Ayoub Amraoui
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| Date of birth | 14 May 2004 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | La Seyne-sur-Mer, France | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team |
Amiens (on loan from Nice) | |||||||||||||
| Number | 26 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| US Ollioules | ||||||||||||||
| Racing Toulon | ||||||||||||||
| SC Air Bel | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Nice | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Nice II | 41 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Nice | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | → Nancy (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | → Amiens (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Morocco U20 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:09, 3 March 2023 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Ayoub Amraoui (Arabic: ايوب عمراوي; born 14 May 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 2 club Amiens on loan from Nice. Born in France, he represents Morocco at youth level.[2][3][4]
Club career[edit]
Amraoui is a youth product of Ollioules, Racing Toulon and SC Air Bel and joined Nice's youth side in 2019. On 20 June 2021, he signed a professional contract until 2024.[5] He made his professional debut with Nice as a starter in a 3–0 Ligue 1 win over Monaco on 26 February 2023.[6]
In January 2024, he joined Championnat National club Nancy on loan for the remainder of the season.[7] Just one week later, he was recalled and sent on loan to Amiens in Ligue 2 instead.[8]
International career[edit]
Born in France, Amraoui holds French and Moroccan nationalities.[9] He was called up to the Morocco U20s for a set of friendlies in March 2022.[10] He made one appearance for the U20s against the Romania U20s in a 2–2 friendly tie on 29 March 2022.[11]
In June 2023, he was included in the final squad of the under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Morocco itself,[12][13] where the Atlas Lions won their first title[14][15] and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[14][16]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 6 January 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nice II | 2021–22 | Championnat National 3 | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | Championnat National 3 | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 2 | — | — | — | 41 | 2 | |||||
| Nice | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours[edit]
Morocco U23
References[edit]
- ^ Chennafi, Maxime (26 February 2023). "OGC Nice : Un choix inattendu fait par Digard avant Monaco". Score.fr.
- ^ "Ligue 1 : Ayoub Amraoui pour une première avec Nice". 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Un choix inattendu fait par Digard avant Monaco". score.fr.
- ^ "Didier Digard lance Ayou Amraoui". sportnewsafrica.com.
- ^ @OneTeamFootball (20 June 2021). "Ayoub #Amraoui (international U17 #Maroc) prolonge son contrat avec l'#OGCNice jusqu'en 2024" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Monaco avec Boadu, Nice avec Amraoui". L'Équipe.
- ^ "L'AS Nancy Lorraine renforce son secteur défensif avec l'arrivée de Ayoub Amraoui" [AS Nancy Lorraine strengthens its defensive sector with the arrival of Ayoub Amraoui.]. www.asnl.net (in French). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "POLYVALENCE AU COEUR DE LA DÉFENSE" [VERSATILITY AT THE HEART OF THE DEFENSE] (in French). Amiens. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Ayoub AMRAOUI". unfp.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Play-offs, friendlies: the schedule for Les Aiglons' internationals". OGC Nice.
- ^ "Naţionala U21 a României a terminat la egalitate meciul amical cu Marocul, scor 2-2". Stiri pe surse.
- ^ "Sei bianconeri con le nazionali". FC Lugano (in Italian). 9 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "تشكيلة المنتخب الوطني لاقل من 23 سنة امام غينيا". Royal Moroccan Football Federation (in Arabic). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ a b c "Morocco win maiden TotalEnergies U-23 Africa Cup of Nations title with victory over Egypt | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Le Maroc remporte la CAN U23 au bout de la prolongation". SO FOOT.com (in French). 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "Le Mali, le Maroc et l'Égypte qualifiés pour les JO 2024". SO FOOT.com (in French). 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
External links[edit]
- Ayoub Amraoui at Soccerway
- OGC Nice profile
- 2004 births
- Living people
- People from La Seyne-sur-Mer
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Morocco men's youth international footballers
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Men's association football fullbacks
- OGC Nice players
- AS Nancy Lorraine players
- Amiens SC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 3 players