Ouwo Moussa Maâzou (born 25 August 1988) commonly known as Moussa Maâzou, is a Nigerien professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Club career Maazou began his senior career as a player with Niger's Army club, ASFAN of Niamey.L'homme du mois: « Maazou pense au Standard mais rêve d’Arsenal » .footgoal.net 17 December 2008 In 2005–2006 Maazou scored 17 goals.TRANSFERT DE MÂAZOU OUWO AU CSKA DE MOSCOU La réaction du Colonel Djibrilla Hima Hamidou dit Pélé. Republicain (Niger) 14 janvier 2009 In the 2006–2007 season with ASFAN,Note: Niger league runs from late December to July or August he scored 20 goals in 34 matches.Maazou taking Belgium by storm (FIFA.com) Thursday 18 December 2008 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. 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.Maazou became an Army player 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. The following season Maâzou joined FC Girondins de Bordeaux on a one-year loan, again with an option to purchase. At the end of January 2011 Maâzou returned to AS Monaco on another six-month, but after only one game injured his knee in training and would require surgery.

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

He switched to another Portuguese club, Marítimo in August 2014. 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.

In February 2016, Maâzou moved to Danish side Randers.

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

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

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

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.

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

Career statistics Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsASFAN2005Niger Ligue 13017————301720063420——––342020071511——––1511Total7948————7948Lokeren2007–08Belgian First Division81————812008–09231410———2414Total311510———3215CSKA Moscow2009Russian Premier League15340—00—193Monaco (loan)2009–10Ligue 118543———228Bordeaux (loan)2010–11Ligue 11510010——161Monaco (loan)2010–11Ligue 110————10Zulte Waregem (loan)2011–12Belgian Pro League4010———50Le Mans (loan)2011–12Ligue 2152————152Étoile du Sahel2011–12Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 12000———202012–1310300—30—133Total12300—30—153Vitória Guimarães 2013–14Primeira Liga25410105210336Marítimo2014–15Primeira Liga1892131——2311Changchun Yatai2015Chinese Super League26600———266Randers2015–16Danish Superliga10120———121Ajaccio 2016–17Ligue 23573210——3992017–1851—10——61Total4083220——4510Lens2017–18Ligue 211100———111Ajaccio (loan)2017–18Ligue 2151———30181Ohod2018–19Saudi Professional League41————41Sektzia Ness Ziona 2019–20Israeli Premier League25410———264Jeunesse Esch2020–21Luxembourg National Division20900———2092021–22261000———2610Total461900———4619Differdange 032022–23Luxembourg National Division0000—20—20The Belval Belvaux2023–24Luxembourg 1. Division12510———135Career total4221372067110240463145

International goals Scores and results list Niger's goal tally first.

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1. 10 October 2010 Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger 1–0 1–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 2. 17 November 2010 June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya 1–0 1–1 Friendly 3. 10 August 2011 Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger 2–1 3–3 Friendly 4. 3–2 5. 4 September 2011 Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger 2–0 2–1 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 6. 9 October 2012 Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger 4–3 4–3 Friendly 7. 1 January 2013 Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger 1–2 1–3 Friendly 8. 6 September 2014 Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger 1–3 1–3 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 9. 9 October 2015 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 10. 2–0 11. 13 October 2015 Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger 2–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 12. 3–0 13. 4 September 2016 Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger ? 3–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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