Azzedine Ounahi (Arabic: عز الدين أوناحي; born 19 April 2000) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Ligue 1 club Angers and the Morocco national team.[2]
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Azzedine Ounahi[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2000-04-19) 19 April 2000 (age 22) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Angers | |||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2015 | Raja CA | |||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Mohammed VI Football Academy | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Strasbourg II | 35 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2020 | Avranches II | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Avranches | 27 | (5) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Angers | 46 | (2) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | Morocco U20 | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Morocco | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2022 |
A former player of Mohammed VI Football Academy, Ounahi joined Strasbourg in 2018. In August 2020, he moved to Championnat National club Avranches.[3]
On 14 July 2021, Ligue 1 club Angers announced the signing of Ounahi on a four-year deal.[4] He made his professional debut on 15 August 2021 by scoring a goal in club's 3–0 league win against Lyon.[5]
Ounahi was called up for Morocco U20 to participate in the 2018 Mediterranean Games. On 22 June 2018, he scored a goal at the 68th minute in a tie against Italy. He later went on to win the bronze medal with the team after a victory in the penalties-shootout against Greece.[6]
On 23 December 2021, Vahid Halilhodžić invited Ounahi to be part of the finals in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.[7] Ounahi made his professional debut for the Morocco national team in the 2021 African Cup of Nations in a 1–0 victory against Ghana on 10 January 2022.[8] In his fourth match with Morocco, he managed to score a double in a 4–1 victory against DR Congo in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round,[9][10] which marked his first goal with the national team.[11][12]
On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[13][14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Strasbourg II | 2018–19 | Championnat National 3 | 20 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 15 | 1 | – | – | 15 | 1 | |||
Total | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
Avranches | 2020–21 | Championnat National | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 5 | |
Avranches II | 2020–21 | Championnat National 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
Angers | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
Total | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | ||
Career total | 110 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 9 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Morocco | 2022 | 10 | 2 |
Total | 10 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 29 March 2022 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 3–0 |
Morocco U20
Angers SCO – current squad | |
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