Nacer Barazite (born 27 May 1990) is a Dutch professional

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who can play either as an

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or striker. Most recently, he played for Thai club

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. Barazite has during his career played for, among others, English clubs

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and

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, Dutch sides Vitesse and

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, Austrian team Austria Wien and French club

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. He is a Dutch youth international, and has gained nine caps for the Netherlands U21 team.

Club career

Arsenal

Born in

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, Barazite started his career as a youth player with

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. He joined

in 2006 and regularly featured for the U18 and Reserve teams throughout 2006–07. Whilst playing in Arsenal's academy, Barazite helped take the gooners to the semifinals of the 2006–07

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. He signed a professional contract with the club in August 2007, having scored for the first team in a pre-season friendly against

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the previous month. Barazite made his competitive Arsenal first-team début on 31 October 2007, as a substitute for

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against

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in a

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Fourth Round match. His second appearance also came as a substitute, for Mark Randall in Arsenal's League Cup quarter-final against

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on 18 December 2007, but after only 17 minutes on the pitch he was stretchered off with a dislocated shoulder, and replaced by Fran Mérida. Barazite returned to reserve-team action after his injury, and scored his first

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for Arsenal in the under-18s, in a 5–2 win over

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. The other two were scored by Luke Freeman. Barazite was also named on the Arsenal bench for the final Premier League game against

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on 11 May 2008, but was not brought on. Barazite featured in Arsenal's preseason campaign for 2008–09, scoring for Arsenal in a 2–1 win against

in a pre-season friendly at Underhill in July. On 19 August 2008, Barazite joined

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side

, initially until the end of the year but extended the loan until the end of the season. Barazite was named Man of the Match as Derby won their first game for a week short of a year, despite coming off the bench at half time. He was instrumental in the 2–1 win and set up the winner late in the game. On 29 December 2008, it was confirmed that his loan spell at Derby County was to be extended until the end of the 2008–09 season. He scored his first goal for Derby and also set up a goal, on 18 February at home to

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in a 4–1 victory. Barazite again featured in Arsenal's preseason campaign for 2009–10, scoring a third time for Arsenal in a 2–2 draw against

in a pre-season friendly at Underhill on 18 July 2009. Barazite was involved in Arsenal's 2–0 win over West Brom in the League Cup where he replaced

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in the 69th minute of play. He then suffered a shoulder injury which kept him out of the game for four months. On 10 August 2010, it was announced that Barazite had gone on trial for Scottish club, Rangers, with view to a season-long loan at the Scottish club. He played 77 minutes of Rangers friendly against Glentoran. Despite losing 2–1, Barazite impressed the club. On the transfer deadline, he joined the Dutch club

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on loan for the entire 2010–11 season. On 11 September 2010, he made his debut, making his first start, in a 1–0 loss against

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. In the third round of

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, he scored twice in a 6–0 win over

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; followed his third in the fourth of KNVB Cup in a 3–0 win over

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. However, Vitesse decided to terminate the loan deal in December 2010.

Austria Wien

On 31 January 2011, Barazite signed a contract with Austrian giants Austria Wien. The contract was due to keep him at the club until 2013. He played his first game on 12 February 2011; scored his first goal in Austria Wien's 4–0 victory over

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on 19 February 2011 and also set up a goal in the match. On 11 May 2011, Barazite received a red card for the first time in his professional career after a second bookable offence in a 1–1 draw against

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. In his first half season at Austria Wien, the club finished third place, resulting a qualification in a Europa League. For Barazite, he became a regular in the first team, playing in the striker position and scored four goals in sixteen appearances. The next season was a bigger role for Barazite as he soon have more develop more scoring form in the league and European. In

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's Qualifiers, Barazite scored in both legs in the second round against Rudar Pljevlja; twice in the first leg and once in the second leg. In third round against Olimpija Ljubljana, though not scoring in the first leg in a 1–1 draw, he would score a hat-trick in a 3–2 win. Soon after in a Qualification Round of Europa League first leg, he scored a brace in a 3–1 win over

