| Ismail Azzaoui | |
| Full Name: | Ismail Azzaoui[1] |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Araz-Naxçıvan |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthyears1: | –2014 |
| Youthclubs1: | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| Youthyears2: | 2014–2015 |
| Youthclubs2: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Years1: | 2015–2020 |
| Caps1: | 9 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Clubs1: | VfL Wolfsburg II |
| Years2: | 2015–2020 |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Clubs2: | VfL Wolfsburg |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Caps3: | 24 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Clubs3: | → Willem II (loan) |
| Years4: | 2020–2023 |
| Caps4: | 50 |
| Goals4: | 7 |
| Clubs4: | Heracles |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Caps5: | 21 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Clubs5: | Araz-Naxçıvan |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Belgium U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalteam2: | Belgium U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalteam3: | Belgium U17 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 17 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 6 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam4: | Belgium U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 4 April 2024 |
Ismail Azzaoui (born 6 January 1998) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger who plays for Araz-Naxçıvan in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Born in Brussels, Azzaoui started playing football with R.S.C. Anderlecht.[2] [3] In 2015, he joined VfL Wolfsburg from Tottenham Hotspur for a transfer fee of reportedly €500,000 and made his Bundesliga debut on 21 November 2015 against Werder Bremen. He substituted Daniel Caligiuri after 76 minutes in a 6–0 home win.[4]
In early August 2017, Azzaoui was transferred to Dutch Eredivisie club Willem II for a season-long loan.[5] After his return to Wolfsburg, Azzaoui suffered a second major knee injury and was out for the whole 2018-19 season.[6] On 27 October 2020 Azzaoui signed a one-year contract with Dutch side Heracles Almelo.[7] On 1 December 2021 in a match against Feyenoord, Azzaoui suffered the third major knee injury of his career. One day later on 2 December 2021 it was announced he would miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season.[8]
On 11 October 2022, Azzaoui returned to Heracles until the end of the season, with an option to extend for two more seasons.[9]
He is of Moroccan ancestry and plays for the Belgium U17 team.[3]
Belgium U17
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| VfL Wolfsburg II | Regionalliga Nord | 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Bundesliga | 2015–16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Eredivisie | 2017–18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | |||