Height: 1,81 m. Position: Right Winger ... All goals. Citizenship: Morocco.
After selling two of their best players Quincy Promes and Dusan Tadic, the club was suffering in the league. You could see immediately his quality. He collected 21 goals and 24 assists in 49 appearances last term, thus forcing Chelsea’s hand to in the transfer. Hakim Ziyech. His siblings, Faouzi and Hicham saw their football career die out after being convicted of burglary. Hakim Ziyech gets an average of 0.67 assists for every 90 minutes that he's on the pitch.
Arsenal were also heavily interested in the Moroccan international as their potential Mesut Ozil replacement but could not get to him soon enough.Hakim Ziyech was born in the town of Dronten in the Netherlands on 19 March 1993. One stand out moment this season also came in their Champions League group.Where do you think Ziyech would fit in best should he leave Ajax?Since then he has gone on to become one of the world's most sought after midfielders.It came in Ajax's crazy 4-4 draw with Chelsea in November.Although the goal was registered as an own goal from Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, it came from Ziyech's absurd technique to bend a free-kick from a difficult position.The Dutch side are also top of their Champions League group by 2 points and look certain to qualify for the next round.Sound off in the comments below.Featured Image Credit: Hakim Ziyech/InstagramIf he stays in this rich vein of form, it's hard to see someone of that talent not make a big move in the next few years.His array of passes make for beautiful viewing, especially a sublime cross field ball against Bayern Munich last season.The Moroccan was linked with a variety of big clubs throughout the summer but he stayed in Holland.Daniel is a freelancer journalist for SPORTbible and covers a variety of sports. Assistant manager, Boudewijn Pahlplatz reflected on just how big Ziyech’s impact was on the club.At 27, Ziyech will not exactly be following the same path as some of Chelsea’s recent additions.
He scored 17 goals and laid out 10 assists in the Eredivisie the season prior to earn that move. The Ajax midfielder has seen key teammates such as Frenkie de Jong leave in … How many goals has Hakim Ziyech scored this season? I think the neutral fans, that is why they like football, because of moments and games like this.”The Dutch-born midfielder said he was inspired by club legends Didier Drogba, John Terry and Lampard before making the move to Stamford BridgeHe was also involved in the third goal when goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga turned his free-kick which came off the post, into the back of the net with his face.“When you are a young guy you always want to play for a big club, in the Premier League of course,” he added.“When I was young, the players that played here, it was always a big club so I am very happy and it means a lot.
Ziyech came in to lead the Eredivisie assist charts in his first season. He is known for his finishing, dribbling, long passes, technique, and ability from free kicks. He started his youth career at Reaal Dronten and then moved to ASV Dronten.Frank Lampard wanted to bring in more creativity in this Chelsea side and he got exactly that in Ziyech. Eight months after the game, Ziyech, who is now a Chelsea player after completing a five-year deal from the Dutch giants in February, recalled the night in London against Lampard’s team.The 27-year-old produced a man-of-the-match performance at Stamford Bridge on November 5 last year with a brace of assists despite Ajax giving up their 4-1 lead.“We were always for Chelsea, and if you look at now, if you can play here it means a lot to me.”“For us it was a little bit less because we were 4-1 up, but it was a crazy game.