Ro-Zangelo Daal

Ro-Zangelo Daal
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-02-10) 10 February 2004
Place of birth Amsterdam, The Netherlands[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 AZ
Number 27
Youth career
–2015 DVC Buiksloot
2015–2023 AZ Alkmaar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2026 Jong AZ 79 (24)
2024– AZ 30 (2)
International career‡
2021 Netherlands U18 3 (2)
2025– Netherlands U21 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025

Ro-Zangelo Daal (born 10 February 2004) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club AZ and their reserve team Jong AZ, making his debut for the senior team during the 2024-25 season in the Eredivisie and also playing for the club in the UEFA Europa League.

Club career

He was born in Amsterdam.[2] He played as youngster at DVC Buiksloot, before moving across in 2015 to the AZ Alkmaar academy, Daal signed a contract with AZ in the summer of 2021. His form for the AZ youth sides saw him being offered a new and extended contract in March 2022 to keep him in Alzmaar until 2025.[3] Daal has been tipped as a "wonderkid" in the football management computer game Football Manager in both 2021 and 2022.[4][5]

Daal made his debut for Jong AZ against Jong PSV in a home 2–0 win in the Eerste Divisie on 1 April 2022.[6][7] Daal scored his first senior league goal on 3 February 2023 in a 4–3 win against VVV Venlo.[8]

On 21 April 2023, Daal scored as AZ won through against Sporting Lisbon to reach the final of the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League.[9] He also played in the UEFA Youth League final against Hajduk Split as AZ ran out 5–0 winners.[10] On 1 January 2024, he signed a new four-and-a-half year contract with the club.[11]

On 7 November 2024, he opened the scoring for AZ in a 3–1 win over Fenerbache in the UEFA Europa League.[12] He also featured for the club in the Eredivisie in a 2–1 home defeat to Willem II Tilburg on 10 November 2024.[13] In January 2025, AZ officially announced that Ro-Zangelo Daal had been moved up from Jong AZ team to the AZ first team squad.[2] He set up the first goal for Mees de Wit as he played in the 2026 KNVB Cup final, in a 5–1 win over NEC Nijmegen on 19 April 2026.[14]

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Daal is of Surinamese descent.[15] He is also eligible to play for Curaçao. He scored for the Dutch under-18 national side in a 5–0 win over Italy under-18s in September 2021.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong AZ 2021–22 Eerste Divisie 20———20
2022–23 Eerste Divisie 122———122
2023–24 Eerste Divisie 326———326
2024–25 Eerste Divisie 313———313
2025–26 Eerste Divisie 21———21
Total 7924———7924
AZ 2024–25 Eredivisie 30004[a]1—71
2025–26 Eredivisie 2414014[b]2—423
2026–27 Eredivisie 3100001[c]142
Total 3024018311536
Career total 10926401831113330
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  3. ↑ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

Honours

AZ

References

  1. 1 2 Ro-Zangelo Daal at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 "Ro-Zangelo Daal definitively added to AZ 1 selection". azalerts.nl. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "AZ verlengt met Daal". AZ.nl. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Football Manager 2022: All the FM22 wonderkids you'll need to sign". FourFourTwo.com.
  5. ↑ "All the best youngsters on Football Manager 2021". PKFoot.com.
  6. ↑ "AZ II VS. PSV II 2-0". Soccerway.
  7. ↑ "Jong AZ is Jong PSV te slim af". az.nl.
  8. ↑ "Hard-fought victory for Young AZ against VVV-Venlo after Meerdink's double". nhnieuws.nl.
  9. ↑ "UEFA Youth League semi-finals: AZ pip Sporting on penalties, Hajduk defeat Milan". UEFA. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "UEFA Youth League final report: AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Hajduk Split". UEFA. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "AZ LANGER DOOR MET DAAL". az.nl. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "AZ VS. FENERBAHCE 3 - 1". Soccerway. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  13. ↑ "AZ VS. WILLEM II 1 - 2". Soccerway. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  14. ↑ Winters, Paul (19 April 2026). "AZ soar to win fifth KNVB Beker as NEC extend record with sixth lost final". Flash Score. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  15. ↑ Karatag, Oezguer. "Ro Zangelo Daal (Ro Daal) AZ Alkmaar Midfielder,Left defensive midfielder Soccer-Talents.com inte". www.soccer-talents.com.
  16. ↑ "Ernest Poku scores for Holland U18 against Italy U18". Footballghana.com.
  17. ↑ "Parrott, Koopmeiners shine as AZ Alkmaar wins KNVB Cup after 13 years". Sport Star. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "AZ rout 10-man PSV 4-0 to lift second Johan Cruyff Shield". NL Times. 2 August 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
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