Imadeddine Azzi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 June 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Ouargla, Algeria | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | MC Alger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | MC Alger | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | NA Hussein Dey | 44 | (1) |
| 2021–2025 | Kazma SC | ||
| 2024–2025 | → USM Alger (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2025– | FC Dynamo Makhachkala | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Algeria U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | Algeria U23 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2018 | |||
Imadeddine Azzi (Arabic: عزي عماذ الذين; born 21 June 1998) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Dynamo Makhachkala.
Early life
[edit]Azzi was born on 21 June 1998 in Ouargla, Algeria. The younger brother of Algeria international Ayoub Azzi, he is the older brother of Algerian footballer Mohamed Azzi.
Club career
[edit]As a youth player, Azzi joined the youth academy of Algerian side MC Alger in 2017, where he made zero league appearances and scored zero goals. Ahead of the 2018–19 season, he signed for Algerian side NA Hussein Dey, where he made forty-four league appearances and scored one goal. Following his stint there, he signed for Kuwaiti side Kazma SC in 2021.
Three years later, he was sent on loan to Algerian side USM Alger, where he made nineteen league appearances and scored one goal and helped the club win the 2024–25 Algerian Cup.[1] African news website AfricaFoot wrote in 2025 that he "established himself as a central defensive pillar" while playing for them.[2] During the summer of 2025, he signed for Russian side FC Dynamo Makhachkala.[3]
International career
[edit]Azzi is an Algeria youth international. On 15 October 2018, he debuted for the Algeria national under-23 football team during a 1–2 away friendly loss to the Morocco national under-23 football team.
References
[edit]- ^ "Azzi: "Je ne voulais pas que mon passage à l'USMA se termine ainsi"" [Azzi: "I didn't want my time at USMA to end like this"] (in French). Planète Sport. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ "Entre Russie et Algérie, un choix de cœur plutôt que l'argent pour Imadeddine Azzi" [Between Russia and Algeria, a choice of heart rather than money for Imadeddine Azzi] (in French). AfricaFoot. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ Imadeddine Azzi at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- 1998 births
- Living people
- Algerian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Algeria men's youth international footballers
- FC Dynamo Makhachkala players
- Kazma SC players
- MC Alger players
- NA Hussein Dey players
- USM Alger players
- Kuwait Premier League players
- Algerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Russia