Mohamed Youcef Belaïli (Arabic: محمد يوسف بلايلي; born 14 March 1992) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Espérance de Tunis and the Algeria national team.[4][5][6]
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| Full name | Mohamed Youcef Belaïli[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1992[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oran, Algeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left winger[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Espérance de Tunis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | RCG Oran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | MC Oran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | MC Oran | 43 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Espérance de Tunis | 35 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | USM Alger | 29 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Angers | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Espérance de Tunis | 20 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Al Ahli Saudi | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Qatar SC | 22 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Brest | 19 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Ajaccio | 17 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | MC Alger | 21 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Espérance de Tunis | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Algeria U23 | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Algeria | 53 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
editBelaïli was born on 14 March 1992 in Oran.[7] He started playing young with RCG Oran and afterwards with MC Oran.
Club career
editEarly career
editYoucef Belaïli started his football career with RCG Oran, then moved to the reserve team of MC Oran. Belaïli's first season in the Division 1 was with CA Bordj Bou Arreridj, and their first match was on 6 March 2010 against MC El Eulma as a substitute, and after only one season, Belaïli returned to MC Oran for two seasons. In the first season, Belaïli began to impose himself and his first goal was against USM Alger on 27 November 2010, and in the second season Belaïli became an essential piece and required by several clubs inside and outside the country.
Espérance de Tunis
editOn 24 May 2012, Belaïli traveled to Tunisia to negotiate a move to Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis.[8] Two days later, he announced that he had agreed to personal terms with the club and would be signing a three-year contract in the upcoming days.[9] On 5 June, Belaïli officially joined Espérance, signing a three-year contract worth €2 million.[10] On 20 July, Belaïli made his debut for Espérance as a substitute against ASO Chlef in the group stage of the 2012 CAF Champions League. Coming on in the 77th minute, Belaïli won his team a penalty to level the score and then provided an assist for Yannick N'Djeng in injury time to help Espérance win the game.,[11] and despite the fact he came at the end of the 2011–12 season and played only three matches, he won the first title of his career, the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Return to Algeria and suspension
editOn 14 June 2014, Belaïli joined USM Alger in a contract for two seasons for a monthly salary of 5 million dinars as the highest salary in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[12] Belaïli was one of the stars because of his high technical skills and led the club to valuable victories, especially against JS Kabylie where he scored the winning goal in the last minutes in a match that had an unfortunate end with the death of the player Albert Ebossé Bodjongo who was struck on the head by a projectile thrown by an unknown person while the teams were leaving the field.[13] Belaïli for having tested positive for Cocaine during an anti-doping control carried out during the match against MC El Eulma on 7 August 2015 counting for the CAF Champions League.[14] A four-year suspension is imposed on him by Confederation of African Football, his contract with USM Alger is terminated in the wake.[15] On 4 November 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne announced that it had decided to reduce Blaili's sentence to two years, adding that the player smoked Hookah two days before the match without being aware of its content, noting that he did not commit any error or noticeable negligence.[16] A year later, Belaïli joined Angers SCO in Ligue 1.[17] but the experience was not successful as he only played one match in the Coupe de la Ligue.
