Ro-Zangelo Daal
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 February 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, The Netherlands[1] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AZ | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | DVC Buiksloot | ||
| 2015–2023 | AZ Alkmaar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Jong AZ | 79 | (24) |
| 2024– | AZ | 22 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (2) |
| 2025– | Netherlands U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2025 | |||
Ro-Zangelo Daal (born 10 February 2004) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club AZ and their reserve team Jong AZ, making his debut for the senior team during the 2024-25 season in the Eredivisie and also playing for the club in the UEFA Europa League.
He was born in Amsterdam.[2] He played as youngster at DVC Buiksloot, before moving across in 2015 to the AZ Alkmaar academy, Daal signed a contract with AZ in the summer of 2021. His form for the AZ youth sides saw him being offered a new and extended contract in March 2022 to keep him in Alzmaar until 2025.[3] Daal has been tipped as a "wonderkid" in the football management computer game Football Manager in both 2021 and 2022.[4][5]
Daal made his debut for Jong AZ against Jong PSV in a home 2–0 win in the Eerste Divisie on 1 April 2022.[6][7] Daal scored his first senior league goal on 3 February 2023 in a 4–3 win against VVV Venlo.[8]
On 21 April 2023 Daal scored as AZ won through against Sporting Lisbon to reach the final of the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League.[9] He also played in the UEFA Youth League final against Hajduk Split as AZ ran out 5–0 winners.[10] On 1 January 2024, he signed a new four-and-a-half year contract with the club.[11]
On 7 November 2024, he opened the scoring for AZ in a 3-1 win over Fenerbache in the UEFA Europa League.[12] He also featured for the club in the Eredivisie in a 2-1 home defeat to Willem II Tilburg on 10 November 2024.[13] In January 2025, AZ officially announced that Ro-Zangelo Daal had been moved up from Jong AZ team to the AZ first team squad.[2] He set up the first goal for Mees de Wit as he played in the 2026 KNVB Cup final, in a 5-1 win over NEC Nijmegen on 19 April 2026.[14]
