Hakim Ziyech

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Hakim Ziyech
Personal information
Full name:	Hakim Ziyech حكيم زياش
Date of birth:	19 March 1993 (1993-03-19)
Place of birth:	Dronten, Netherlands
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position:	Attacking midfielder Winger
Club information
Current club	Galatasaray (on loan from Chelsea)
Number:	22
Youth clubs
2001–2004 2004–2007 2007–2012	Reaal Dronten ASV Dronten Heerenveen
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2012–2014 2014–2016 2016–2020 2020– 2023–	Heerenveen Twente Ajax Chelsea → Galatasaray (loan)	036 0(11) 068 0(30) 112 0(38) 064 00(6) 002 00(1)
National team
2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2015–	Netherlands U19 Netherlands U20 Netherlands U21 Morocco	001 00(0) 003 00(1) 003 00(2) 054 0(20)

Hakim Ziyech (born 19 March 1993) is a Dutch-born Moroccan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Süper Lig club Galatasaray, on loan from Premier League side Chelsea, and the Morocco national team. In 2019, he was selected as one of the 20 best players in the UEFA Champions League for the 2018–19 season. He is known for his finishing, dribbling, long passes, technique, and ability from free kicks.

Ziyech started his professional career at Dutch club Heerenveen in 2012 and signed for fellow Dutch club Twente two years later. In 2016, Ziyech signed for Ajax on a five-year deal, with a reported transfer fee of €11m. The 2018–19 season was the most prolific season in Ziyech's career, as he scored 16 goals and provided 13 assists in the Eredivisie.

In February 2020, it was announced Ziyech would be joining Chelsea for the 2020–21 season. Chelsea would pay a transfer fee of €40 million plus possible bonuses to Ajax.

Ziyech was eligible to play for the Netherlands or Morocco. In 2015, he confirmed his choice to represent Morocco at the international stage. He was selected for the final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and later also become part of Morocco's squad in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and 2022 FIFA World Cup, where he excelled with Morocco and finished on the fourth place in the latter.

Honours

Club

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 2018–19
• KNVB Cup: 2018–19
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2019
• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2016–17

Chelsea

• UEFA Champions League: 2020–21
• UEFA Super Cup: 2021
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2021
• FA Cup runner-up: 2020–21, 2021–22
• EFL Cup runner-up: 2021–22

Individual

• Eredivisie top assists: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 (shared with Dušan Tadić)
• Mars d'Or (Moroccan player of the Year): 2016
• Eredivisie Team of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• AFC Ajax Player of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19,2019–20
• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 2017–18
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2018–19
• CAF Team of the Year: 2019
• Eredivisie Player of the Month: October 2018, August 2019

Orders

• Order of the Throne: 2022

External links

• Hakim Ziyech at Soccerway
• Hakim Ziyech profile at Transfermarkt

Morocco – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Bounou 2. Achraf 3. Mendyl 4. Da Costa 5. Benatia (c) 6. Saïss 7. Ziyech 8. El Ahmadi 9. El Kaabi 10. Belhanda 11. Fajr 12. Munir 13. Boutaïb 14. Boussoufa 15. Aït Bennasser 16. N. Amrabat 17. Dirar 18. Harit 19. En-Nesyri 20. Bouhaddouz 21. S. Amrabat 22. Tagnaouti 23. Carcela Manager:   Hervé Renard

Template:Morocco squad (2019 Africa Cup of Nations)

Morocco – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Fourth place

1. Bounou 2. Hakimi 3. Mazraoui 4. Amrabat 5. Aguerd 6. Saïss (c) 7. Ziyech 8. Ounahi 9. Hamdallah 10. Zaroury 11. Sabiri 12. Munir 13. Chair 14. Aboukhlal 15. Amallah 16. Ezzalzouli 17. Boufal 18. El Yamiq 19. En-Nesyri 20. Dari 21. Cheddira 22. Tagnaouti 23. El Khannous 24. Benoun 25. Attiyat Allah 26. Jabrane Manager:   Regragui