Farès Bahlouli (born 8 April 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Dnipro-1. He has also represented France U21's.
![]() Bahlouli with Metalist Kharkiv fans | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Dnipro-1 | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2003 | ECS Lyon 8 | ||
2003–2004 | FC Lyon | ||
2004–2013 | Lyon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Lyon B | 38 | (6) |
2013–2015 | Lyon | 9 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Monaco | 8 | (1) |
2015 | Monaco B | 5 | (1) |
2016–2017 | → Standard Liège (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Lille | 14 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Lille B | 14 | (3) |
2020 | Lyon Duchère | 0 | (0) |
2020 | Lyon Duchère B | 1 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Metalist Kharkiv | 25 | (13) |
2022– | Dnipro-1 | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | France U16 | 2 | (0) |
2012–2013 | France U18 | 5 | (2) |
2015 | France U20 | 4 | (1) |
2013 | France U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 September 2022 |
Bahlouli started his career at Lyon, graduating through the academy before featuring for Lyon B in 2012. He made his debut for Lyon on 12 May 2013 against Paris Saint-Germain.
On 30 June 2015, Bahlouli joined Monaco from Lyon for €3.5 million (plus incentives).[1] Bahlouli scored his first goal for Monaco in a 10–2 win over JS St Jean Beaulieu in the 2015–16 Coupe de France.[2]
On 31 August 2016, he joined Belgian club Standard Liège on a season-long loan deal.[3] However, failed to make an appearance for the senior side.
On 1 January 2017, Lille OSC and Monaco reached an agreement for the transfer of Bahlouli.[4][5] He made his debut for Lille against Angers on 11 February 2017 in a 2–1 defeat. He played five games for the club during the course of the second half of the season in all competitions.[6]
During the 2017–18 season, he featured regularly at the start of the season under new head coach Marcelo Bielsa. He scored his first goal on 5 November 2017 in a 3–0 win against Metz, however, was seldom used under new manager Christophe Galtier, in total he played 15 games in all competitions scoring one goal.[7]
After terminating his contract with Lille at the end of 2019, Bahlouli signed with Championnat National club Sporting Club Lyon, also known as Lyon Duchère, for six months.[8] However, he never got his debut for the club's first team, only playing one game for the second team in the Championnat National 3, and for that reason, he left the club at the end of his contract.[9]
Bahlouli has represented France at several age levels up until France U21's. He has also won the [10] He also won the 2015 Toulon Tournament with France U20's playing alongside Monaco teammate Thomas Lemar.[11] He is eligible for the Algeria national side.[12]
His brother Mohamed Bahlouli is also a professional footballer who plays for Italian Serie A side U.C. Sampdoria.[13]
France U20