Moussa Maâzou

Ouwo Moussa Maâzoupronunciationⓘ (born 25 August 1988) commonly known as Moussa Maâzou, is a Nigerien professional footballer who plays as a striker for French amateur club FC Bassin Piennois.

Moussa Maâzou
Maâzou training with Bordeaux in 2010
Personal information
Full name Ouwo Moussa Maâzou
Date of birth (1988-08-25) 25 August 1988
Place of birth Niamey, Niger
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 FC Bassin Piennois
Youth career
1998–2005 ASFAN
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 ASFAN 79 (48)
2008–2009 Lokeren 25 (14)
2009–2012 CSKA Moscow 15 (3)
2009 → Lokeren (loan) 6 (3)
2010 → Monaco (loan) 18 (5)
2010–2011 → Bordeaux (loan) 15 (1)
2011 → Monaco (loan) 1 (0)
2011–2012 → Zulte Waregem (loan) 4 (0)
2012 → Le Mans (loan) 15 (2)
2012–2013 Étoile du Sahel 12 (3)
2013–2014 Vitória Guimarães 25 (4)
2014–2015 Marítimo 18 (9)
2015 Changchun Yatai 26 (6)
2016 Randers 10 (1)
2016–2017 Ajaccio 40 (8)
2017–2018 Lens 11 (1)
2018 → Ajaccio (loan) 15 (1)
2019 Ohod 4 (1)
2019–2020 Sektzia Ness Ziona 25 (4)
2021–2022 Jeunesse Esch 45 (18)
2022 Differdange 03 0 (0)
2022– FC Bassin Piennois
International career‡
2008– Niger 54 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2021

Career

Maazou began his senior career as a player with Niger's Army club, ASFAN of Niamey.[1] In 2005–2006 Maazou scored 17 goals.[2] In the 2006–2007 season with ASFAN,[3] he scored 20 goals in 34 matches.[4] In January 2008, Belgian side Sporting Lokeren signed him. He scored six goals in his first nine matches. On 3 January 2009, Maâzou signed a contract with CSKA Moscow. The club paid Sporting Lokeren €4.8 million for Maâzou. He was immediately loaned back to Lokeren until 1 July 2009.[5] After CSKA qualified for the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup 2008–09, he was called back from the loan and on 12 March 2009 was registered as a CSKA player.[6] In January 2010 Maâzou left Russia, signing a six-month loan deal, with an option for a permanent move when his loan spell ends, with AS Monaco.[7] The following season Maâzou joined FC Girondins de Bordeaux on a one-year loan, again with an option to purchase.[8] At the end of January 2011 Maâzou returned to AS Monaco on another six-month,[9] but after only one game injured his knee in training and would require surgery.[10]

In February 2012, Maâzou signed for Le Mans on a six-month loan deal,[11] before moving to Tunisian side Étoile du Sahel on a three-year contract during the summer of 2012.[12] After terminating his contract with Tunisian side Étoile du Sahel, Maâzou signed for Vitória Guimarães in Portugal in July 2013.[13]

He switched to another Portuguese club, Marítimo in August 2014.[14] On 28 January 2015, at that point the Portuguese top flight's second top goalscorer of the season with nine goals, Maâzou transferred to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai.[15]

In February 2016, Maâzou moved to Danish side Randers.[16]

In July 2016, AC Ajaccio announced the signing of Maâzou on a one-year deal, with an option of a further year.[17]

A year later, on 31 August 2017, Maâzou signed for RC Lens on a three-year contract.[18] In December 2018, he agreed a mutual termination of his contract with RC Lens.[19]

On 23 September 2019 signed the Israeli Premier League club Sektzia Ness Ziona.[20]

International career

In April 2015, Maâzou announced his retirement from the Niger national football team at the age of 26, after having earned 30 caps and scored seven international goals. He credited the dismissal of manager Gernot Rohr in the previous October as a reason for his decision.[21]

However, in October he returned to the national team, scoring two goals against Somalia national football team in the campaign for 2018 World Cup.

International goals
Scores and results list Niger's goal tally first.[22]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 October 2010Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Egypt1–01–02012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.17 November 2010June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya Libya1–01–1Friendly
3.10 August 2011Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Togo2–13–3Friendly
4.3–2
5.4 September 2011Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger South Africa2–02–12012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6.9 October 2012Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Liberia4–34–3Friendly
7.1 January 2013Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Gambia1–21–3Friendly
8.6 September 2014Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Cape Verde1–31–32015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9.9 October 2015Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Somalia1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.2–0
11.13 October 2015Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Somalia2–04–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.3–0
13.4 September 2016Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Burundi ?3–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. L'homme du mois: « Maazou pense au Standard mais rêve d’Arsenal » Archived 19 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine.footgoal.net 17 December 2008
  2. TRANSFERT DE MÂAZOU OUWO AU CSKA DE MOSCOU La réaction du Colonel Djibrilla Hima Hamidou dit Pélé. Republicain (Niger) 14 janvier 2009
  3. Note: Niger league runs from late December to July or August
  4. Maazou taking Belgium by storm (FIFA.com) Thursday 18 December 2008
  5. "Maazou : « Je veux jouer au CSKA à partir du 1 février » | FOOTGOAL : Le webzine n°1 de l'actualité du Football Belge et International". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  6. Maazou became an Army player Archived 15 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Monaco signs striker Moussa Maazou in loan deal". Fox Sports. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  8. "Transfert – Maazou signe aux Girondins". FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  9. "Moussa Maazou proche d'un retour à Monaco" (in French). planete-asm. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  10. "MONACO SIGNING MAAZOU CROCKED". Ligue 1. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  11. "Niger's Maazou to rescue Le Mans". english.ahram.org. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  12. "Foot - Le Nigérien Ouwo Moussa Maazou étoilé pour 3 ans (Photos & vidéo)". Étoile du Sahel. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  13. "Moussa Maazou : Le Nigérien retrouve le sourire au Portugal". africatopsports. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  14. "Moussa Maazou chegou para o ataque". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  15. Vasconcelos, Gonçalo (28 January 2015). "Maazou transferido para a China" [Maâzou transferred to China]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  16. "Officielt: Moussa Maazou til Randers FC". bold.dk (in Danish). 17 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  17. "Un renfort d'expérience en attaque (in French)". www.ac-ajaccio.corsica. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  18. "Officiel : Fin du mercato avec C. Bayala et M. Maazou". rclens.fr (in French). RC Lens. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  19. "RC Lens : Moussa Maazou quitte le club - Foot - L2 - Lens".
  20. Krako, Amit (23 September 2019). "יש חלוץ: סקציה נס ציונה החתימה את מוסא מאזו". One.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  21. Vilas, Nicolas (3 April 2014). "Maazou dit stop à la sélection du Niger" [Maâzou says "no more" to the Niger national team] (in French). Eurosport. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  22. "Maâzou, Moussa Karim". National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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