Iliass Bel Hassani

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 Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
AZ
Number 18
Youth career
SVVSMC
Sparta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20102013 Sparta 75 (16)
2013–2016 Heracles 99 (15)
2016– AZ 9 (0)
National team
2012 Morocco U23 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2016.


Iliass Bel Hassani (born 16 September 1992 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch-born Moroccan professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for AZ in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Club career

He made his professional debut for hometown club Sparta in August 2010 against RBC and was rewarded with the Gouden Stier (Golden Bull) Award for Most Promising Player in the Eerste Divisie in May 2012.[1] He signed a three-year contract with Heracles in September 2013 after scoring 16 goals in 75 matches for the Rotterdammers.[2]

He had his first taste of European football when he played for Heracles against Portuguese side Arouca in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League,[3] before joining AZ in late August 2016.[4]

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.[5]

References


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