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and would go through to the group stage, despite losing 1–0 in the second leg. Three days later, he scored his first of the season in a 3–0 win over rival

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. With eight goals all in Europa League becoming the highest tally of any player in the competition, Barazite says that was his best time of his career In the Group stage, Barazite would score three times against

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twice in two separate legs and once against AZ. But Vienna was out of the Europa League with two wins, two draws and two losses, having same point with AZ, but only a few goal differences than AZ. Elsewhere in the league, he scored more goals, like last season, with eight, including a brace against Admira Wacker Mödling on 19 November 2011.

AS Monaco

In January 2012, Barazite signed with

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on a four-year contract with a transfer fee of €4.5 million. He made his debut in February 2012, in a 1–0 home defeat against

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. However his first half of the season at AS Monaco was a reduced playing time after striking partnership of

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and

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took his place in the first team and for him as he made seven appearances. The next season, Barazite scored his first goal for the club in the

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in a 1–1 draw against

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and Monaco would eventually win on penalties.

Return to Austria Wien

On 30 January 2013, Barazite rejoined Austria Vienna on loan until the end of the season, with an option to make the deal permanent for a speculated €1 million. Upon the move, Chief Financial Officer Markus Kraetschmer claimed that Barazite had become disillusioned during his time at Monaco and had renounced money, instead wanting to play. On his return, Barazite made his first appearance since leaving Austria Wien coming on as a substitute against derby rival

and provided the assist for

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's winning goal. Soon after Barazite suffered a knee injury requiring surgery. Two months later, on 28 April 2013 and towards the end of the season, Barazite made his return coming on as a substitute for Hosiner near full-time in a 2–0 win over Admira Wacker Mödling. In an interview, Barazite expressed his desire to stay at the club after the end of the loan spell. On 11 May 2013, he scored his first goal after his return from injury before setting up Hosiner for the third goal in a 3–0 win over

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. The season ended with the club winning the league title for the first time in seven years.

Return to Monaco

Barazite went on to pick up a winners medal from being capped in Monaco's victorious

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campaign of that season.

Utrecht

On 26 June 2014, it was announced that

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side

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had signed Barazite.

Al Jazira

On 2 September 2018 Al Jazira has signed Dutch midfielder Nacer Barazite for on seasons by buying the player's card from Yeni Malatyaspor represent Al Jazira from the new season of the

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. On 2 September Barazite was appointed by the Al Jazira.

Buriram United

In 2019, he signed for Buriram United in Thailand.

International career

Barazite has played for the Netherlands national under-17 football team, being a member of the side in the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship; he scored in the Netherlands' 2–2 draw with Belgium, but the Netherlands did not progress beyond the group stage. He was a regular in the U-19 team for the 2009 European Championship qualifying campaign that ended when they narrowly missed out on a tournament spot on goal difference in the elite qualification stage. On 9 October, he made his first appearance in the 2011 U-21 European Championship qualifying, coming on as a second-half substitute.

Career statistics

Personal life

Barazite has a son.

Honours

;AS Monaco *

: 2013 ;Austria Wien *

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: 2013

References

External links

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Netherlands stats
at OnsOranje {{DEFAULTSORT:Barazite, Nacer 1990 births Living people Footballers from Arnhem Dutch footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Austria Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Netherlands under-21 international footballers Netherlands youth international footballers Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Austria Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in Thailand Association football midfielders NEC Nijmegen players Arsenal F.C. players Derby County F.C. players SBV Vitesse players FK Austria Wien players AS Monaco FC players FC Utrecht players Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Al Jazira Club players

Nacer Barazite Nacer Barazite (born 27 May 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who can play either as an attacking midfielder or striker. Most recently, he played for Thai club Buriram United. Barazite has during his career played for, among others, En ...

English Football League players Eredivisie players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Ligue 2 players Süper Lig players UAE Pro League players

Expatriate footballers in Monaco