Nacer Barazite

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Nacer Barazite
Personal information
Full name Nacer Barazite
Date of birth May 27, 1990 (1990-05-27) (age 18)
Place of birth    Arnhem, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Arsenal
Number 43
Youth clubs
–2006
2006–07		 NEC Nijmegen
Arsenal
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2007– Arsenal 0 (0)   
National team2
2006–07
2007–		 Netherlands U17
Netherlands U19		 0 (0)
1 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20:05, 31 October 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 17:40, 20 December 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Nacer Barazite (born May 27, 1990 in Arnhem) is a Dutch football player of Moroccan descent, currently playing for Arsenal. He plays as an attacking midfielder or support striker and wears the number 43.

Barazite started his career as a youth player with NEC Nijmegen in the Netherlands. He joined Arsenal in 2006 and regularly featured for the U18 and Reserve teams throughout 2006–07. He signed a professional contract with the club in in September 2007,[1] having scored for the first team in a pre-season friendly against Barnet the previous month.[1]

He has also played for the Netherlands national under-17 football team, being a member of the side in the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship; he scored in the Netherlands' 2–2 draw with Belgium. [2] but the Netherlands did not progress beyond the group stage.

Barazite made his competitive Arsenal first-team début on October 31, 2007, as a substitute for Eduardo da Silva against Sheffield United in a League Cup Fourth Round match.[3] His second appearance also came as a substitute, for Mark Randall in Arsenal's League Cup quarter-final against Blackburn Rovers on December 18, 2007, but after only 17 minutes on the pitch he was stretchered off with a dislocated shoulder, and replaced by Fran Merida. Barazite scored his first hat trick for Arsenal in the under-18s, in a 5–2 win over Southampton. The other two were scored by Luke Freeman.

He was named on the Arsenal bench for the final league game against Sunderland on May 11, 2008, but was not brought on.

[edit] Career statistics

(correct as of 10 January 2008)
Club Season League FA Cup Carling Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Arsenal 2007–08 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Nacer Barazite. Arsenal.com.
  2. ^ High drama for Low Countries. uefa.com.
  3. ^ "Sheffield United v. Arsenal", BBC Sport Online. 


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