Rachid Azzouzi
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 January 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Taounate, Morocco | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Hertha Mariadorf | |||
Alemannia Mariadorf | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1989 | 1. FC Köln reserves | ||
1989–1995 | MSV Duisburg | 111 | (4) |
1995–1997 | Fortuna Köln | 43 | (0) |
1997–2003 | Greuther Fürth | 156 | (27) |
2003 | Chongqing Lifan | 11 | (0) |
2004 | Greuther Fürth | 12 | (1) |
International career | |||
1990–1998 | Morocco | 37 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rachid Azzouzi (Arabic: رشيد عزّوزي) (born 10 January 1971) is a Moroccan former football midfielder and current sporting director. Raised in Germany, he represented Morocco at international level.
Early life
Azzouzi was born in Taounate, Morocco, but moved as a kid with his family to Germany. He was raised in Rhineland.[2]
Club career
Azzouzi started playing as a youth for Hertha and Alemannia Mariadorf. In 1988, he moved to 1.FC Köln, where he would play for one year. He later played for several clubs, including MSV Duisburg, Fortuna Köln and Greuther Fürth, all in Germany, except for Chongqing Lifan in China.
International career
He played for the Morocco national football team and was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics,[3] 1994 FIFA World Cup and at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Sporting director career
After the end of his playing career, Azzouzi served as sporting director for SpVgg Greuther Fürth. On 25 May 2012, it was announced that Azzouzi will become the new sporting director of Germany second division club FC St. Pauli.[4] On 16 December 2014, he left his position in St. Pauli. On 10 June 2015 he was signed a two-years contract as a sporting director of Fortuna Düsseldorf.[5]
References
- ^ "Azzouzi, Rachid" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "Mintal und Co.: Die Liebe der Fußball-Migranten" (in German). nordbayern.de. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "Mohamed Rashid Azzouzi Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Paukenschlag! Azzouzi geht - zu St. Pauli" (in German). kicker.de. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "Rachid Azzouzi wird Sportdirektor" (in German). f95.de. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
External links
- Rachid Azzouzi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Living people
- 1971 births
- People from Fez, Morocco
- Association football midfielders
- Moroccan footballers
- Morocco international footballers
- Moroccan expatriate footballers
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- MSV Duisburg players
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
- SC Fortuna Köln players
- Chongqing Lifan F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in China
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympic footballers of Morocco
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 1992 African Cup of Nations players
- 1998 African Cup of Nations players
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in China
- FC St. Pauli managers
- Moroccan football managers
- Moroccan football biography stubs