Anass Zaroury

Anass Zaroury
أنس الزروري
Zaroury with Lens in 2024
Personal information
Full name Anass Zaroury[1]
Date of birth (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Mechelen, Belgium
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Lens
Number 38
Youth career
2006–2011 SK Heffen
2011–2012 Mechelen
2012–2014 JMG Academy Belgium
2014–2019 Zulte Waregem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Lommel 21 (6)
2021–2022 Charleroi 43 (7)
2021 → Lommel (loan) 9 (1)
2022–2024 Burnley 41 (7)
2024 → Hull City (loan) 12 (2)
2024– Lens 12 (0)
International career‡
2017 Belgium U17 4 (2)
2017 Belgium U18 3 (0)
2021–2022 Belgium U21 7 (0)
2022– Morocco 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:06, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Anass Zaroury (Arabic: أنس الزروري; born 7 November 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 1 club Lens. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Club career

Charleroi

On 1 February 2021, Zaroury joined Belgian First Division A side Charleroi on a two-and-a-half-year deal, returning on loan to Lommel until the end of the season.[3]

Burnley

On 30 August 2022, Zaroury signed for EFL Championship club Burnley for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal. He quickly became a fan favourite due to his skilful style, and soon had his own chant to the tune of Heartbeat.[4] He scored his first goal for Burnley in a 4–0 win against Swansea City on 15 October 2022.[5] Zaroury scored the second and third goals as Burnley beat Bournemouth in the third round of the FA Cup in January 2023.[6] On 11 August 2023, Zaroury received a red card against Manchester City in the first Premier League game of his career.[7]

Hull City (loan)

On 1 February 2024, Zaroury moved on loan to Hull City for the remainder of the 2023–24 season.[8] He made his debut for the club on 3 February in the home 1–0 win against Millwall. After five minutes, his right-footed shot hit the bar, with Jaden Philogene on hand to push home the rebound.[9] On 20 February, Zaroury scored his first goal for Hull, as a part of their 2–1 away win against Southampton.[10] On 21 May 2024, Burnley announced the player would be returning once the loan ended.[11]

Lens

On 22 August 2024, Zaroury signed for Ligue 1 club Lens on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[12][13]

International career

Born in Belgium, Zaroury is Moroccan by descent.[14] He is a former youth international for Belgium, having played with them up to the Belgium U21s. On 16 November 2022, Zaroury was officially invited to join the Moroccan national team, during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar,[15][16] in which he replaced Amine Harit, who suffered an injury one week before the World Cup started.[17][18][19] On 17 November, he made his international debut in a friendly match against Georgia.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lommel 2019–20[2] Belgian First Division B 5 0 1 1 — — 6 1
2020–21[2] Belgian First Division B 25 7 2 0 — — 27 7
Total 30 7 3 1 — — 33 8
Charleroi 2021–22[2] Belgian First Division A 38 5 1 0 — — 39 5
2022–23[2] Belgian Pro League 5 2 — — — 5 2
Total 43 7 1 0 — — 44 7
Burnley 2022–23[2] Championship 34 7 4 2 1 2 — 39 11
2023–24[2] Premier League 6 0 1 0 2 0 — 9 0
2024–25[2] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 41 7 5 2 3 2 — 49 11
Hull City (loan) 2023–24[2] Championship 12 2 — — — 12 2
Lens 2024–25 Ligue 1 12 0 0 0 — 0 0 12 0
Career total 138 23 9 3 3 2 0 0 150 28
  1. ^ Includes Belgian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup

International

As of match played 19 June 2023[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Morocco 2022 2 0
2023 2 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Burnley

Orders

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Anass Zaroury at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Anass Zaroury versiert transfer naar Charleroi (maar blijft nog even in Lommel)". proximus.be (in Dutch). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  4. ^ "ZAROURY IS A CLARET". www.burnleyfootballclub.com. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Burnley 4-0 Swansea". BBC. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Championship Burnley beat Bournemouth in thriller". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ "Haaland scores twice as Man City beat Burnley". BBC Sport. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Zaroury signs for Hull City on loan". Hull City A.F.C. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Hull City 1–0 Millwall". BBC Sport. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Southampton 1–2 Hull City". BBC Sport. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  11. ^ "CLUB CONFIRM RETAINED LIST | BurnleyFC". www.burnleyfootballclub.com. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  12. ^ "ZAROURY MAKES RC LENS MOVE". www.burnleyfootballclub.com. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Anass Zaroury, le tek-teknique". www.rclens.fr (in French). 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Anass Zaroury: in de tribune onder Maes, in de basis onder Manning". www.hbvl.be.
  15. ^ "رسميا.. وليد الركراكي يوجه الدعوة إلى أنس زروري لتعويض أمين حارث في المونديال". هسبورت (in Arabic). 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Burnley's boy wonder Anass Zaroury receives late call-up for the World Cup in Qatar". www.burnleyexpress.net. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Morocco's Harit set to miss World Cup after injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Morocco's Harit and Poland goalkeeper Dragowski out of World Cup after late injuries". The Independent. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Amine Harit to miss the World Cup following serious knee injury". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  20. ^ @BurnleyOfficial (18 November 2022). "Anass Zaroury made his international debut for Morocco in their friendly against Georgia last night" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ^ "Zaroury, Anass". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  22. ^ Long, Dan (25 April 2023). "Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Burnley: Vincent Kompany's Clarets clinch Championship title after Manuel Benson stunner". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  23. ^ "Les dix types de wissams royaux accordés par Mohammed VI". Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.