Larry Azouni
Larry Francis Abdel Azouni (born 23 March 1994) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Nacional. Born in France, he opted to represent Tunisia internationally.[3]
.jpg.webp) Azouni with the France U-19 team in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Larry Francis Abdel Azouni[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nacional | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2006 | Burel FC | ||
| 2006–2012 | Marseille | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Marseille | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Lorient (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Nîmes[2] | 75 | (4) |
| 2017–2020 | KV Kortrijk | 64 | (1) |
| 2020– | Nacional | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012 | France U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | France U19 | 14 | (0) |
| 2013 | France U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2014 | Tunisia U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016– | Tunisia | 10 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:32, 19 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Azouni made his professional debut on 6 December 2012 in the 2012–13 Europa League campaign against Cypriot side AEL Limassol in a 3–0 loss. He came on as a substitute for Kassim Abdallah in the 74th minute.
International career
Azouni was born and raised in France, to parents of Tunisian descent. He played for various France youth teams, before switching to the Tunisia national football team. He made one appearance for the Tunisia U21 team. He made his debut for the senior Tunisia team in a 1–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Togo as a sub in the 89th minute.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 19 July 2019[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Marseille | 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| Lorient (loan) | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| Nîmes | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 2 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 75 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 4 | ||
| KV Kortrijk | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 55 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 115 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 139 | 6 | ||
International
- As of matches played on 19 July 2019[6]
| Tunisia national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 |
References
- "Euskal Selekzioa Tunisia partidako hamaikakoak". twitter.com (in Basque). Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- "Larry AZOUNI – Football : la fiche de Larry AZOUNI (KV Courtrai)".
- "[Equipe Nationale Olympique]: liste des joueurs convoqués pour le match amical conte le Qatar – Tunisie-Foot".
- "mensquare.agency". www.mensquare.com.
- "Larry Azouni » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- Larry Azouni at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Larry Azouni at the French Football Federation (in French). Archived at webarchive.org.
- Larry Azouni at Soccerway
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