Aziz Bouhaddouz

Aziz Bouhaddouz (Arabic: عزيز بوحدوز‎; born 30 March 1987) is an Moroccan footballer who currently plays as a striker for SV Sandhausen.[2]

Aziz Bouhaddouz
Bouhaddouz with FC St. Pauli in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-30) 30 March 1987
Place of birth Berkane, Morocco
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 SV Sandhausen
Number 11
Youth career
1996–2003 FC Dietzenbach
2003–2004 SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg
2004–2006 FSV Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 FSV Frankfurt 46 (2)
2009 → Erzgebirge Aue (loan) 9 (1)
2009–2011 FSV Frankfurt II 38 (33)
2011 Wehen Wiesbaden II 2 (0)
2011–2012 Wehen Wiesbaden 27 (4)
2012–2013 Viktoria Köln 26 (14)
2013–2014 Bayer Leverkusen II 27 (24)
2014 SV Sandhausen II 1 (2)
2014–2016 SV Sandhausen 56 (18)
2016–2018 FC St. Pauli 54 (19)
2018–2019 Al-Batin 10 (2)
2019– SV Sandhausen 11 (6)
National team‡
2016– Morocco 16 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:41, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 June 2018

Early life

Bouhaddouz was born in Berkane, Morocco. When he was one year old, his family moved to Dietzenbach in South Hessen, Germany.

Club career

He started his career at FC Dietzenbach.[3] Following a spell at SpVgg Neu-Isenburg, he joined FSV Frankfurt in 2006 who were playing in the Oberliga Hessen at the time. In February 2009, he went on a 1.5-year loan to FC Erzgebirge Aue.[4]

In 2011, Bouhaddouz joined SV Wehen Wiesbaden on a free transfer.[5] He scored his first goal for the club in against VfL Osnabrück when he was also sent off.[6] In summer 2012, he agreed to the termination of his contract which was due to end in 2013.[7]

In September 2013, Bouhaddouz moved to the Bayer Leverkusen reserves after being released from his contract with Viktoria Köln.[8][9][10] He scored 24 goals in 27 matches in the fourth-tier Regionalliga West.[11]

On 5 May 2014, he signed a two-year contract with SV Sandhausen.[12]

In April 2016, Bouhaddouz agreed to a three-year contract with FC St. Pauli.[13] In his first season there, he amassed 15 goals and 6 assists in the league. Over two seasons at the club he scored 19 goals while assisting 8 in 54 league appearances.[14]

In August 2018, he moved to Saudi Arabian side Al-Batin F.C.. The transfer fee was undisclosed.[15][14]

International career

Bouhadddouz was born in Morocco, but raised in Germany and was eligible for both national teams. He made his debut for the senior Morocco national football team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Albania in August 2016.[16] A month later, he scored his first goal for his country, netting in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against São Tomé and Príncipe.[11]

In May 2018 he was named in Morocco’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[17] He scored an own goal in the first match against Iran which resulted in a loss for Morocco.[18]

Career statistics

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 25 June 2018.[19]
Morocco
YearAppsGoals
201631
201782
201850
Total163

International goals
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.[19]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2016Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco São Tomé and Príncipe2–02–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.20 January 2017Stade d'Oyem, Oyem, Gabon Togo1–13–1
3.24 March 2017Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco Burkina Faso2–02–0Friendly

References
  1. "Bouhaddouz, Aziz" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. "Aziz Bouhaddouz". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. Harms, Carsten (12 July 2016). "Aziz Bouhaddouz: "Ich bin jetzt im besten Profialter"". Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  4. Hunzinger, Andreas (2 February 2009). "Pizarros Kumpel kommt nach Bornheim". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  5. "Bouhaddouz kommt, Triadis wird zum Profi". kicker Online (in German). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  6. "Bouhaddouz trifft und fliegt vom Platz" (in German). kicker.de. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  7. "Aziz Bouhaddouz verlässt den SVWW". wiesbadenaktuell.de (in German). 1 June 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  8. ""Keine Spielzeitgarantie": Aziz Bouhaddouz geht". kicker Online (in German). 3 September 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  9. "Bouhaddouz verstärkt Bayer 04". FuPA (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  10. "Ein neuer Stürmer für die U23". Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fussball GmbH (in German). 2 September 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  11. Fischer, Sebastian (14 January 2016). "Plötzlich Nationalspieler". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  12. "SVS angelt sich Bouhaddouz" (in German). kicker Online. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  13. "Bouhaddouz entscheidet sich für St. Pauli". kicker Online (in German). 18 April 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  14. "Ab in die Wüste: Bouhaddouz verlässt St. Pauli". kicker Online (in German). 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  15. "Morocco's forward Aziz Bouhaddouz joins Saudi Arabia's Al Baten". Yabiladi. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  16. Bakkali, Achraf. "Le Maroc et l'Albanie dos à dos". Mountakhab.net (in French). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  17. "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".
  18. Coles, Ben (15 June 2018). "World Cup 2018: Own-goal costs Morocco dear as Iran triumph in injury time - live reaction". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  19. Aziz Bouhaddouz at National-Football-Teams.com
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