Anas Alaoui
{{short description|Moroccan footballer (born 2006)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anas Alaoui
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|4|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mainz, Germany
| height = 1.87m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Eintracht Frankfurt II
| clubnumber = 24
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2015
| youthclubs1 = FSV Oppenheim
| youthyears2 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs2 = 1. FSV Mainz 05
| youthyears3 = 2017–2018
| youthclubs3 = FSV Oppenheim
| youthyears4 = 2018–2019
| youthclubs4 = SV Gonsenheim
| youthyears5 = 2019–2020
| youthclubs5 = SV Wehen Wiesbaden
| youthyears6 = 2020–
| youthclubs6 = Eintracht Frankfurt
| years1 = 2024– | clubs1 = Eintracht Frankfurt II | caps1 = 21 | goals1 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2021–2022
| nationalteam1 = Germany U16
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022–2023
| nationalteam2 = Germany U17
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2023
| nationalteam3 = Morocco U17
| nationalcaps3 = 7
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| club-update = 19 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 25 November 2023
}}
Anas Alaoui ({{Langx|ar|أنس العلوي}}; born 20 April 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eintracht Frankfurt II. Born in Germany, he is a Morocco and Germany youth international.
Early life
Alaoui was born on 20 April 2006 in Mainz, Germany. Born to Moroccan parents, he is a native of Mainz, Germany.{{Cite web|url=https://www.transfermarkt.com/anas-alaoui-eintracht-frankfurt-talent-turned-down-germany-to-star-with-morocco/view/news/431007|title=Anas Alaoui: Eintracht Frankfurt talent turned down Germany to star with Morocco|trans-title=|language=en|publisher=Transfermarkt|date=9 December 2023|access-date=25 April 2025}}
Club career
As a youth player, Alaoui joined the youth academy of German side FSV Oppenheim. At the age of nine, he joined the youth academy of German side 1. FSV Mainz 05 before returning to the youth academy of German side FSV Oppenheim in 2017.
One year later, he joined the youth academy of German side SV Gonsenheim. In 2019, he joined the youth academy of German side SV Wehen Wiesbaden. Subsequently, he joined the youth academy of German Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in 2020, where he played in the UEFA Youth League and was promoted to the club's reserve team in 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://al-ain.com/article/anas-alaoui-marmoush-frankfurt|title=أنس العلوي.. موهبة مغربية مرشحة لتكرار معجزة مرموش في فرانكفورت|trans-title=Anas Alaoui: A Moroccan talent poised to repeat Marmoush's miracle in Frankfurt|language=ar|publisher=Al Ain News|date=22 January 2025|access-date=25 April 2025}}
International career
Alaoui is a Morocco and Germany youth international. During November 2023, he played for the Morocco national under-17 football team at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.{{Soccerway|759498}}
Style of play
Alaoui plays as a forward and is left-footed. German newspaper Die Welt wrote in 2022 that he is "a true penalty-box ace... 1.87 meters tall. Ice-cold in front of goal. A player like him hadn't been developed in Germany for years".{{Cite web|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/plus242665915/Nationalmannschaft-Deutsches-WM-Debakel-Ein-16-Jaehriger-ist-die-grosse-Sturmhoffnung.html|title=Ein 16-Jähriger als große Sturmhoffnung nach dem WM-Debakel|trans-title=A 16-year-old as a great attacking hope after the World Cup debacle|language=de|publisher=Die Welt|date=25 December 2022|access-date=25 April 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|759498}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alaoui, Anas}}
Category:Footballers from Mainz
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
Category:Moroccan men's footballers
Category:21st-century German sportsmen
Category:21st-century Moroccan sportsmen
Category:Men's association football forwards