Anwar El Ghazi

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Anwar El Ghazi
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El Ghazi playing for Ajax in 2015
Personal information
Full name Anwar El Ghazi
Date of birth (1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Barendrecht, Netherlands
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Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Ajax
Number 21
Youth career
2000–2006 BVV Barendrecht
2006–2008 Feyenoord
2008–2009 Spartaan '20
2009–2013 Sparta Rotterdam
2013–2014 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Ajax 58 (20)
International career
2011 Netherlands U17 2 (0)
2012–2013 Netherlands U18 3 (2)
2014– Netherlands U21 8 (2)
2015– Netherlands 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:02, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Anwar El Ghazi (born 3 May 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer of Moroccan descent who currently plays for Ajax in the Eredivisie and the Netherlands national team as a winger.

Club career

Early career

El Ghazi began his football career in the youth ranks of his local club BVV Barendrecht, joining the youth academy of Feyenoord for two seasons. He then joined the ranks of Spartaan '20, before getting recruited to Sparta Rotterdam where he progressed through the academy. In 2013 he joined the Ajax Youth Academy, playing for the A1 selection (under-19), competing in the UEFA Youth League for Ajax.[1]

AFC Ajax

El Ghazi was signed by AFC Ajax in July 2013.[2] During the 2014–15 pre-season, El Ghazi scored eight goals in 150 minutes. The top scorer of the preparation period was intended to play for the reserves team Jong Ajax, but due to his performance was listed for the first team of Ajax following the loan of winger Lesley de Sa to Go Ahead Eagles. He made his official debut for Ajax in the 2014 Johan Cruijff Schaal against PEC Zwolle, coming on for Ricardo Kishna in the 1–0 loss at home[3] He made his regular season debut for Ajax in the 2014–15 season opener against Vitesse. The match ended in a 4–1 home victory, with El Ghazi providing the assist for the fourth goal by Lasse Schöne in the 87th minute.[4] On 17 August 2014 he scored his first Eredivisie goal against AZ in the 90th minute of the 3–1 win in Alkmaar.[5] He scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League on 22 October 2014 at Camp Nou, in the 88th minute of the 3–1 loss to FC Barcelona. He was the first player to score at Camp Nou since the beginning of the 2014–15 season, when Barcelona went five matches at home without conceding a goal.[6]

International career

Having dual citizenship, El Ghazi is eligible to represent both the Netherlands as well as Morocco at senior level. He made his international debut playing for the Netherlands under-18 side in a friendly match against Austria U-18 on 15 October 2012, which ended in a 2–0 loss.[7]

El Ghazi met Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid during the summer break, a player who he looks up to and asked him whether he should choose between the Netherlands and Morocco. Ronaldo advised him to choose for the Netherlands since he has a higher chance to participate at an international tournament based on their history. As a result, El Ghazi mentioned that he will choose to represent the Netherlands and was called up for two UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying games in October 2015.[8] El Ghazi directly made his way into the starting line-up for the Netherlands in those two matches, though it was not enough to qualify for EURO 2016.

Career statistics

Club performance

As of 20 April 2016.[9]
Club performance League Cup Continental1 Other2 Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
2014–15 Ajax Eredivisie 31 9 2 0 9 1 1 0 43 10
2015–16 27 11 1 0 9 0 0 0 37 11
Total Ajax 58 20 3 0 18 1 1 0 80 21

1 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.
2 Includes Johan Cruijff Shield matches.

Statistics accurate as of last match played on 17 May 2015.[10]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. Voormalig Sparta-talent El-Ghazi mikt op Ajax 1, Rijnmond.nl, 6 May 2014
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  4. Ajax vs. Vitesse 4-1, Soccerway.co, 10 August 2014
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