The Numbers Behind the Vision
Azzedine Ounahi has made the 2025/26 season his own on two fronts simultaneously. At Girona in La Liga, the 25-year-old has registered 5 goals and 2 assists across 24 appearances — a commanding output for a central midfielder competing at the highest club level in Spain.
For Morocco, the contributions run even deeper: 3 goals and 5 assists across 13 appearances this season, with his most impactful stretch coming in AFCON qualification — 2 goals and 3 assists in 6 outings.
A Creator, a Carrier, a Connector
Wearing the no. 8 shirt, Ounahi operates as a dynamic presence in the heart of Morocco's midfield — carrying the ball with purpose, linking the lines with intelligence, and arriving in dangerous areas at precisely the right moment.
Five assists in 13 national team appearances this season underline the truth: he creates as much as he scores, the kind of player whose influence runs deeper than any single statistic can capture.
The AFCON group stage offered another dimension of the same portrait — 2 assists from 3 appearances, not prolific in front of goal but woven into every thread of the build-up, a connector whose presence quietly shapes the whole.
Ready for the Grandest Stage of All
Yalla Maghreb — the 2026 World Cup is on the horizon, and Azzedine Ounahi is heading into it with La Liga experience sharpening his game and competitive national team minutes banked across every kind of fixture that matters.
At 25, with the rhythm of an elite European league in his legs and the weight of Morocco's no. 8 shirt on his back, he stands in exactly the right window of his development.
This could be Morocco's defining tournament cycle in years. And when the midfield needs someone to find the pass no one else sees — the no. 8 will be there. All season long, he already has been.