Moussa Maâzou
 Maâzou in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ouwo Moussa Maâzou | ||
| Date of birth | 25 August 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Niamey, Niger | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Changchun Yatai | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2005 | ASFAN | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | ASFAN | 79 | (48) |
| 2008–2009 | Lokeren | 25 | (14) |
| 2009–2012 | CSKA Moscow | 15 | (3) |
| 2009 | → Lokeren (loan) | 6 | (3) |
| 2010 | → Monaco (loan) | 18 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | → Bordeaux (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Monaco (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Zulte Waregem (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Le Mans (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Étoile du Sahel | 12 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Vitória Guimarães | 25 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Marítimo | 18 | (9) |
| 2015– | Changchun Yatai | 26 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008– | Niger | 36 | (11) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2015 (UTC) | |||
Ouwo Moussa Maâzou (born 25 August 1988) commonly known as Moussa Maâzou, is a Nigerien professional footballer who plays as a striker for Chinese club Changchun Yatai.
Career
Maazou began his senior career as a player with Niger's Army club, ASFAN of Niamey.[1] In 2005–2006 Maazou scored 17 goals.[2] In the 2006–2007 season with ASFAN,[3] he scored 20 goals in 34 matches.[4] In January 2008, Belgian side Sporting Lokeren signed him. He scored six goals in his first nine matches. On 3 January 2009, Maâzou signed a contract with CSKA Moscow. The club paid Sporting Lokeren €4.8m for Maazou. He was immediately loaned back to Lokeren until 1 July 2009.[5] After CSKA qualified for the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup 2008–09, he was called back from the loan and on 12 March 2009 was registered as a CSKA player.[6] In January 2010 Maâzou left Russia, signing a six-month loan deal, with an option for a permanent move when his loan spell ends, with AS Monaco.[7] The following season Maâzou joined FC Girondins de Bordeaux on a one-year loan, again with an option to purchase.[8] At the end of January 2011 Maâzou returned to AS Monaco on another six-month,[9] but after only one game injured his knee in training and would require surgery.[10]
In February 2012, Maâzou signed for Le Mans on a six-month loan deal,[11] before moving to Tunisian side Étoile du Sahel on a 3-year contract during the summer of 2012.[12] After terminating his contract with Tunisian side Étoile du Sahel, Maâzou signed for Vitória Guimarães in Portugal in July 2013.[13]
He switched to another Portuguese club, Marítimo on August 2014.[14] On 28 January 2015, at that point the Portuguese top flight's second top goalscorer of the season with nine goals, Maâzou transferred to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai.[15]
International career
In April 2015, Maâzou announced his retirement from the Niger national football team at the age of 26, after having earned 30 caps and scored seven international goals. He credited the dismissal of manager Gernot Rohr in the previous October as a reason for his decision.[16] However, in October returned to the national team, scoring two goals against Somalia national football team in the campaign for 2018 World Cup.
International goals
- Scores and results list Niger's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10 October 2010 | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey |  Egypt |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier |
| 2. | 17 November 2010 | June 11 Stadium, Tripoli |  Libya |
Friendly | ||
| 3. | 10 August 2011 | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey |  Togo |
Friendly | ||
| 4. | 10 August 2011 | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey | Togo |
Friendly | ||
| 5. | 4 September 2011 | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey |  South Africa |
2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier | ||
| 6. | 9 October 2012 | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey |  Liberia |
Friendly | ||
| — | 20 March 2013 | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey |  Gambia |
Friendly (Non-FIFA) | ||
| 7. | 6 September 2014 | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey |  Cape Verde |
2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier | ||
| 8. | 9 October 2015 | Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa |  Somalia |
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 9. | 9 October 2015 | Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa | Somalia |
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 10. | 13 October 2015 | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey | Somalia |
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 11. | 13 October 2015 | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey | Somalia |
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
- Nigerien Footballer of the Year: 2006
- Russian Cup: 2008–09
- Coupe de France: Runner-up 2009–10
- Ballon de Plomb: 2011
References
- ^ L'homme du mois: « Maazou pense au Standard mais rêve d’Arsenal » .footgoal.net 17 December 2008
- ^ TRANSFERT DE MÂAZOU OUWO AU CSKA DE MOSCOU La réaction du Colonel Djibrilla Hima Hamidou dit Pélé. Republicain (Niger) 14 janvier 2009
- ^ Note: Niger league runs from late December to July or August
- ^ Maazou taking Belgium by storm (FIFA.com) Thursday 18 December 2008
- ^ http://www.footgoal.net/suite.php?selection=36090
- ^ Maazou became an Army player
- ^ "Monaco signs striker Moussa Maazou in loan deal". Fox Sports. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Transfert – Maazou signe aux Girondins". FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Moussa Maazou proche d'un retour à Monaco" (in French). planete-asm. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "MONACO SIGNING MAAZOU CROCKED". Ligue 1. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Niger's Maazou to rescue Le Mans". english.ahram.org. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Foot - Le Nigérien Ouwo Moussa Maazou étoilé pour 3 ans (Photos & vidéo)". Étoile du Sahel. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Moussa Maazou : Le Nigérien retrouve le sourire au Portugal". africatopsports. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Moussa Maazou chegou para o ataque". Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Vasconcelos, Gonçalo (28 January 2015). "Maazou transferido para a China". Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 May 2015.
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External links
- Moussa Maâzou at Soccerway
- Moussa Maâzou at National-Football-Teams.com
- Moussa Maâzou – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Footgoal Profile
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- Use dmy dates from September 2010
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Niamey
- Nigerien footballers
- Niger international footballers
- Nigerien expatriate footballers
- Association football forwards
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- PFC CSKA Moscow players
- AS Monaco FC players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- S.V. Zulte Waregem players
- Le Mans FC players
- Étoile Sportive du Sahel players
- Vitória S.C. players
- C.S. Marítimo players
- Changchun Yatai F.C. players
- Chinese Super League players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Russian Football Premier League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Primeira Liga players
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Expatriate footballers in Monaco
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Tunisia
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in China
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Nigerien expatriates in France
- Nigerien expatriates in Belgium
- Nigerien expatriates in Russia