Noussair Mazraoui

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.

Noussair Mazraoui
Mazraoui with Ajax in 2018
Personal information
Full name Noussair Mazraoui[1]
Date of birth (1997-11-14) 14 November 1997
Place of birth Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Club 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 91 (6)
National team‡
2017–2018 Morocco U20 3 (0)
2018– Morocco 12 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 September 2021

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 17 April 2022[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 336———336
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 226———226
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 10———10
Total 5612———5612
Ajax 2017–18 Eredivisie 800000—80
2018–19 Eredivisie 28131172—484
2019–20 Eredivisie 130106000200
2020–21 Eredivisie 1901061—261
2021–22 Eredivisie 235108010335
Total 916613731013510
Career total 14718613731019122

International
As of match played 13 November 2020[13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Morocco 201830
201971
202021
Total122
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.[13]
List of international goals scored by Noussair Mazraoui
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 November 2019Intwari Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi Burundi1–03–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.13 October 2020Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco DR Congo1–01–1Friendly

Honours

Ajax[14]

Individual

References
  1. "Morocco" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 16. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. "Officiële website AFC Ajax Amsterdam – Ajax.nl".
  3. 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.
  4. "Almere City vs. Ajax II – 12 August 2016 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  5. "Ajax 3 – 1 FC Midtjylland | Football". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  7. "Match – Maroc – France – FFF".
  8. "Vahid and Mazraoui quarreled because of… a bottle!". Archysport. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  9. "Maroc : Noussair Mazraoui revient sur son clash avec Vahid Halilhodzic | Africa Foot United". africafootunited.com (in French). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  10. "زياش ومزراوي يغيبان عن المنتخب". Hespress – هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 13 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  11. "مزراوي يرفض دعوة الإنضمام لمنتخب المغرب". www.yalla-sport.com. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  12. "N. Mazraoui". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  13. "Noussair Mazraoui". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  14. "Noussair Mazraoui – Career Honours". Soccerway.
  15. "Tagliafico Speler van de Maand, Mazraoui wint talentenprijs".
  16. "Noussair Mazraoui named Eredivisie Talent of the Month – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers". African Football. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  17. "Ziyech en Mazraoui verkozen tot speler en talent van het jaar". AD.nl. 16 May 2019.
  18. "Noussair Mazraoui Wins 'Goal of the Month Trophy' for Stunner Against PSV Eindhoven".


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