Noussair Mazraoui

Noussair Mazraoui (Arabic: نُصَيْر مَزرَاوِيّ; born 14 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Manchester United and the Morocco national team.

[5] He made his professional debut with Jong Ajax on 12 August 2016 in an Eerste Divisie game against Almere City, replacing Richairo Živković after 86 minutes.

[10] During his breakthrough season, he was named Ajax 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 third Champions League goal in a 3–1 victory against Midtjylland,[12] in which Ajax eventually managed to win another domestic double in the 2020–21 season.

[15][16] In October 2023, during the Israel-Hamas war, Mazraoui shared a Pro-Palestinian video via Instagram wishing "victory to our oppressed brothers in Palestine", which was met with criticism from German Bundestag member Johannes Steiniger who demanded his extradition from the country.

[19] Following a Champions League match against Galatasaray in Istanbul, the club officials held talks with both Mazraoui and his Bayern Munich Israeli teammate Daniel Peretz; in addition, the former expressed willingness to meet members of Makkabi Deutschland.

[32][33] On 13 March 2022, Mazraoui and his Moroccan teammate, Hakim Ziyech, both rejected Halilhodžić's invitation to represent Morocco in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round against DR Congo.

[34][35] He later accepted to join the national team and represented Morocco in the 2022 FIFA World Cup after Halilhodžić was replaced by Walid Regragui.

Mazraoui with Ajax in 2018
Mazraoui in December 2024