Yassine Azzagari

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Yassine Azzagari
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Goes, Netherlands
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
VV Kloetinge
0000–2018 JVOZ
2018–2019 NAC Breda
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2022 NAC Breda 41 (2)
2022–2024 Eindhoven 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2023

Yassine Azzagari (born 24 July 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

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Early and personal life

Azzagari was born in Goes and is of Moroccan descent, with his family having settled in the Netherlands in the 1970s. [1] [2] His father played for Apollo in 's-Gravenpolder whilst his eldest brother Jihad played youth football for SBV Excelsior, Club Bruges and FC Utrecht and his second-eldest brother Sofyan played youth football for NAC Breda and senior football for VV Kloetinge and VV Goes. [2]

Career

Azzagari started his career with VV Kloetinge and later played youth football for JVOZ before transferring to NAC Breda in 2018. [3] [2] After appearing in the matchday squad for the first time in a 4–0 defeat at home to Feyenoord on 24 April 2019, [3] Azzagari made his debut for the club in the final game of the season on 15 May 2019 as a substitute in a 0–0 Eredivisie draw with PEC Zwolle, with Breda relegated to the Eerste Divisie. [4] [5] He signed his first professional contract with the club the following month, signing a contract until mid-2022. [2] [6] After being ruled out by injury for the early parts of the 2019–20 season, He scored from 40 yards for NAC Breda U19 in December 2019, [7] before making his first appearance of the season against Jong AZ on 17 January 2020, and his first senior start against Go Ahead Eagles nine days later. [1] He appeared 9 times across the 2018–19 season. [1]

On 8 May 2022, Azzagari signed a two-year contract with FC Eindhoven, with an option for an additional year. [8] On 5 January 2024, his contract with Eindhoven was terminated by mutual consent. [9]

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  9. "FC EINDHOVEN EN AZZAGARI KOMEN CONTRACTONTBINDING OVEREEN" [FC EINDHOVEN AND AZZAGARI AGREE TO CONTRACT TERMINATION] (in Dutch). FC Eindhoven. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.