Ro-Zangelo Daal (born 10 February 2004) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club AZ and their reserve team Jong AZ, making his debut for the senior team during the 2024-25 season in the Eredivisie and also playing for the club in the UEFA Europa League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 February 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, The Netherlands[1] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AZ | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | DVC Buiksloot | ||
| 2015–2023 | AZ Alkmaar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Jong AZ | 79 | (24) |
| 2024– | AZ | 27 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (2) |
| 2025– | Netherlands U21 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025 | |||
Club career
editHe was born in Amsterdam.[2] He played as youngster at DVC Buiksloot, before moving across in 2015 to the AZ Alkmaar academy, Daal signed a contract with AZ in the summer of 2021. His form for the AZ youth sides saw him being offered a new and extended contract in March 2022 to keep him in Alzmaar until 2025.[3] Daal has been tipped as a "wonderkid" in the football management computer game Football Manager in both 2021 and 2022.[4][5]
Daal made his debut for Jong AZ against Jong PSV in a home 2–0 win in the Eerste Divisie on 1 April 2022.[6][7] Daal scored his first senior league goal on 3 February 2023 in a 4–3 win against VVV Venlo.[8]
On 21 April 2023 Daal scored as AZ won through against Sporting Lisbon to reach the final of the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League.[9] He also played in the UEFA Youth League final against Hajduk Split as AZ ran out 5–0 winners.[10] On 1 January 2024, he signed a new four-and-a-half year contract with the club.[11]
On 7 November 2024, he opened the scoring for AZ in a 3-1 win over Fenerbache in the UEFA Europa League.[12] He also featured for the club in the Eredivisie in a 2-1 home defeat to Willem II Tilburg on 10 November 2024.[13] In January 2025, AZ officially announced that Ro-Zangelo Daal had been moved up from Jong AZ team to the AZ first team squad.[2] He set up the first goal for Mees de Wit as he played in the 2026 KNVB Cup final, in a 5-1 win over NEC Nijmegen on 19 April 2026.[14]
International career
editCareer statistics
edit- As of match played 17 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong AZ | 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 12 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 32 | 6 | — | — | 32 | 6 | |||
| 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 31 | 3 | — | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2025–26 | Eerste Divisie | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 79 | 24 | — | — | 79 | 24 | ||||
| AZ | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14[b] | 2 | 42 | 3 | |
| Total | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 49 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 106 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 129 | 28 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
editReferences
edit- 1 2 Ro-Zangelo Daal at WorldFootball.net
- 1 2 "Ro-Zangelo Daal definitively added to AZ 1 selection". azalerts.nl. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ↑ "AZ verlengt met Daal". AZ.nl. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ↑ "Football Manager 2022: All the FM22 wonderkids you'll need to sign". FourFourTwo.com.
- ↑ "All the best youngsters on Football Manager 2021". PKFoot.com.
- ↑ "AZ II VS. PSV II 2-0". Soccerway.
- ↑ "Jong AZ is Jong PSV te slim af". az.nl.
- ↑ "Hard-fought victory for Young AZ against VVV-Venlo after Meerdink's double". nhnieuws.nl.
- ↑ "UEFA Youth League semi-finals: AZ pip Sporting on penalties, Hajduk defeat Milan". UEFA. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ "UEFA Youth League final report: AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Hajduk Split". UEFA. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ↑ "AZ LANGER DOOR MET DAAL". az.nl. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ↑ "AZ VS. FENERBAHCE 3 - 1". Soccerway. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ↑ "AZ VS. WILLEM II 1 - 2". Soccerway. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ↑ Winters, Paul (19 April 2026). "AZ soar to win fifth KNVB Beker as NEC extend record with sixth lost final". Flash Score. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
- ↑ Karatag, Oezguer. "Ro Zangelo Daal (Ro Daal) AZ Alkmaar Midfielder,Left defensive midfielder Soccer-Talents.com inte". www.soccer-talents.com.
- ↑ "Ernest Poku scores for Holland U18 against Italy U18". Footballghana.com.
- ↑ "Parrott, Koopmeiners shine as AZ Alkmaar wins KNVB Cup after 13 years". Sport Star. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
External links
edit- Ro-Zangelo Daal at Soccerway
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