Anouar El Azzouzi

Anouar El Azzouzi
El Azzouzi in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001[1]
Place of birth Veenendaal, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Frosinone
Youth career
VRC Veenendaal
2011–2018 Vitesse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Vitesse II 1 (0)
2019–2020 N.E.C. 0 (0)
2021–2023 Dordrecht 64 (5)
2023–2025 PEC Zwolle 55 (1)
2025–2026 Fortuna Düsseldorf 29 (1)
2026– Frosinone 0 (0)
International career‡
2020 Morocco U20 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 March 2020

Anouar El Azzouzi (Arabic: انور العزوزى; born 29 May 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Frosinone. Born in the Netherlands, he is a youth international for Morocco.

Club career

El Azzouzi is a youth product of his local club VRC Veenendaal and Vitesse. He began his senior career with the reserves of Vitesse in 2018.[2] He spent the 2019-20 season with the reserves of NEC Nijmegen, but left after a disagreement with the technical leadership in December 2020.[3] On 2 August 2021, El Azzouzi transferred to Dordrecht where he was initially assigned to the reserves.[4] On 2 February 2022, he signed a professional contract with the club.[5]

On 10 July 2023, El Azzouzi signed a contract with PEC Zwolle for three seasons, with an optional fourth year.[6]

On 26 June 2025, El Azzouzi moved to German club Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 2. Bundesliga.[7]

On 13 July 2026, El Azzouzi signed a three-year contract with Frosinone in Italy.[8]

International career

Born in the Netherlands, El Azzouzi is of Moroccan descent. He was called up to a training camp for the Netherlands U18s in 2018.[2] He is a youth international for Morocco, having played for the Morocco U20s in 2020.[9]

Personal life

El Azzouzi is the twin brother of the footballer Oussama El Azzouzi.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Anouar El Azzouzi at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 "A la découverte des jumeaux Anouar et Oussama El Azzouzi" (in French). 1 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "El Azzouzi en NEC uit elkaar wegens 'meningsverschil'" (in Dutch). 6 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Keemink, Mischa (3 August 2021). "Anouar El Azzouzi tekent bij FC Dordrecht". WaterwegSport.nl (in Dutch).
  5. ↑ Elevald, Alexander (2 February 2022). "FC Dordrecht beloont uitblinker Anouar El Azzouzi (20) met eerste profcontract". www.rtvdordrecht.nl (in Dutch).
  6. ↑ "Anouar El Azzouzi nieuwe aanwinst PEC Zwolle" (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. 10 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Fortuna verpflichtet Anouar El Azzouzi" [Fortuna signs Anouar El Azzouzi] (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "EL AZZOUZI È GIALLAZZURRO" [EL AZZOUZI IS YELLOW AND BLUE] (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 13 July 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "El Azzouzi: "Samen met mijn tweelingbroer spelen voor Marokko is een droom"" (in Dutch). 18 June 2020.
  10. ↑ Bomgaars, Arco (8 August 2022). "Anouar El Azzouzi kijkt met trots naar broer Oussama: 'Ik hoop in zijn voetsporen te treden'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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