Amine El Ouazzani

Amine El Ouazzani
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-07-15) 15 July 2001
Place of birth Grenoble, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Angers
(on loan from Braga)
Number 19
Youth career
Grenoble
2019–2020 Bourg-Péronnas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Bourg-Péronnas 51 (10)
2022–2024 Guingamp 61 (18)
2024– Braga 46 (8)
2026– → Angers (loan) 2 (1)
International career‡
2023–2024 Morocco U23 14 (4)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Morocco
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2023 Morocco
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:24, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Amine El Ouazzani (Arabic: أمين الوزاني; born 15 July 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Angers, on loan from Primeira Liga club Braga. Born in France, he is a former Morocco youth international.

Club career

A youth product of Grenoble and FBBP, El Ouazzani began his career with the latter in the Championnat National in 2020, scoring 10 goals in 51 league appearances.[2] On 28 November 2022, he signed as a joker with Guingamp in the Ligue 2 until June 2025. He made his professional debut with Guingamp as a late substitute in a 2–1 win over Nîmes on 26 December 2022.[3]

On 23 June 2024, El Ouazzani signed for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Braga for a fee of €3.5 million on a five-year contract.[4]

On 20 July 2026, El Ouazzani joined French Ligue 1 club Angers on a season-long loan.[5]

International career

Born in France, El Ouazzani holds French and Moroccan nationalities.[6] He was called up to the Morocco U23s in March 2023.[7]

In June 2023, he was included in the final squad of the under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Morocco itself,[8][9] where the Atlas Lions won their first title[10][11] and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[10][12]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FBBP 2020–21 CFA 191———191
2021–22 CFA 206———206
2022–23 CFA 123———123
Total 5110———5110
Guingamp 2022–23 Ligue 2 23700——237
2023–24 Ligue 2 381110——3911
Total 611810——6218
Braga 2024–25 Primeira Liga 337401013[c]45111
2025–26 Primeira Liga 13220009[c]0242
Total 46960102247513
Career total 15837701022418841

Honours

Morocco U23

References

  1. ↑ "Amine El Ouazzani". En Avant Guingamp.
  2. ↑ "Les premiers mots d'Amine El Ouazzani, nouveau n°9 d'En Avant Guingamp". Ouest-France.fr.
  3. ↑ HORRENBERGER, Eric (26 February 2023). "Ligue 2. Face à Caen, Amine El Ouazzani était dans tous les bons coups". Ouest-France.fr.
  4. ↑ "AMINE EL OUAZZANI É REFORÇO!" [AMINE EL OUAZZANI IS REINFORCEMENT!]. scbraga.pt (in Portuguese). 23 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ↑ read, Get French Football News·1 min (20 July 2026). "Official | Amine El Ouazzani joins Angers". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 20 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "EA Guingamp. Amine El Ouazzani, un immense oui". Ouest-France.fr.
  7. ↑ "منتخب أقل من 23 سنة يدخل تجمع اعدادي للمنافسة بالدوري الدولي بالرباط — يسبريس 7". 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sei bianconeri con le nazionali". FC Lugano (in Italian). 9 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "تشكيلة المنتخب الوطني لاقل من 23 سنة امام غينيا". Royal Moroccan Football Federation (in Arabic). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 "Morocco win maiden TotalEnergies U-23 Africa Cup of Nations title with victory over Egypt | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Le Maroc remporte la CAN U23 au bout de la prolongation". SO FOOT.com (in French). 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Le Mali, le Maroc et l'Égypte qualifiés pour les JO 2024". SO FOOT.com (in French). 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.