Anouar El Azzouzi

Anouar El Azzouzi (Arabic: انور العزوزى; born 29 May 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Dordrecht. Born in the Netherlands, he is a youth international for Morocco.

Anouar El Azzouzi
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001
Place of birth Veenendaal, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Dordrecht
Number 6
Youth career
VRC Veenendaal
2011–2018 Vitesse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Vitesse II 1 (0)
2019–2020 NAC Breda 0 (0)
2021– Dordrecht 29 (4)
International career‡
2020 Morocco U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:02, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:02, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Professional career

El Azzouzi is a youth product of his local club VRC Veenendaal and Vitesse. He began his senior career with the reserves of Vitesse in 2018.[1] He spent the 2019-20 season with the reserves of NAC Breda, but left after a disagreement with the technical leadership in December 2020.[2] On 2 August 2021, El Azzouzi transferred to Dordrecht where he was initially assigned to the reserves.[3] On 2 February 2022, he signed a professional contract with the club.[4]

International career

Born in the Netherlands, El Azzouzi is of Moroccan descent. He was called up to a training camp for the Netherlands U18s in 2018.[1] He is a youth international for Morocco, having played for the Morocco U20s in 2020.[5]

Personal life

El Azzouzi is the twin brother of the footballer Oussama El Azzouzi.[6]

References
  1. "A la découverte des jumeaux Anouar et Oussama El Azzouzi". October 1, 2018.
  2. "El Azzouzi en NEC uit elkaar wegens 'meningsverschil'". December 6, 2020.
  3. Keemink, Mischa (August 3, 2021). "Anouar El Azzouzi tekent bij FC Dordrecht". WaterwegSport.nl.
  4. "FC Dordrecht beloont uitblinker Anouar El Azzouzi (20) met eerste profcontract". www.rtvdordrecht.nl.
  5. "El Azzouzi: "Samen met mijn tweelingbroer spelen voor Marokko is een droom"". June 18, 2020.
  6. "DPG Media Privacy Gate". myprivacy.dpgmedia.nl.
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