Mimoun Azaouagh

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Mimoun Azaouagh
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Azaouagh in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-11-17) 17 November 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Beni Sidel, Morocco
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1996 FSV Frankfurt
1996–1999 Eintracht Frankfurt
1999–2001 Mainz 05
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2003 Mainz 05 II 40 (5)
2002–2005 Mainz 05 56 (5)
2005–2008 Schalke 04 9 (0)
2006–2007 → Mainz 05 (loan) 27 (2)
2008 → VfL Bochum (loan) 14 (3)
2008–2012 VfL Bochum 71 (8)
2010 → VfL Bochum II 12 (4)
2012–2014 1. FC Kaiserslautern 15 (1)
2015–2016 SC Hessen Dreieich 7 (3)
Total231(28)
International career
2003–2004 Germany U21 [1] 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mimoun Azaouagh (born 17 November 1982) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. [2] [3]

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Career

Azaouagh started his career with the youth teams of FSV Frankfurt and Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1999, he moved to Mainz 05. In the 2000–01 season, he played his first matches for the second team of Mainz in the Oberliga. Azaouagh was promoted from the amateur team to the professional team in September 2002, and from then on given a regular spot in the team. When he helped them reach promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2003–04 season, he had played 48 games and scored four goals in the 2. Bundesliga. Azaouagh missed the first three matches of Mainz in the Bundesliga due to illness, but already in his second match at the highest German level he scored a goal. During a match against VfL Wolfsburg on 30 October 2004, he suffered a serious injury after clash with an opposing player, ruling him out for six months. [4] Later in the season, he was recompensed financially for this injury.

In late 2004, however, Azaouagh moved to Schalke 04. The move was controversial, as the club initially refused to pay the transfer fee. After months had passed, the clubs found an agreement. [5]

It took months of rehabilitation before Azaough could play again. On 14 January 2005, he made his debut for Schalke 04 in a friendly against SC Paderborn. On 4 March 2005, he played his first Bundesliga match for the club against Hannover 96. Azaough scored his first goal in the UEFA Cup match against Palermo on 16 March 2006. [6] In the season 2006–07, he played on a loan for Mainz 05 again. Upon his return to Schalke, he was mostly a reserve, and as he consequence of his lack of playing time, he was loaned out again; this time to VfL Bochum for the rest of the season. After the 2007–08 season, Azaouagh made the move permanent. His contract ran until 30 June 2012.

Azaouagh joined fellow 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a free transfer in summer 2012. [7] After the expiration of his contract in 2014 he left the club.

Azaouagh was without a club from July 2014 and joined SC Hessen Dreieich in the fifth-tier Hessenliga in December 2015 until the end of the season. [8] He retired from football after the season. [9]

International career

Azaouagh played for the Germany under-21 national team. He announced on 2 October 2009 that he would now play for the Morocco national team.

Personal life

Azaouagh is of Berber origin, hailing from Beni Sidel, Morocco. He is fluent in German, English and Berber, but not Arabic. [10] His brothers Ahmed and Aziz are also football players.

On 12 February 2015, German newspaper Bild , published a controversial article with the title "Former Bundesliga-Star now a Salafist?". Azaouagh denied this, saying he was a Muslim but not a salafist. He also claimed that the Bild article was responsible for him not being able to get a new contract. [11]

Career statistics

As of 17 January 2015

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague DFB-Pokal League CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mainz 05 II 2000–01 Oberliga Südwest 10———10
2001–0233410——344
2002–036110——71
Total405200000425
Mainz 05 2002–03 2. Bundesliga 24310——253
2003–04 24110——251
2004–05 Bundesliga 8121——102
Total565410000606
Schalke 04 2004–05 Bundesliga0000—0000
2005–06 4000002161
2007–08 50202010100
Total90202031161
Mainz 05 (loan) 2006–07 Bundesliga27210——282
VfL Bochum (loan) 2007–08 Bundesliga14300——143
VfL Bochum 2008–09 Bundesliga30120——321
2009–10 17310——183
2010–11 2. Bundesliga13200——132
2011–12 11200——112
Total718300000748
VfL Bochum II 2010–11 Regionalliga West 124———124
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2012–13 Bundesliga15110——161
2013–14 0000——00
Total151100001161
Career total24428131203126230

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References

  1. ↑ "U 21-Männer: Mimoun Azaouagh" [U 21-men: Mimoun Azaouagh] (in German). DFB. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Mimoun Azaouagh" (in German). fussballdaten.de . Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Azaouagh, Mimoun" (in German). kicker . Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Mainz lose inspirational Azaouagh". UEFA . 1 November 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. ↑ ""Assauer hat sich moralisch verdribbelt"". Der Spiegel (in German). 19 March 2005. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Schalke-Palermo 2005 History". uefa.com. UEFA . Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Bunjaku & Azaouagh kommen zum FCK" [Bunjaku & Azaouagh join FCK] (in German). 1. FC Kaiserslautern. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ex-Mainz 05er Mimoun Azaouagh kommt zum SC Hessen". hessen-dreiech.de (in German). SC Hessen Dreieich. 9 December 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  9. ↑ Canizales, Tizian (26 March 2020). "Die Achterbahn-Karriere des Mimoun Azaouagh". Revier Sport (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  10. ↑ Körner, Friedhelm (5 November 2009). "Marokko statt DFB: Azaouagh: Schwergewicht von 64 kg" [Morocco instead of DFB: Azaouagh: heavyweight of 64 kg]. Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  11. ↑ Ulrich, Ron (8 September 2015). ""Ich bin kein Salafist" - Mimoun Azaouagh über die Vorwürfe der Bild Zeitung" ["I am not a salafist" - Mimoun Azaouagh on allegations made by the Bild newspaper]. 11Freunde (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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