Full name Anwar El Ghazi Name Anwar Ghazi Parents Mohammed El Ghazi Playing position Role Footballer | Number 21 Height 1.88 m Date joined 2014 Weight 86 kg | |
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Date of birth (1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 20) Similar People Davy Klaassen, Riechedly Bazoer, Arkadiusz Milik, Lasse Schone, Ricardo Kishna Profiles | ||
Anwar el ghazi goals skills and assist ajax
Anwar El Ghazi (Arabic: أنور الغازي ; born 3 May 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Lille and the Netherlands national team as a winger.
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- Anwar el ghazi goals skills and assist ajax
- Anwar El Ghazi West Bromwich Albion Aston Villa
- Early career
- Ajax
- Lille
- International career
- Career statistics
- Individual
- References
Anwar El Ghazi - West Bromwich Albion (Aston Villa)
Early career
El Ghazi began his football career in the youth ranks of his local club BVV Barendrecht, joining the youth academy of Feyenoord for two seasons. He then joined the ranks of Spartaan '20, before being recruited to Sparta Rotterdam, where he progressed through the academy. In 2013, he joined the Ajax Youth Academy, playing for the A1 selection (under-19), competing in the UEFA Youth League.
Ajax
El Ghazi was signed by Ajax in July 2013. During the 2014–15 pre-season, he scored eight goals in 150 minutes of playing time, finishing as Ajax's top pre-season scorer. While Ajax initially intended to send El Ghazi to their reserve team, Jong Ajax, El Ghazi's pre-season prompted Ajax to include him in the first-team squad, following the loan of fellow winger Lesley de Sa to Go Ahead Eagles. He made his official debut for Ajax in the 2014 Johan Cruyff Shield against PEC Zwolle, coming on for Ricardo Kishna in the 1–0 loss at home.
El Ghazi made his regular season debut for Ajax in the 2014–15 Eredivisie season opener against Vitesse. The match ended in a 4–1 home victory, with El Ghazi providing the assist for the fourth goal by Lasse Schöne in the 87th minute. On 17 August 2014, he scored his first Eredivisie goal in the 3–1 away win against AZ, scoring in the 90th minute. He scored his first UEFA Champions League goal on 22 October 2014 at Camp Nou, in the 88th minute of the 3–1 loss to Barcelona. In so doing, he became the first player to score at Camp Nou since the beginning of the 2014–15 season, when Barcelona went five matches at home without conceding a goal.
Lille
On 31 January 2017, it was announced that El Ghazi had been sold to French Ligue 1 side Lille for a €8 million transfer fee.
International career
Having dual citizenship, El Ghazi was eligible to represent either the Netherlands or Morocco at senior level. He made his international debut playing for the Netherlands under-18 side in a friendly match against Austria on 15 October 2012, a 2–0 loss.
El Ghazi met Cristiano Ronaldo during the summer break, a player who he looks up to, and asked him whether he should represent the Netherlands or Morocco. Ronaldo advised him to choose the Netherlands because he would have a higher chance to participate in an international tournament, based on their history. Consequently, El Ghazi said he would choose to represent the Netherlands and was subsequently called-up for the Netherlands' two final UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches, against Kazakhstan on 10 October 2015 and the Czech Republic on 13 October 2015. He was named to the Oranje's starting line-up for both matches as the Dutch defeated Kazakhstan 2–1 but lost to the Czechs 3–2. The Netherlands failed to qualify for the tournament proper after finishing fourth in their qualifying group.