Iliass Bel Hassani
Bel Hassani with AZ
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al-Jabalain
Number 10
Youth career
SVVSMC
Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Sparta 75 (16)
2013–2016 Heracles Almelo 96 (15)
2016–2019 AZ 31 (1)
2017–2018 Jong AZ 10 (0)
2019Groningen (loan) 14 (1)
2019–2020 PEC Zwolle 14 (5)
2020 Al-Wakrah 4 (2)
2021 Ajman 4 (0)
2021–2023 RKC 41 (5)
2023– Al-Jabalain 0 (0)
International career
2012 Morocco U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Iliass Bel Hassani (Arabic: إلياس بلحساني born 16 September 1992) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Saudi Arabian club Al-Jabalain.[1]

Club career

Born in Rotterdam, Bel Hassani made his professional debut for hometown club Sparta in August 2010 against RBC and was rewarded with the Gouden Stier (Golden Bull) Award for the most promising player in the Eerste Divisie in May 2012.[2] In his time at the club he scored 16 goals in 75 matches.[3]

In September 2013, he signed a three-year contract with the option of a fourth with Heracles.[3] He had his first taste of European football playing in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League for Heracles against Portuguese side Arouca.[4]

In late August 2016, he joined AZ on a five-year contract until 2021.[5][6]

On 24 December 2018, it was announced that Bel Hassani would join FC Groningen on a loan spell until the end of the season.[7] He signed for PEC Zwolle in July 2019.[8]

On 28 January 2020, Al-Wakrah signed Bel Hassani for one season from PEC Zwolle.[9]

On 1 July 2021, it was announced that Bel Hassani had signed with RKC Waalwijk on a one-year contract, coming over from Emirati club Ajman, where he had spent the previous six months.[10]

On 8 July 2023, Bel Hassani joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Jabalain.[11]

International career

Bel Hassani was born in the Netherlands to parents of Moroccan descent. He debuted for the Morocco U23 national team in a 4–3 loss to the Mexico U23.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 February 2018[13][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competitions
Club Season League KNVB Beker Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sparta Rotterdam 2010–11 Eerste Divisie 71000071
2011–12 305332[lower-alpha 1]1359
2012–13 339214[lower-alpha 2]13911
2013–14 51000051
Total 751654628622
Heracles Almelo 2013–14 Eredivisie 27230302
2014–15 31430344
2015–16 348323[lower-alpha 3]04010
2016–17 41002[lower-alpha 4]061
Total 9615925011017
AZ Alkmaar 2016–17 Eredivisie 251427[lower-alpha 4]0363
2017–18 300030
Total 2814270393
Jong AZ 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 7070
Career total 2063218818224242

References

  1. Veel geld, luxe en tegenslagen: Dit was Iliass Bel Hassani in Qatar vice.com
  2. ILIASS BEL HASSANI WINT GOUDEN STIER - Sparta (in Dutch)
  3. 1 2 "Bel Hassani van Sparta naar Heracles". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 2 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. Match Report - UEFA (in Dutch)
  5. "Bel Hassani 'superblij' en dankbaar na stap naar AZ". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 31 August 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  6. AZ contracteert Bel Hassani - AZ (in Dutch)
  7. FC Groningen huurt Bel Hassani met optie tot koop (Dutch). FC Groningen. 24 December 2018.
  8. "PEC Zwolle takes over Bel Hassani from AZ, Vlap en route to Anderlecht | tellerreport.com". www.tellerreport.com. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  9. Al-Wakrah is officially signed by Iliass Bel Hassani
  10. "RKC haalt Bel Hassani terug naar Nederland". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 1 July 2021.
  11. "رسمياً لاعب خط الوسط المغربي إلياس بلحساني جبلاوياً".
  12. "Mountakhab.net - Fiches de joueurs: Iliass Bel Hassani". mountakhab.net. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010.
  13. "Iliass Bel Hassani » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  14. Iliass Bel Hassani at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


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