Rachid Azzouzi’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Rachid Azzouzi (Arabic: رشيد عزّوزي‎) (born 10 January 1971) is a Moroccan former football midfielder and current sporting director. Raised in Germany, he represented Morocco at international level.

Early life

Azzouzi was born in Fes, Morocco, but moved as a kid with his family to Germany. He was raised in Rhineland.

Club career

Azzouzi started playing as a youth for Hertha and Alemannia Mariadorf. In 1988, he moved to 1.FC Köln, where he would play for one year. He later played for several clubs, including MSV Duisburg, Fortuna Köln and Greuther Fürth, all in Germany, except for Chongqing Lifan in China.

International career

He played for the Morocco national football team and was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1994 FIFA World Cup and at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Sporting director career

After the end of his playing career, Azzouzi served as sporting director for SpVgg Greuther Fürth. On 25 May 2012, it was announced that Azzouzi will become the new sporting director of Germany second division club FC St. Pauli. On 16 December 2014, he left his position in St. Pauli.
On 10 June 2015 he was signed a two-years contract as a sporting director of Fortuna Düsseldorf.