SG | 23 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Bologna | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Morocco U23 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Morocco | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:23, 23 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:20, 31 March 2023 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
El Azzouzi had been in the youth set ups in the Netherlands for Groningen and Vitesse and played for Emmen in the Eerste Divisie for one season, helping them gain promotion as champions to the Eredivisie at the end of the 2021–22 season. He signed a three year contract in Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in July 2022, with the option of an extra year.[1][2] He made his debut for Union SG on 6 August 2022 starting a 3–0 away defeat against K.V. Mechelen.[3]
On 20 July 2023, El Azzouzi signed with Bologna in Italy.[4]
Born in the Netherlands, El Azzouzi is Moroccan by descent.[5] He was called up to the Morocco U23s in March 2023.[6]
In June 2023, he was included in the final squad of the under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Morocco itself,[7][8] where the Atlas Lions won their first title[9][10] and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[9][11]
In October 2023, he was called up to the Morocco senior national team for the first time.[12] He made his senior debut for Morocco on 17 October 2023, starting a 3–0 home win against Liberia in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match.[13]
He is the twin brother of the footballer Anouar El Azzouzi.[14]
- As of match played 22 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Emmen | 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| Union SG | 2022–23 | Belgian First Division A | 23 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | |
| Bologna | 2023–24 | Serie A | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 70 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 5 | ||
FC Emmen
Morocco U23
- "MECHELEN VS. RUSG 3–0". Soccerway.
- "Oussama El Azzouzi joins Bologna". Bologna. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- "Sei bianconeri con le nazionali". FC Lugano (in Italian). 9 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- "تشكيلة المنتخب الوطني لاقل من 23 سنة امام غينيا". Royal Moroccan Football Federation (in Arabic). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- "Morocco win maiden TotalEnergies U-23 Africa Cup of Nations title with victory over Egypt | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- "Le Maroc remporte la CAN U23 au bout de la prolongation". SO FOOT.com (in French). 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- "Le Mali, le Maroc et l'Égypte qualifiés pour les JO 2024". SO FOOT.com (in French). 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- "Veenendaler Oussama el Azzouzi for the first time in the Morocco national selection". regiosportveenendaal.nl. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- "MOROCCO VS LIBERIA 3-0". Soccerway. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- Bomgaars, Arco (8 August 2022). "Anouar El Azzouzi kijkt met trots naar broer Oussama: 'Ik hoop in zijn voetsporen te treden'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 October 2023.