Nacer Barazite
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nacer Barazite | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker, Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
| Number | 43 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:40, 20 December 2007 | |||
Nacer Barazite (born May 27, 1990 in Arnhem) is a Dutch football player of Moroccan descent, currently playing for Arsenal. He plays as an attacking midfielder or support striker and wears the number 43.
Club career
Barazite started his career as a youth player with NEC Nijmegen in the Netherlands. He joined Arsenal in 2006 and regularly featured for the U18 and Reserve teams throughout 2006–07. He signed a professional contract with the club in in September 2007,[1] having scored for the first team in a pre-season friendly against Barnet the previous month.[1]
Barazite made his competitive Arsenal first-team début on October 31 2007, as a substitute for Eduardo da Silva against Sheffield United in a League Cup Fourth Round match.[2] His second appearance also came as a substitute, for Mark Randall in Arsenal's League Cup quarter-final against Blackburn Rovers on December 18 2007, but after only 17 minutes on the pitch he was stretchered off with a dislocated shoulder, and replaced by Fran Merida.[3]
Barazite returned to reserve-team action after his injury, and scored his first hat trick for Arsenal in the under-18s, in a 5–2 win over Southampton. The other two were scored by Luke Freeman. Barazite was also named on the Arsenal bench for the final Premier League game against Sunderland on May 11 2008, but was not brought on.
On Saturday July 19th, Barazite scored for Arsenal in a 2-1 win against Barnet in a pre-season friendly at Underhill.
International career
He has also played for the Netherlands national under-17 football team, being a member of the side in the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship; he scored in the Netherlands' 2–2 draw with Belgium. [4] but the Netherlands did not progress beyond the group stage.
Career statistics
- (correct as of 10 January 2008)
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Carling Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Arsenal | 2007–08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b "Nacer Barazite". Arsenal.com.
- ^ "Sheffield United 0-3 Arsenal". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Blackburn 2-3 Arsenal (aet)". BBC Sport.
- ^ "High drama for Low Countries". uefa.com.
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