Iliass Bel Hassani

Iliass Bel Hassani (born 16 September 1992) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Al-Wakrah, in the Qatar Stars League.

Iliass Bel Hassani
Personal information
Full name Iliass Bel Hassani
Date of birth (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al-Wakrah
Number 10
Youth career
SVVSMC
Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Sparta Rotterdam 75 (16)
2013–2016 Heracles Almelo 96 (15)
2016–2019 AZ 31 (1)
2017–2018 Jong AZ 10 (0)
2019 → FC Groningen (loan) 14 (1)
2019–2020 PEC Zwolle 14 (5)
2020– Al-Wakrah 0 (0)
National team
2012 Morocco U23 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 June 2019

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.[1] In his time at the club he scored 16 goals in 75 matches.[2]

In September 2013, he signed a three-year contract with the option of a fourth with Heracles.[2] He had his first taste of European football playing in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League for Heracles against Portuguese side Arouca.[3]

In late August 2016, he joined AZ on a five-year contract until 2021.[4][5]

On 24 December 2018, it was announced that Bel Hassani would join FC Groningen on a loan spell until the end of the season.[6] He signed for PEC Zwolle in July 2019.[7]

On 28 January 2020, Al-Wakrah has signed Bel Hassani for one seasons from PEC Zwolle.[8]

International career

Bel Hassani was born in the Netherlands to parents of Moroccan descent. He debuted for the Morocco national under-23 football team in a 3–4 loss to the Mexico U23 team.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 17 February 2018[10][11]
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 27230—302
2014–15 31430—344
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 3000—30
Total 2814270393
Jong AZ 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 70——70
Career total 2063218818224242
  1. Appearances in the 2011–12 Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs
  2. Appearances in the 2012–13 Eerste Divisie promotion play-offs
  3. Appearances in the Eredivisie European competition play-offs
  4. Appearances in the Europa League

References
  1. ILIASS BEL HASSANI WINT GOUDEN STIER - Sparta (in Dutch)
  2. "Bel Hassani van Sparta naar Heracles". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 2 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. Match Report - UEFA (in Dutch)
  4. "Bel Hassani 'superblij' en dankbaar na stap naar AZ". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 31 August 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. AZ contracteert Bel Hassani - AZ (in Dutch)
  6. FC Groningen huurt Bel Hassani met optie tot koop (Dutch). FC Groningen. 24 December 2018.
  7. "PEC Zwolle takes over Bel Hassani from AZ, Vlap en route to Anderlecht | tellerreport.com". www.tellerreport.com. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  8. Al-Wakrah is officially signed by Iliass Bel Hassani
  9. http://mountakhab.net/www/modules/fiches_joueurs/fiche.php?id=491
  10. "Iliass Bel Hassani » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  11. Iliass Bel Hassani at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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