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Anwar El-Ghazi

Cardiff City
189 cm
Height
20
Shirt
29 years
May 3, 1995
Right
Preferred foot
Netherlands
Country
€2.4M
Market value
Position
Primary
Left Winger
LW

Player traits

Stats compared to other attacking midfielders/wingers
Touches14%Shot attempts81%Goals23%
Chances created11%Aerial duels won92%Defensive actions23%

Championship 2024/2025

1
Goals
1
Assists
10
Started
13
Matches
734
Minutes played
6.42
Rating
0
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
Match stats

Nov 9

Blackburn Rovers
1-3
45
0
0
0
0
5.8

Nov 6

Luton Town
1-0
70
0
0
0
0
5.9

Nov 2

Norwich City
2-1
62
0
0
0
0
6.7

Oct 26

West Bromwich Albion
0-0
62
0
0
0
0
6.1

Oct 22

Portsmouth
2-0
78
0
0
0
0
7.1

Oct 19

Plymouth Argyle
5-0
76
1
0
0
0
7.9

Oct 6

Bristol City
1-1
66
0
0
0
0
6.9

Oct 1

Millwall
1-0
62
0
0
0
0
6.1

Sep 28

Hull City
4-1
74
0
1
0
0
6.9

Sep 21

Leeds United
0-2
32
0
0
0
0
6.1
Cardiff City

Nov 9

Championship
Blackburn Rovers
1-3
45’
5.8

Nov 6

Championship
Luton Town
1-0
70’
5.9

Nov 2

Championship
Norwich City
2-1
62’
6.7

Oct 26

Championship
West Bromwich Albion
0-0
62’
6.1

Oct 22

Championship
Portsmouth
2-0
78’
7.1
2024/2025

Season shot map

Shot accuracy: 29%
  • 21Shots
  • 1Goals
  • 3.18xG
5 - 0
Shot typeLeft footSituationRegular playResultGoal
0.94xG1.00xGOT
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Season performance
Minutes played: 734

Shooting

Goals
1
Expected goals (xG)
3.18
xG on target (xGOT)
1.53
Non-penalty xG
3.18
Shots
21
Shots on target
6

Passing

Assists
1
Expected assists (xA)
0.58
Successful passes
134
Pass accuracy
74.4%
Accurate long balls
3
Long ball accuracy
42.9%
Chances created
7
Successful crosses
3
Cross accuracy
15.8%

Possession

Successful dribbles
3
Dribble success
18.8%
Touches
311
Touches in opposition box
32
Dispossessed
8
Fouls won
8

Defending

Tackles won
3
Tackles won %
75.0%
Duels won
29
Duels won %
31.9%
Aerial duels won
14
Aerial duels won %
33.3%
Interceptions
2
Blocked
6
Fouls committed
10
Recoveries
25
Possession won final 3rd
7
Dribbled past
4

Discipline

Yellow cards
0
Red cards
0

Player traits

Stats compared to other attacking midfielders/wingers
Touches14%Shot attempts81%Goals23%
Chances created11%Aerial duels won92%Defensive actions23%

Career

Club
Season

Senior career

Cardiff City (Free transfer)Jul 2024 - now
13
1
Mainz 05 (Free transfer)Sep 2023 - Jun 2024
3
0
PSV EindhovenAug 2022 - Sep 2023
33
9
Aston Villa (back from loan)Jul 2022 - Aug 2022
Everton (on loan)Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
2
0
Aston VillaJul 2019 - Jan 2022
83
20
Aston Villa (on loan)Aug 2018 - Jun 2019
36
6
LilleJan 2017 - Aug 2018
44
6
Jong AjaxNov 2016 - Jan 2017
4
4
AjaxJul 2014 - Jan 2017
100
23

Youth career

Aston Villa FC Under 21Aug 2022 - Aug 2022
1
1
Aston Villa FC Under 20Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
Ajax U19Jul 2013 - Jun 2014
4
2

National team

NetherlandsJan 2015 - May 2021
2
0
Netherlands U21Jan 2014 - Aug 2017
5
1
Netherlands Under 22Jan 2015 - Sep 2015
3
1
  • Matches
  • Goals
Trophies

PSV Eindhoven

Netherlands
1
Super Cup(23/24)
1
KNVB Beker(22/23)

Aston Villa

England
1
Queensland Champions Cup(2022)

Lille

France
1
Algarve Football Cup(2018)

Ajax U19

Netherlands
1
Eredivisie U19(13/14)