Zakaria El Azzouzi
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-05-07) 7 May 1996
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Free Agent
Youth career
DWS
2009–2015 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Ajax 0 (0)
2015–2017 Jong Ajax 11 (6)
2016 → Twente (loan) 13 (4)
2016–2017 → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 21 (5)
2017–2018 → Excelsior (loan) 17 (2)
2019 Emmen 0 (0)
2019–2021 Volendam 35 (8)
2021–2022 Brașov 18 (5)
2022–2023 Al Kharaitiyat
International career
2013 Morocco U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:11, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Zakaria El Azzouzi (Arabic: زكريا العزوزي; born 7 May 1996) is a Dutch-Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward.[1]

Club career

El Azzouzi was born in Rotterdam. He is a youth exponent from AFC Ajax. He made his professional debut at 21 August 2015 with Jong Ajax against NAC Breda. He played the full game, a 3–0 loss.[2] On 22 January 2016, El Azzouzi was sent on loan to FC Twente for the rest of the season[3] and he joined newly promoted Sparta on loan for the 2016–17 season.[4]

He was without a club after his contract with Ajax was dissolved in December 2018.[5]

On 7 March 2019, El Azzouzi signed a six-month contract with an option for an additional year with Emmen after being a free agent for two months.[6] However, the club failed to register him, which meant that he did not make an official appearance during his stint at the club.[7]

On 20 June 2019, Volendam announced that they had signed El Azzouzi as their first new addition ahead the 2019–20 season.[8] He signed a two-year contract with an option for another year. During his unofficial debut, on 6 July against Hoofdklasse club VPV Purmersteijn, he also scored his first goal for the club.[9]

International career

El Azzouzi was born in the Netherlands to parents of Moroccan descent. He represented Morocco in the 2013 African U-17 Championship.[10]

Personal life

On 12 March 2015, when El Azzouzi played in the youth academy of Ajax, he was arrested along with teammates Samet Bulut and Aschraf El Mahdioui for assaulting a plainclothed policewoman. The officer suffered shoulder injuries and various bruises. She later filed charges against the three players.[11] A day later, Ajax announced in an official message that they had suspended the players.[12] Later that week, El Azzouzi remained the only suspect in the case. They were, however, allowed make appearances for the Ajax A1 youth side again after serving a month suspension. As punishment, he had to inform the youth players of Ajax together with Bulut and El Mahdioui.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ Zakaria El Azzouzi at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "NAC Breda vs. Jong Ajax - 21 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  3. ↑ FC Twente huurt Ajax-aanvaller El Azzouzi - AD (in Dutch)
  4. ↑ Sparta Rotterdam huurt El Azzouzi van Ajax - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  5. ↑ Ajax en El Azzouzi per direct uit elkaar (Dutch). Voetbal International. 22 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Welkom, Zakaria El Azzouzi! – FC Emmen". FC Emmen (in Dutch). 7 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Dijkhuizen, Niels (8 April 2019). "El Azzouzi niet speelgerechtigd: Dan maar trainen bij Feyenoord". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch).
  8. ↑ "Zakaria El Azzouzi kiest voor FC Volendam". FC Volendam (in Dutch). 20 June 2019.
  9. ↑ Dekker, Edward (6 July 2019). "Samenvatting: FC Volendam overklast Purmersteijn in eerste duel van het seizoen". NH Nieuws (in Dutch).
  10. ↑ "CAN U 17 : La liste du Maroc". 7 April 2013.
  11. ↑ van Sluis, Hilbert (13 March 2015). "Jeugdspelers Ajax mishandelen agente" (in Dutch). Metro International. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Ajax schorst jeugdspelers na mogelijke mishandeling" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "Ajax houdt geschorste talenten binnenboord" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  14. ↑ Ajax laat A-junioren blijven - Telegraaf (in Dutch)
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