 Mazraoui training withMorocco in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noussair Mazraoui[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-11-14)14 November 1997 (age 27)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Leiderdorp, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester United | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2005 | AVV Alphen | ||
| 2005–2006 | Alphense Boys | ||
| 2006–2016 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Jong Ajax | 56 | (12) |
| 2017–2022 | Ajax | 93 | (6) |
| 2022–2024 | Bayern Munich | 38 | (1) |
| 2024– | Manchester United | 34 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Morocco U20 | |||
| 2018– | Morocco | 33 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:40, 27 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:15, 25 March 2025 (UTC) | |||
Noussair Mazraoui (Arabic:نُصَيْر مَزرَاوِيّ; born 14 November 1997) is a professionalfootballer who plays as adefender forPremier League clubManchester United and theMorocco national team. While primarily a right-back, Mazraoui has featured at bothfull-back positions and atcentre-back.[3][4]
Mazraoui is a graduate of theAjax Youth Academy. He made 137 appearances for the club's first-team, winning threeEredivisie titles and twoKNVB Cups. He was signed byBayern Munich in 2022, and won theBundesliga title in his debut season. After two seasons with Bayern, he joined Manchester United in August 2024.
Born in the Netherlands, Mazraoui has represented Morocco at youth and senior international level. He has made more than 30 appearances for the senior national team since making his debut in September 2018. He was a member of the Morocco squad that reached the semi-finals of the2022 FIFA World Cup.
Mazraoui grew up inAlphen aan den Rijn and started playing for local club AVV Alphen at age 4.[5] He moved toAlphense Boys three years later, where he only played for a year, before being invited to play in the youth academy ofAjax.[5] He made his professional debut with Jong Ajax on 12 August 2016 in anEerste Divisie game againstAlmere City, replacingRichairo Živković after 86 minutes.[6]
On 4 February 2018, he made hisEredivisie debut, coming off the bench to substituteDavid Neres, in a 3–1 victory overNAC Breda.[7] In the following season, on 2 October 2018, he scored his firstChampions League goal in a 1–1 away draw againstBayern Munich,[8] followed by the only goal in the 92nd minute of stoppage time in a 1–0 victory overBenfica on 23 October.[9] On 16 December 2018, he netted his first Eredivisie goal in an 8–0 thrashing ofDe Graafschap.[10] During his breakthrough season, he was namedAjax Talent of the Year, in which he won the domestic double with the club, played in the Champions League semi-finals, and scored four goals in a total of 48 matches.[11]
On 25 October 2020, Mazraoui scored his thirdChampions League goal in a 3–1 victory againstMidtjylland,[12] in which Ajax eventually managed to win another domestic double in the 2020–21 season.[11] In the2021–22 Champions League, he was part of the team which won all their six matches in the group stage.[11] In his last season at Ajax, he managed to score five goals, all in the league, and provide four assists in 35 matches in all competitions.[11]
On 24 May 2022, Mazraoui signed a four-year deal withBayern Munich, starting from 1 July.[13] In January 2023, he had an inflammation in hispericardium after suffering fromCOVID-19, which would rule him out for six to eight weeks.[14] On 13 May 2023, Mazraoui scored his first goal for the club in a 6–0 home win againstSchalke 04 at theAllianz Arena.[15][16]
In October 2023, during theGaza war, Mazraoui shared aPro-Palestinian video via Instagram wishing "victory to our oppressed brothers inPalestine", which was met with criticism from GermanBundestag memberJohannes Steiniger who demanded his extradition from the country. Furthermore, after backlash within the Bundesliga and Germany MPs, Mazraoui then emphasised that he was against all types of terrorism, hatred and violence.[17][18] A few days after Mazraoui's public apology, as well as a personal conversation of him with the club management; Bayern Munich announced that there would be no consequences.[19] Following a Champions League match againstGalatasaray in Istanbul, the club officials held talks with both Mazraoui and his Bayern MunichIsraeli teammateDaniel Peretz; in addition, the former expressed willingness to meet members ofMakkabi Deutschland.[20] A week later, Mazraoui met with representatives of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, including their PresidentCharlotte Knobloch.[21]
On 13 August 2024, Mazraoui signed forPremier League clubManchester United on a four-year deal.[22] On 16 August, he made his debut in the Premier League and for United in a 1–0 win againstFulham in the league.[23][24] In October that year, he underwent a minor procedure after experiencing heartpalpitations.[25] Mazraoui caused some controversy when he refused to wear a rainbow jacket in support of the LGBTQ+ community, citing religious reasons. This caused the club to abandon their plans to wear the jacket.[26]
Mazraoui was born inLeiderdorp in theNetherlands to Moroccan parents.[27] He is a devoutMuslim.[28]
Mazraoui was eligible to represent the Netherlands or Morocco at international level.[27] He played youth international football for Morocco atunder-20 level.[29][30] He made his debut for the seniorMorocco national team in September 2018, againstMalawi.[31]
On 10 November 2021, Mazraoui revealed that the relations between him and Moroccan national team coachVahid Halilhodžić fell.[32][33] On 13 March 2022, Mazraoui and his Moroccan teammate,Hakim Ziyech, both rejected Halilhodžić's invitation to represent Morocco in the2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round againstDR Congo.[34][35] He later accepted to join the national team and represented Morocco in the 2022 FIFA World Cup after Halilhodžić was replaced byWalid Regragui.
On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the2022 FIFA World Cup inQatar.[36][37] He played a big role in Morocco's charge to the semi-finals, helping them become the first African side to reach this stage at a World Cup.[38]
On 28 December 2023, Mazraoui was amongst the 27 players selected by coach Walid Regragui to represent Morocco in the2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[39][40]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 33 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 6 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 22 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 6 | |||||
| 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 56 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12 | ||
| Ajax | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 17[b] | 2 | — | 48 | 4 | |||
| 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[b] | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 8[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||
| Total | 93 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 10 | ||
| Bayern Munich | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[b] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8[b] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 1 | ||
| Manchester United | 2024–25 | Premier League | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12[e] | 0 | — | 52 | 0 | |
| Career total | 221 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 300 | 23 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 19 November 2019 | Intwari Stadium,Bujumbura, Burundi |  Burundi | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2. | 13 October 2020 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium,Rabat, Morocco |  DR Congo | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
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