Ismail Azzaoui

Ismail Azzaoui (born 6 January 1998) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo .[1]

Ismail Azzaoui
Personal information
Full name Ismail Azzaoui
Date of birth (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Heracles Almelo
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2014 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– Heracles Almelo 0 (0)
National team‡
2013 Belgium U15 2 (0)
2013–2014 Belgium U16 11 (2)
2014–2015 Belgium U17 17 (6)
2016 Belgium U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:13, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:09, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Brussels, Azzaoui started playing football with R.S.C. Anderlecht.[2][3] 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.[4]

In early August 2017, Azzaoui was transferred to Dutch Eredivisie club Willem II for a season-long loan.[5] After his return to Wolfsburg, Azzaoui injured his knee and was out for the whole 2018/19 season.[6] On 27 October 2020 Azzaoui signed a one year contract with Dutch side Heracles Almelo. [7]

International career

He is of Moroccan ancestry and plays for the Belgium U17 team.[3]

Honors

International

Belgia U17

Career statistics

Club
As of 18 August 2018[1][10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfL Wolfsburg II Regionalliga Nord 2015–16 10–––10
2016–17 12–––12
2019–20 11–––11
Total 3300000033
VfL Wolfsburg Bundesliga 2015–16 2000000020
Willem II Eredivisie 2017–18 193210000214
Career total 246210000267

    References
    1. "Belgium - I. Azzaoui - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
    2. "Ismail Azzaoui". vfl-wolfsburg.de. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015.
    3. "Azzaoui: Tipps von De Bruyne" [Azzaoui: Tips from De Bruyne] (in German). kicker.de. 9 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015.
    4. "Wolfsburg vs. Werder Bremen - 21 November 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
    5. "Loan move" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
    6. "Belgisch toptalent Azzaoui (Wolfsburg) loopt opnieuw knieblessure op" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
    7. https://www.foxsports.nl/nieuws/artikel/3282133/aanvallende-impuls-voor-heracles-azzoui-tekent-almelo
    8. https://web.archive.org/web/20191103180706/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FU17/2015/pdf/FU17_2015_SquadLists.pdf
    9. https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/archive/chile2015/
    10. "Ismail Azzaoui » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 February 2018.


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