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Walid Azaro

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Walid Azaro
Azaro with Al Ahly in 2020
Personal information
Full name Walid Azaro[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-11) 11 June 1995 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Ait Melloul, Morocco
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Ajman
Number 9
Youth career
2008–2015 Adrar Union Athletique Souss
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Difaâ El Jadidi 53 (18)
2017–2020 Al Ahly 60 (26)
2020 → Al-Ettifaq (loan) 7 (3)
2020–2022 Al-Ettifaq 42 (11)
2022– Ajman 71 (33)
International career‡
2017– Morocco A' 15 (11)
2017– Morocco 15 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
Winner2025 QatarTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Walid Azaro (Arabic: وليد أزارو; born 11 June 1995) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ajman and the Moroccan national team.[3][4]

Club career

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Azaro was born in Aït Melloul.[5][6] He started his career with Adrar Souss in the third division of the Moroccan league.[7] He joined Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi in 2015, signing for them on a three-year contract. During the 2016–17 season, he finished as the club's top goalscorer with twelve league goals.[3]

In June 2017, Azaro turned down several offers from European clubs to join Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly on a four-year deal for a fee of $1.4 million, despite Moroccan national team manager Hervé Renard attempting to convince him to move to Europe.[8] His transfer saw him become the first Moroccan to play for the club.[9]

In his first season with the club, Azaro scored 18 league goals to finish as the top goalscorer in the Egyptian Premier League and help Al-Ahly win their 40th league title.[10] His tally saw him break the record for the most goals scored by a foreign player in the Egyptian Premier League, surpassing the previous record of 17 jointly held by Flávio Amado and John Utaka.[11] He also surpassed Stanley Ohawuchi's record for the most goals scored in the Egyptian Premier League by a player in their first season.[12] He also scored the only goal of the 2017 Egyptian Super Cup and scored a hat-trick against Tunisian side Étoile Sportive du Sahel in the semi-final of the 2017 CAF Champions League.[13] His performances attracted attention from several clubs and Al Ahly rejected an offer from Saudi club Al-Nassr of William Jebor plus a cash sum.[14]

In October 2020, Azaro agreed to join Saudi club Al-Ettifaq on a permanent deal for two years, after being on loan since January.[15] On 30 January 2022, Azaro was released by Al-Ettifaq.[16]

In 2022, Azaro joined UAE club Ajman.[17]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 1 February 2025[18]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
DHJ 2015–16 Botola 25621–––277
2016–17 281252–––3314
Total 531883–––6121
Al Ahly 2017–18 EPL 301811–86224127
2018–19 23610–145103911
2019–20 7212–41–125
Total 602633–2612329243
Al-Ettifaq 2019-20 SPL 7300–––73
2020–21 25910–––269
2021–22 17210–––182
Total 491420–––5114
Ajman 2021–22 UPL 1250000––125
2022–23 26125210––3214
2023–24 20122022––2414
2024–25 1241021––155
Total 71338253––8438
Career total 2339121853261232288116

International Goals

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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 December 2025Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar Syria1–01–02025 FIFA Arab Cup

International career

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Azaro made his debut for Morocco on 24 March 2017 as a substitute during a 2–0 victory over Burkina Faso.[19] He was named in Morocco's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup but was later omitted from the final squad.[20]

Azaro participated in the 2025 FIFA Arab Cup with Morocco and scored v Syria to help Morocco advance to the semi finals and won best player award after shining against Syria. Azaro played vs UAE in the semi finals, the team won 3-0. In the final, Azaro played vs Jordan until the 105th minute, when Marouane Louadni replaced him. Morocco won the game 3-2.[21][22][23][24]

Honours

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Club

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Al Ahly[25]

International

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Morocco

Individual

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Morocco" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 8. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Walid Azaro". 365scores.
  3. 1 2 Seif Soliman (8 June 2017). "Walid Azarou confirms move to Al Ahly". KingFut.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Zoubida Senoussi (20 April 2018). "Moroccan Walid Azarou Ranked Top Goal Scorer in Egyptian League". Morocco World News.
  5. ↑ "Moroccan finishers poised for final showdown". FIFA. 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Zoubida Senoussi (1 June 2018). "Morocco's Walid Azaro to Leave Egyptian Al-Ahly Club". Morocco World News. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  7. ↑ Farah Tawfeek (18 April 2018). "Azaro becomes highest scoring foreigner in a single Egyptian League season". Egypt. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  8. ↑ Tarek Talaat (23 June 2017). "Morocco international Walid Azaro snubs Europe for Al Ahly". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  9. ↑ Dahab Elkady (14 February 2018). "Sayed Abdel-Hafiz: Walid Azaro's personality is similar to Mohamed Salah's". KingFut.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  10. ↑ Tarek Talaat (19 March 2018). "Ahly striker Azaro eyes World Cup success with Morocco". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Moroccan Walid Azaro becomes highest-scoring foreign player in single Egypt league". Arab News. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  12. ↑ Sina Isaac (6 March 2018). "Walid Azaro beats Egyptian Premier league goals record". KingFut.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Azaro hat-trick sees Al Ahly into Champions League final". Reuters. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  14. ↑ Ali Ismail (28 January 2018). "Al-Ahly refuse Azarou's departure to Saudi side Al-Nassr". Kingfut.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Official: Azarou joins Al-Ettifaq from Al Ahly". kingfut.com. 16 October 2020.
  16. ↑ "رسميًا.. الاتفاق يُعلن رحيل المغربي وليد أزارو".
  17. ↑ "Walid Azaro joins Ajman". KingFut. KingFut. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Walid Azaro". Soccerway.
  19. ↑ "Walid Azarou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  20. ↑ "Morocco reveal World Cup squad, Ahly striker Azaro left out". Ahram Online. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  21. ↑ "Morocco Knocks Out Syria to Reach the 2025 Arab Cup Semifinals". beIN SPORTS. beIN SPORTS. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  22. ↑ "Azaro Wins Best Player Award After Shining Against Syria in the Arab Cup". YScores. YScores. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  23. ↑ "Morocco crowned FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025™ champions". FIFA.com. FIFA. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  24. ↑ "Jordan vs Morocco". beIN SPORTS. beIN SPORTS. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  25. ↑ Walid Azarou at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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