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Anwar El Ghazi

Anwar El Ghazi
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El Ghazi playing for Ajax in 2016
Personal information
Full name Anwar El Ghazi
Date of birth (1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 22)
Place of birth Barendrecht, Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Lille
Number 7
Youth career
2000–2006 BVV Barendrecht
2006–2008 Feyenoord
2008–2009 Spartaan '20
2009–2013 Sparta Rotterdam
2013–2014 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Ajax 70 (20)
2017– Lille 8 (3)
National team
2011 Netherlands U17 2 (1)
2012–2013 Netherlands U18 3 (2)
2014– Netherlands U21 11 (3)
2015– Netherlands 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 April 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:03, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Anwar El Ghazi (born 3 May 1995), officially written as Anwar el-Ghazi, is a Dutch-Moroccan professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Lille and the Netherlands national team as a winger.

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 getting 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 for Ajax.

El Ghazi was signed by AFC Ajax in July 2013. During the 2014–15 pre-season, El Ghazi scored eight goals in 150 minutes. The top scorer of the preparation period was intended to play for the reserves team Jong Ajax, but due to his performance was listed for the first team of Ajax following the loan of winger Lesley de Sa to Go Ahead Eagles. He made his official debut for Ajax in the 2014 Johan Cruijff Schaal against PEC Zwolle, coming on for Ricardo Kishna in the 1–0 loss at home He made his regular season debut for Ajax in the 2014–15 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 against AZ in the 90th minute of the 3–1 win in Alkmaar. He scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League on 22 October 2014 at Camp Nou, in the 88th minute of the 3–1 loss to FC Barcelona. He was 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.


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