Oussama El Azzouzi

Oussama El Azzouzi
El Azzouzi in 2024 with Morocco U23
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001
Place of birth Veenendaal, Netherlands
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 17
Youth career
2009–2011 VRC
2011–2016 Vitesse
2016–2018 DOVO
2018–2021 Groningen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Emmen 34 (1)
2022–2023 Union SG 23 (0)
2023– Bologna 21 (2)
2025–2026 → Auxerre (loan) 11 (1)
International career‡
2023–2024 Morocco U23 12 (0)
2023– Morocco 6 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2023 Morocco
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:35, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Oussama El Azzouzi (Arabic: أسامة العزوزي; born 29 May 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Bologna. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Club career

El Azzouzi was born on 29 May 2001 in Veenendaal, Netherlands. He started playing organised football at local club VRC at age eight, before going on to play in the youth academies of Groningen and Vitesse, as well as amateur club DOVO.[1][2] He made his professional debut for Emmen in the Eerste Divisie for one season, helping them gain promotion as champions to the Eredivisie at the end of the 2021–22 season. He signed a three-year contract in Union SG in July 2022, with the option of an extra year.[3][4] He made his debut for Union SG on 6 August 2022, starting a 3–0 away defeat against Mechelen.[5]

On 20 July 2023, El Azzouzi signed for Serie A club Bologna.[6]

On 1 August 2025, El Azzouzi joined Auxerre in France on a season-long loan.[7]

International career

Born in the Netherlands, El Azzouzi is Moroccan by descent.[8] He was called up to the Morocco U23s in March 2023.[9]

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,[10][11] where the Atlas Lions won their first title[12][13] and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[12][14]

In October 2023, he was called up to the Morocco senior national team for the first time.[15] He made his senior debut for Morocco on 17 October 2023, starting a 3–0 home win against Liberia in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match.[16]

Personal life

He is the twin brother of the footballer Anouar El Azzouzi.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Emmen 2021–22 Eerste Divisie 34120—361
Union SG 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 230427[b]0342
Bologna 2023–24 Serie A 18220—202
2024–25 Serie A 20100030
2026–27 Serie A 1000—10
Total 2123000242
Auxerre (loan) 2025–26 Ligue 1 111——111
Career total 107492701256

Honours

FC Emmen

Bologna

Morocco U23

References

  1. ↑ "Interview Anouar El Azzouzi". PEC Zwolle (in Dutch). 24 February 2024. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Basisdebuut Oussama El Azzouzi bij Marokko". v.v. DOVO (in Dutch). 20 October 2023. Archived from the original on 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Confusion surrounds USG signing as UEFA website drops Rangers hint". Rangersnews.uk. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Oussama el Azzouzi signs contract in Belgium". ad.nl.
  5. ↑ "MECHELEN VS. RUSG 3–0". Soccerway.
  6. ↑ "Oussama El Azzouzi joins Bologna". Bologna. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Oussama El Azzouzi rejoint l'AJA" [Oussama El Azzouzi joins AJA] (in French). AJ Auxerre. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Union vindt defensieve versterking met Oussama El Azzouzi". bruzz.be.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Sei bianconeri con le nazionali". FC Lugano (in Italian). 9 June 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "تشكيلة المنتخب الوطني لاقل من 23 سنة امام غينيا". Royal Moroccan Football Federation (in Arabic). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. ↑ "Le Mali, le Maroc et l'Égypte qualifiés pour les JO 2024". SO FOOT.com (in French). 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  15. ↑ "Veenendaler Oussama el Azzouzi for the first time in the Morocco national selection". regiosportveenendaal.nl. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "MOROCCO VS LIBERIA 3–0". Soccerway. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  17. ↑ 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 29 October 2023.
  18. ↑ "Eerste Divisie 2021/2022". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  19. ↑ "AC Milan 0–1 Bologna: Bologna win Coppa Italia to end 51-year trophy drought". BBC Sport. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  20. ↑ "Egypt U23 vs Morocco U23: Olympics". BBC Sport. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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