Noussair Mazraoui
![]() Mazraoui with Ajax in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Noussair Mazraoui[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 November 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Leiderdorp, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ajax | ||
Number | 12 | ||
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– | Ajax | 93 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2018 | Morocco U20 | 3 | (0) |
2018– | Morocco | 12 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 September 2021 |
Noussair Mazraoui (Berber: ⵏⵓⵙⴰⵢⵔ ⵎⴰⵣⵔⴰⵡⵉ, Arabic: نصير مزراوي; born 14 November 1997) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a right back for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Morocco national team.
Club career
Ajax
Mazraoui grew up in Alphen aan de Rijn and started playing for local club AVV Alphen at age 4.[3] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] He scored his first league goal in a 5–0 win against N.E.C.
International career
Mazraoui was a youth international for Morocco.[6][7] He first played for the Moroccan national team in 2018.
On 20 November, Mazraoui revealed that the relations between him and Moroccan national team coach Vahid Halilhodžić fell.[8][9] 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.[10][11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 11 May 2022[12]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong Ajax | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 33 | 6 | — | — | — | 33 | 6 | |||
2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 22 | 6 | — | — | — | 22 | 6 | ||||
2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 56 | 12 | — | — | — | 56 | 12 | |||||
Ajax | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Eredivisie | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 2 | — | 48 | 4 | ||
2019–20 | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Eredivisie | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | Eredivisie | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 5 | |
Total | 93 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 10 | ||
Career total | 149 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 22 |
International
- As of match played 13 November 2020[13]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Morocco | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
2019 | 7 | 1 | |
2020 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 12 | 2 |
- Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.[13]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 19 November 2019 | Intwari Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2. | 13 October 2020 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Ajax[14]
Individual
- Eredivisie Talent of the Month: November 2018[15]
- Eredivisie Talent of the Year: 2018[16]
- Ajax Talent of the Year: 2019[17]
- Ajax Goal of the Month: January 2022[18]
References
- ^ "Morocco" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 16. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Officiële website AFC Ajax Amsterdam – Ajax.nl".
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Almere City vs. Ajax II – 12 August 2016 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "Ajax 3 – 1 FC Midtjylland | Football". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
- ^ "Match – Maroc – France – FFF".
- ^ "Vahid and Mazraoui quarreled because of… a bottle!". Archysport. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Maroc : Noussair Mazraoui revient sur son clash avec Vahid Halilhodzic | Africa Foot United". africafootunited.com (in French). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "زياش ومزراوي يغيبان عن المنتخب". Hespress – هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 13 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "مزراوي يرفض دعوة الإنضمام لمنتخب المغرب". www.yalla-sport.com. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "N. Mazraoui". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Noussair Mazraoui". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Noussair Mazraoui – Career Honours". Soccerway.
- ^ "Tagliafico Speler van de Maand, Mazraoui wint talentenprijs".
- ^ "Noussair Mazraoui named Eredivisie Talent of the Month – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers". African Football. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Ziyech en Mazraoui verkozen tot speler en talent van het jaar". AD.nl. 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Noussair Mazraoui Wins 'Goal of the Month Trophy' for Stunner Against PSV Eindhoven".
External links
Media related to Noussair Mazraoui at Wikimedia Commons
- Career stats – Voetbal International
- Noussair Mazraoui at Soccerway
- Noussair Mazraoui at WorldFootball.net
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Leiderdorp
- Citizens of Morocco through descent
- Moroccan footballers
- Morocco youth international footballers
- Dutch footballers
- Dutch people of Moroccan descent
- Association football defenders
- AFC Ajax players
- Jong Ajax players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Morocco international footballers
- Moroccan football defender stubs