Anwar El Ghazi is a Dutch professional footballer. He plays as a winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Netherlands national team. He began his football career in the youth ranks of his local club BVV Barendrecht. He was signed by Ajax in July 2013 and made his debut for the club in the 2014 Johan Cruyff Shield against PEC Zwolle. He scored his first UEFA Champions League goal on 22 October 2014 at Camp Nou against Barcelona. On 31 January 2017, he was sold to French Ligue 1 side Lille for a €8 million transfer fee. On 22 August 2018, he signed for Championship club Aston Aston Villa on a season-long loan, with a clause to buy
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Anwar El Ghazi is a Dutch professional footballer. He plays as a winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Netherlands national team. He began his football career in the youth ranks of his local club BVV Barendrecht. In 2013, he joined the Ajax Youth Academy, playing for the A1 selection in the UEFA Youth League. He was signed by Ajax in July 2013 and made his debut for the club in the 2014 Johan Cruyff Shield against PEC Zwolle. He scored his first UEFA Champions League goal on 22 October 2014 at Camp Nou against Barcelona in the 88th minute of a 3–1 loss. On 31 January 2017, he was sold to French Ligue 1 side Lille for a €8 million transfer fee.
On 6 August 2017, on the first matchday of the 2017–18 season, he scored Lille’s third goal against Nantes. On 22 August 2018, he signed for Championship club Aston Aston Villa on a season-long loan, with a clause to buy included. On 28 April 2019, in a heated contest between Villa and Championship playoff rivals Leeds United at Elland Road, ElGhazi was mistakenly shown a red card by referee Stuart Attwell. The red card and subsequent three-game ban were later rescinded and he was banned for two games for “successful deception of a match official”
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