Noussair Mazraoui ( ar, نُصَيْر مَزرَاوِيّ; born 14 November 1997) is a professional

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who plays as a full-back for

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club

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. Born in the Netherlands, he represents

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

at international level.

Club career

Ajax

Mazraoui grew up in

Alphen aan de Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn (; en, "Alphen upon Rhine" or "Alphen on the Rhine") is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The city is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn (Old Rhine), where the ...

and started playing for local club AVV Alphen at age 4. 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

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. He made his professional debut with Jong Ajax on 12 August 2016 in an

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

game against Almere City, replacing

Richairo Živković Richairo Juliano Živković (/''Rišairo Žulijano Živković''; born 5 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eerste Divisie club Emmen. Born in the Netherlands, Živković represented his country of birth at s ...

after 86 minutes. On 25 October 2020, Mazraoui scored his first professional goal in a 3–1 victory against

FC Midtjylland FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Su ...

in the

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. He scored his first league goal in a 5–0 win against N.E.C..

Bayern Munich

On 24 May 2022, Mazraoui signed a four-year deal with

, starting from 1 July. In January 2023, he had an inflammation in his

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after suffering from

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, which would rule him out for six to eight weeks. On 13 May 2023, Mazraoui scored his first goal for the club in a 6–0 win against

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International career

Mazraoui was a youth international for

. He first played for the Moroccan national team in 2018. On 10 November 2021, Mazraoui revealed that the relations between him and Moroccan national team coach

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fell. On 13 March 2022, Mazraoui and his Moroccan teammate,

Hakim Ziyech Hakim Ziyech ( ar, حكيم زياش; ber, ⵃⴰⴽⵉⵎ ⵣⵉⵢⴰⵛ; born 19 March 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Chelsea. Born in the Netherlands, he represent ...

, both rejected Halilhodžić's invitation to represent Morocco in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round against

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. He later accepted to join the national team and represented Morocco in the 2022 FIFA World Cup after Halilhodžić was replaced by

Walid Regragui Hoalid Regragui (born 23 September 1975), known as Walid Regragui ( ar, وليد الركراكي, Walīd ar-Ragrāgī), is a Moroccan professional Association football, football manager and former Football player, player who played as a right- ...

. On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the

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. He played a role in Morocco's charge to the semi-finals, helping them become the first African side to reach the final 4 stage at the World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.''

Honours

Ajax *

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

: 2018–19,

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, 2021–22 *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

: 2018–19,

Johan Cruyff Shield The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national footbal ...

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Bayern Munich *

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* DFL-Supercup:

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Individual *Eredivisie Talent of the Month: November 2018 * Ajax Talent of the Year: 2019 *Ajax Goal of the Season: 2021–22 *Eredivisie Team of the Year: 2021–22 Orders *

Order of the Throne The Order of the Throne (Arabic: ''Wissam al-Arch'', French: ''Ordre du Trône'') is a state decoration of the Kingdom of Morocco awarded for distinguished services of a civil or military nature. The Order was instituted on 16 May 1963 by King H ...

: 2022

References

External links

Noussair Mazraoui
at the FC Bayern Munich website
Noussair Mazraoui
at the Bundesliga website
Career stats
– Voetbal International * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mazraoui, Noussair 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Leiderdorp Citizens of Morocco through descent Footballers from South Holland Moroccan men's footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Moroccan descent Men's association football defenders AFC Ajax players Jong Ajax players FC Bayern Munich footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Bundesliga players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Morocco men's international footballers Morocco men's youth international footballers Morocco men's under-20 international footballers Moroccan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate men's footballers