Ismail Azzaoui
Belgian footballer (born 1998)
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Ismail Azzaoui (born 6 January 1998) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger.[2]
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Ismail Azzaoui | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ismail Azzaoui[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| 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) |
| 2020–2023 | Heracles | 50 | (7) |
| 2023–2024 | Araz-Naxçıvan | 26 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | Omonia 29M | 7 | (0) |
| 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 as of 14:32, 12 May 2025 (UTC) | |||
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 | ||
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