Iliass Bel Hassani (born 16 September 1992) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays for RKC Waalwijk as an attacking midfielder.[1]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Iliass Bel Hassani | ||
Date of birth | (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992 (age 30) | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | RKC Waalwijk | ||
Number | 11 | ||
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) |
2019 | → Groningen (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2019–2020 | PEC Zwolle | 14 | (5) |
2020 | Al-Wakrah | 4 | (2) |
2021 | Ajman | 4 | (0) |
2021– | RKC | 14 | (0) |
National team | |||
2012 | Morocco U23 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 January 2022 |
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]
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.[11]
Club | Season | League | KNVB Beker | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sparta Rotterdam | 2010–11 | Eerste Divisie | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
2011–12 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 35 | 9 | ||
2012–13 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 39 | 11 | ||
2013–14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
Total | 75 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 86 | 22 | ||
Heracles Almelo | 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | |
2014–15 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | |||
2015–16 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 40 | 10 | ||
2016–17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
Total | 96 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 110 | 17 | ||
AZ Alkmaar | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 25 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 36 | 3 |
2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 28 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||
Jong AZ | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
Career total | 206 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 242 | 42 |
RKC Waalwijk – current squad | |
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