Ismail Azzaoui

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Ismail Azzaoui
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Ismail Azzaoui
Personal information
Full name Ismail Azzaoui [1]
Date of birth (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Omonia 29M
Number 98
Youth career
–2014 R.S.C. Anderlecht
2014–2015 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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– Omonia 29M 2 (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, correct as of 10 January 2025

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]

Contents

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 December 24, 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

Career statistics

As of 18 August 2018 [2] [14]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfL Wolfsburg II Regionalliga Nord 2015–16 10–––10
2016–17 12–––12
2019–20 11–––11
Total3300000033
VfL Wolfsburg Bundesliga 2015–16 2000000020
Willem II Eredivisie 2017–18 193210000214
Career total246210000267

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    2. 1 2 Ismail Azzaoui at Soccerway
    3. ↑ "Ismail Azzaoui". vfl-wolfsburg.de. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015.
    4. 1 2 "Azzaoui: Tipps von De Bruyne" [Azzaoui: Tips from De Bruyne] (in German). Kicker. 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. ↑ "Απόκτηση Ismael Azzaoui". pacomonia.com (in Greek). Retrieved 1 January 2025.
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