Noussair Mazraoui (Arabic: نصير مزراوي; born 14 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Morocco national team. Born in the Netherlands, Mazraoui has represented Morocco internationally since 2017.

Mazraoui grew up in Alphen aan de Rijn and started playing for local club AVV Alphen at age 4. Mazraoui moved to Alphense Boys three years later, where he only played for a year before being invited to play in the youth academy of Ajax. Mazraoui made his professional debut with Jong Ajax on 12 August 2016 in an Eerste Divisie game against Almere City, replacing Richairo Živković after 86 minutes.

On 25 October 2020, Mazraoui scored his first professional goal in a 3–1 victory against FC Midtjylland in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. Mazraoui scored his first league goal in a 5–0 win against N.E.C.

On 24 May 2022, Mazraoui signed a four-year deal with Bayern Munich, starting from 1 July.

Mazraoui was a youth international for Morocco. Mazraoui first played for the Moroccan national team in 2018. On 10 November 2021, Mazraoui revealed that the relations between him and Moroccan national team coach Vahid Halilhodžić fell.

On 13 March 2022, Mazraoui and his Moroccan teammate, Hakim Ziyech, both rejected Halilhodžić’s invitation to represent Morocco in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round against DR Congo. They later accepted to join the national team and will be representing Morocco in the 2022 FIFA World Cup after Halilhodžić’s was replaced by Walid Regragui.

On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco’s 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
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