Noussair Mazraoui

Noussair Mazraoui (Arabic: نصير مزراوي; born 14 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a full-back, central-midfielder or winger for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Morocco at international level.

Noussair Mazraoui
Mazraoui with Ajax in 2018
Personal information
Full name Noussair Mazraoui[1]
Date of birth (1997-11-14) 14 November 1997[2]
Place of birth Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Full-back
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 40
Youth career
2002–2005 AVV Alphen
2005–2006 Alphense Boys
2006–2016 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Jong Ajax 56 (12)
2018–2022 Ajax 93 (6)
2022– Bayern Munich 17 (1)
International career‡
2017–2018 Morocco U20 3 (0)
2018– Morocco 22 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:22, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Club career

Ajax

Mazraoui grew up in Alphen aan de Rijn and started playing for local club AVV Alphen at age 4.[4] He moved to Alphense Boys three years later, where he only played for a year before being invited to play in the youth academy of Ajax.[4] He made his professional debut with Jong Ajax on 12 August 2016 in an Eerste Divisie game against Almere City, replacing Richairo Živković after 86 minutes.[5] On 25 October 2020, Mazraoui scored his first professional goal in a 3–1 victory against FC Midtjylland in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.[6] He scored his first league goal in a 5–0 win against N.E.C..

Bayern Munich

On 24 May 2022, Mazraoui signed a four-year deal with Bayern Munich, starting from 1 July.[7] In January 2023, he had an inflammation in his pericardium after suffering from Covid-19, which would rule him out for six to eight weeks.[8] On 13 May 2023, Mazraoui scored his first goal for the club in a 6–0 win against FC Schalke 04.[9][10]

International career

Mazraoui was a youth international for Morocco.[11][12] He first played for the Moroccan national team in 2018.

On 10 November 2021, Mazraoui revealed that the relations between him and Moroccan national team coach Vahid Halilhodžić fell.[13][14] On 13 March 2022, Mazraoui and his Moroccan teammate, Hakim Ziyech, both rejected Halilhodžić's invitation to represent Morocco in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round against DR Congo.[15][16] He later accepted to join the national team and represented Morocco in the 2022 FIFA World Cup after Halilhodžić was replaced by Walid Regragui.

On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[17][18] He played a role in Morocco's charge to the semi-finals, helping them become the first African side to reach the final 4 stage at the World Cup.[19]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 May 2023[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 336———336
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 226———226
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 10———10
Total 5612———5612
Ajax 2017–18 Eredivisie 800000—80
2018–19 Eredivisie 28131172—484
2019–20 Eredivisie 130106000200
2020–21 Eredivisie 1901061—261
2021–22 Eredivisie 255108010355
Total 936613731013710
Bayern Munich 2022–23 Bundesliga 171105010241
Career total 16619714232021823

International
As of match played 28 March 2023[21]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Morocco 201830
201971
202021
202280
202320
Total222
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.[21]
List of international goals scored by Noussair Mazraoui
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 November 2019Intwari Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi Burundi1–03–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.13 October 2020Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco DR Congo1–01–1Friendly

Honours

Ajax[22]

Bayern Munich

Individual

Orders

References
  1. "Morocco" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 16. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. "Noussair Mazraoui: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. "Noussair Mazraoui". FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. van der Hansz, Silvester (30 July 2017). "Alphenaar Mazraoui leeft zijn droom tussen de sterren bij Ajax" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. "Almere City vs. Ajax II – 12 August 2016 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. "Ajax 3 – 1 FC Midtjylland | Football". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  7. "FC Bayern sign Noussair Mazraoui". Bayern Munich. 24 May 2022.
  8. "Noussair Mazraoui: Bayern Munich defender out with heart inflammation". BBC Sport. 6 January 2023.
  9. "Bayern put six past Schalke to move closer to title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  10. "Bayern Munich make title statement with dominant win over Schalke". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  11. "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  12. "Match – Maroc – France – FFF".
  13. "Vahid and Mazraoui quarreled because of… a bottle!". Archysport. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  14. "Maroc : Noussair Mazraoui revient sur son clash avec Vahid Halilhodzic | Africa Foot United". africafootunited.com (in French). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  15. "زياش ومزراوي يغيبان عن المنتخب". Hespress – هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 13 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  16. "مزراوي يرفض دعوة الإنضمام لمنتخب المغرب". www.yalla-sport.com. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  17. "Morocco World Cup 2022 squad: Who's in and who's out? | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  18. "Moroccan coach unveils list of 26 Atlas Lions in 2022 World Cup". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  19. "Moroccans in the Bundesliga, including 2022 World Cup bronze medal challengers Achraf Hakimi and Noussair Mazraoui". Bundesliga. 16 December 2022.
  20. "N. Mazraoui". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  21. "Noussair Mazraoui". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  22. "Noussair Mazraoui – Career Honours". Soccerway.
  23. "Sadio Mane debut goal helps Bayern Munich to Supercup win over RB Leipzig". Bundesliga. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  24. "Tagliafico Speler van de Maand, Mazraoui wint talentenprijs".
  25. "Ziyech en Mazraoui verkozen tot speler en talent van het jaar". AD.nl. 16 May 2019.
  26. "Goal of the Season 2021/2022 | Noussair Mazraoui: 'Thank you very much for voting'".
  27. CIES Football Obs [@CIES_Football] (26 May 2022). "Exclusive @CIES_Football ⚽️ Best XI of the 21/22 🇳🇱 @eredivisie season 😊 The selections for 3⃣1⃣ other European leagues 👉 t.co/PHGfMmgCgJ t.co/JqDAlC1g3k" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  28. "Les dix types de wissams royaux accordés par Mohammed VI".
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