Larry Francis Abdel Azouni (born 23 March 1994) is a Tunisian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for zanatir
Club Africain
Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis that competes in the Tunisian Championship. It fields several sports teams, including football, handball, basketball, swimming and volleyball. The foot ...
. Born in France, he opted to represent Tunisia internationally.
Club career
Azouni made his professional debut on 6 December 2012 in the 2012–13
Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...
campaign against Cypriot side
AEL Limassol
Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team.
AEL also maintain ...
in a 3–0 loss. He came on as a substitute for
Kassim Abdallah
Kassim Abdallah Mfoihaia (born 9 April 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender. Born in France, he plays for the Comoros national team.
Club career
Abdallah began his European career in January 2005 with Atout Sport Busseri ...
in the 74th minute.
International career
Azouni was born and raised in France, to parents of Tunisian-Jewish descent. He played for various France youth teams, before switching to the
Tunisia national football team
The Tunisia national football team ( ar, منتخب تونس لكرة القدم; ) represents Tunisia in men's international association football. The team is a member of both FIFA and CAF, the Confederation of African Football. It is governe ...
. He made one appearance for the
Tunisia U21 team. He made his debut for the senior Tunisia team in a 1–0
2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
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win over
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...
as a sub in the 89th minute.
Career statistics
Club
International
References
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1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Marseille
Association football midfielders
Citizens of Tunisia through descent
Tunisian footballers
Tunisia international footballers
Tunisian expatriate footballers
French footballers
France youth international footballers
French sportspeople of Tunisian descent
Olympique de Marseille players
FC Lorient players
Nîmes Olympique players
K.V. Kortrijk players
C.D. Nacional players
Club Africain players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Belgian First Division A players
Primeira Liga players
2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
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