Azor Matusiwa

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Azor Matusiwa
Personnel
birthday April 28, 1998
place of birth Hilversum ,  Netherlands
size 173 cm
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
0000–2011 HSV Wasmeer
2011-2013 Almere City
2013-2017 Ajax Amsterdam
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2016-2018 Jong Ajax 30 (0)
2018-2019 Ajax Amsterdam 1 (0)
2019 →  BV De Graafschap  (loan) 16 (0)
2019– FC Groningen 20 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2014 Netherlands U-17 7 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of February 8, 2020

Azor Matusiwa (born April 28, 1998 in Hilversum ) is a Dutch football player of Angolan descent. He is under contract with FC Groningen and is a young Dutch national player.

Career

society

Azor Matusiwa started playing football at HSV Wasmeer in Hilversum, North Holland, near Amsterdam , at the age of five and moved to Almere City FC in 2011 at the age of 13 . In 2013 he went to the Ajax Amsterdam academy . On November 21, 2016, Matusiwa played for the reserve team for the first time in a 2-2 away game in the second Dutch division against the second representative of FC Utrecht . After he had outgrown the youth teams at the end of the 2016/17 season, he played for the first time for the professional team in the Eredivisie on May 6, 2018 in a 2-1 away win against Excelsior Rotterdam , with Azor Matusiwa in the starting line-up. In the first half of the new season he was only used three times in the reserve team due to a performance injury.

For the second half of the 2018/19 season he switched to BV De Graafschap on loan . From the beginning, Azor Matusiwa was one of the regular players and made 16 appearances. With BV De Graafschap he qualified for the promotion and relegation play-offs, in which the club from the Achterhoek relegated in the final round against Sparta Rotterdam after a 2-1 away win and a 0-2 home defeat and thus the gear had to compete in the second division. He did not return to Ajax for the 2019/20 season, but instead joined FC Groningen . Matusiwa signed a contract with a term of over four years. Here he is mostly used as a defensive midfielder.

National team

Azor Matusiwa played seven times for the Dutch U16 national team . In November 2019 he was part of the Dutch U21 squad for the first time , but was not used.

Personal

Azor Matusiwa's father is an Angolan refugee and both he and his family were granted residence permits in 2005. Azor's older brother Diangi is also a soccer player.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Azor Matusiwa gives a Wasmeer gesigneerd shirt. Retrieved February 2, 2020 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Daniël Dwarswaard: Ajax wint laatste wedstrijd, spreekkoren tegen Ten Hag. In: Algemeen Dagblad . De Persgroep Nederland, May 6, 2018, accessed February 2, 2020 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ Ajax verhuurt Azor Matusiwa aan De Graafschap. In: Ajax Amsterdam . AFC Ajax NV, December 31, 2018, accessed February 2, 2020 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ De Graafschap huurt Azor Matusiwa van Ajax. In: BV De Graafschap . Betaald Voetbal De Graafschap BV, December 31, 2018, accessed on February 2, 2020 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ Dennis van Bergen: Sparta keert na een jaar afwezigheid terug in de eredivisie. In: Algemeen Dagblad . De Persgroep Nederland, May 28, 2019, accessed February 2, 2020 (Dutch).
  6. ↑ Azor Matusiwa maakt overstap to FC Groningen. In: Ajax Amsterdam . AFC Ajax NV, June 7, 2019, accessed February 2, 2020 (Dutch).
  7. ↑ FC Groningen neemt Azor Matusiwa over van Ajax. In: FC Groningen . FC Groningen BV, June 7, 2019, accessed February 2, 2020 (Dutch).
  8. ↑ U16 international matches on the website of the Dutch Football Association
personal data
SURNAME Matusiwa, Azor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch soccer player of Angolan descent
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Hilversum