CD Leganés and French club Pau FC reached an agreement on Monday for the one-season loan of 24-year-old left-back Diyaeddine Abzi. The footballer born in Morocco but of Canadian nationality arrives in Butarque with an option to buy.
Abzi is an attacking winger who played a prominent role in Ligue 2 last season. Trained at an early age in Canada, where he moved from his native Fez aged just nine, he took his first steps at FS Salaberry and AS Blainville, making his Canadian Premier League debut with York United, where he has remained since 2019. until 2022.
Good performance and attacking character in his first season in Europe
His strong performances earned him the jump to Europe last summer, signing for French Pau FC. In his first season in French football, Abzi played a total of 32 official matches, scoring two goals and providing two assists with the southern France side. Now he takes a new step in his career by arriving at CD Leganés, where he will play the current 2023/24 season.
Abzi, an under-23 international with Canada, will join training sessions this Monday with his new teammates after passing the medical, will wear number 4 in the elastic pepinera and will appear before the media next Thursday, the 17 August at 12 p.m.: 30.30 p.m. in the press room of the Center Sportif de Butarque.
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