Larry Azouni

Larry Azouni
Azouni with France U19 in 2013
Personal information
Full name Larry Francis Abdel Azouni[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Espérance de Tunis
Number 23
Youth career
2000–2006 Burel FC
2006–2012 Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Marseille 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Lorient (loan) 2 (0)
2014–2017 Nîmes 75 (4)
2017–2020 Kortrijk 64 (1)
2020–2021 Nacional 27 (0)
2021–2023 Club Africain 39 (2)
2023–2024 Al Faisaly 28 (1)
2024– Espérance de Tunis 7 (0)
International career‡
2012 France U18 3 (0)
2012–2013 France U19 14 (0)
2013 France U20 2 (1)
2014 Tunisia U23 1 (0)
2016– Tunisia 10 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  France
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up 2013 Lithuania Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2019

Larry Francis Abdel Azouni (born 23 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Espérance de Tunis. Born in France, he opted to represent Tunisia internationally.[2]

Club career

Azouni made his professional debut on 6 December 2012 in the 2012–13 Europa League campaign against Cypriot side AEL Limassol in a 3–0 loss. He came on as a substitute for Kassim Abdallah in the 74th minute.

On 21 July 2023, Azouni joined Saudi First Division League club Al Faisaly.[3]

International career

Azouni was born and raised in France, to parents of Tunisian-Jewish descent. He played for various France youth teams, before switching to the Tunisia national football team. He made one appearance for the Tunisia U21 team. He made his debut for the senior Tunisia team in a 1–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Togo as a sub in the 89th minute.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 December 2024[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Marseille 2012–13 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[c] 0 — 1 0
Lorient (loan) 2013–14 Ligue 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 — — 4 0
Nîmes 2014–15 Ligue 2 11 0 2 0 1 0 — — 14 0
2015–16 Ligue 2 33 2 1 0 1 0 — — 35 2
2016–17 Ligue 2 31 2 0 0 1 0 — — 32 2
Total 75 4 3 0 3 0 — — 81 4
Kortrijk 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 18 1 5 1 — — — 23 2
2018–19 Belgian First Division A 29 0 3 0 — — — 32 0
2019–20 Belgian First Division A 17 0 4 0 — — — 21 0
Total 64 1 12 1 — — — 76 2
Nacional 2020–21 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
Club Africain 2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 22 0 3 0 — — — 25 0
2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 17 2 2 0 — 4[d] 0 — 23 2
Total 39 2 5 0 — — — 48 2
Al Faisaly 2023–24 Saudi First Division League 28 1 2 0 — — — 30 1
Espérance de Tunis 2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 7 0 0 0 — 2[e] 0 0 0 9 0
Career total 215 8 23 1 4 0 7 0 0 0 249 9
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Belgian Cup, Taça de Portugal, Tunisian Cup and King's Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ All appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in CAF Champions League

International

As of 26 March 2019[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Tunisia 2016 3 0
2017 6 0
2019 1 0
Total 10 0

References

  1. ^ "Euskal Selekzioa Tunisia partidako hamaikakoak". twitter.com (in Basque). Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ "[Equipe Nationale Olympique]: liste des joueurs convoqués pour le match amical conte le Qatar – Tunisie-Foot".
  3. ^ "الفيصلي يتعاقد مع التونسي " لاري عزوني "".
  4. ^ "mensquare.agency". mensquare.com. 15 February 2022.
  5. ^ Larry Azouni at WorldFootball.net
  6. ^ Larry Azouni at National-Football-Teams.com


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