A second chance abroad
editOn 26 January 2018, Belaïli decided to leave and return to his former club Espérance de Tunis.[18] His return was successful by all standards and was behind his return to the Algeria national football team, either at the level of titles won five of them including two consecutive titles in the CAF Champions League.[19] After winning the Africa Cup of Nations with the national team.[20] Belaïli decided to take a new experience this time with Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia for three seasons in a deal that exceeded three million dollars.[21] but it was not successful as he did not adapt there to decide to leave to join the neighbor Qatar SC.[22] There Belaïli found his features where he scored 13 goals, including a hat-trick against Al-Ahli which is the first in his football career.[23] In the FIFA Arab Cup and after the end of the match against Morocco, the father of Youcef Belaïli, who is his manager, announced the termination of the contract by mutual consent.[24] On 1 February 2022, Brest announced the signing of Belaïli on a six-months deal, including an option to extend for another three years.[25] On 29 September 2022, Belaïli was released from the club after having his contract mutually terminated.[26] On 12 October 2022, Belaïli joined French Ligue 1 club Ajaccio for the remainder of the season.[27]
Return to Algeria
editOn 9 August 2023, after long negotiations Youcef Belaïli joined MC Alger for two seasons, who had been without a club since April after terminating his contract with Ajaccio, Belaïli who will wear number 10 sought through his father to find a club in Europe but it was ultimately in Algeria that he bounced around for 8 years.[28] Belaïli signs contract with the highest salary ever received by a player in Ligue 1, sources close to the matter assure that the two parties had agreed that the monthly salary would be around 1.5 billion with an advance of 8 months.[29]
International career
editYouth
editBelaili was called up for Algeria U23 to participate in the 2010 UNAF U-23 Tournament. On 13 December 2010, he scored an own goal in the 54th minute against the Cameroon U23s. On 16 November 2011, he was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco.[30]
Senior
editBelaili was a key member of the Algeria squad that won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
In 2021, Belaili was named in the squad of players to play in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup in Qatar. In the quarter-finals against Morocco, Belaili scored a volley from 40 yards in extra time to give his side a 2–1 lead. In the semi-final against Qatar, Belaili scored a penalty rebound after 15 minutes of injury time to secure Algeria's place in the final.[citation needed]
In December 2023, he was named in Algeria's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[31]
Doping ban
editIn September 2015, Youcef Belaïli is suspended by Confederation of African Football for 2 years for having tested positive for Cocaine during an anti-doping control carried out during the match against MC El Eulma on 7 August 2015 counting for the CAF Champions League. He admits the facts, Bellaili is tested a second time positive for doping after consuming a prohibited product (Cocaine), during his team's match against CS Constantine counting for the fifth round of the Ligue Professionnelle 1, played on 19 September 2015 in Constantine.[14] A four-year suspension is imposed on him, his contract with USM Alger is terminated in the wake.[15] However, in March 2016, FIFA confirmed they were giving an extended four-year ban to apply worldwide through 19 September 2019.[32]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 9 November 2024[33]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 2009–10 | Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| MC Oran | 2010–11 | Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 21 | 6 | |||
| 2011–12 | Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 12 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 45 | 14 | |||||
| Espérance de Tunis | 2011–12 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[c] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 20 | 6 | — | — | 11[c] | 1 | — | 31 | 7 | ||||
| 2013–14 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| Total | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | — | 53 | 9 | ||||
| USM Alger | 2014–15 | Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | 8[c] | 3 | — | 35 | 9 | ||
| 2015–16 | Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 3 | |||
| Total | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 3 | — | 39 | 12 | ||||
| Angers | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Espérance de Tunis | 2017–18 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 13[c] | 3 | — | 23 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 11[c] | 3 | 5[d] | 3 | 29 | 7 | ||
| Total | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 13 | |||
| Al Ahli Saudi | 2019–20 | Saudi Pro League | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 2[e] | 1 | — | 19 | 6 | ||
| Qatar SC | 2020–21 | Qatar Stars League | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 14 | |||
| 2021–22 | Qatar Stars League | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 3 | |||
| Total | 22 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 17 | |||
| Brest | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 3 | |||||
| Ajaccio | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 6 | |||
| MC Alger | 2023–24 | Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 26 | 16 | |||
| Espérance de Tunis | 2024–25 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | |
| Career total | 230 | 73 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 309 | 102 | ||
- ^ Includes Algerian Cup, Tunisian Cup, King's Cup and Emir of Qatar Cup
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue and Qatari Stars Cup
- ^ a b c d e f All appearances in CAF Champions League
- ^ One appearance in Tunisian Super Cup, one appearance and one goal in Arab Club Champions Cup, two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup, one appearance and one goal in CAF Super Cup
- ^ All appearances in AFC Champions League
International
edit- As of match played 23 January 2024[3]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 14 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 16 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 9 | |
- Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Belaïli goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 June 2019 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | Mali | 2–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 27 June 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Senegal | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 3 | 7 July 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Guinea | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 4 | 14 November 2019 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | Zambia | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5 | 18 November 2019 | Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana | Botswana | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 6 | 12 November 2021 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Djibouti | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 11 December 2021 | Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar | Morocco | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2021 FIFA Arab Cup |
| 8 | 15 December 2021 | Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar | Qatar | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2021 FIFA Arab Cup |
| 9 | 4 June 2022 | 5 July Stadium, Algiers, Algeria | Uganda | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
editEspérance de Tunis
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19
- CAF Champions League: 2018, 2018–19
- Tunisian Super Cup: 2019
MC Alger
Algeria U23
Algeria
Individual
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External links
edit- Youcef Belaïli at DZFoot.com (in French)
- Youcef Belaïli at Soccerway
- Youcef Belaïli at National-Football-Teams.com