Youssef Belammari (Arabic: يوسف بلعمري; born 20 September 1998) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder or left-back for Botola club Raja CA and the Morocco national team.
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| Date of birth | 20 September 1998 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left midfielder, Left-back | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Raja CA | |||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2017 | FUS Rabat | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | FUS Rabat | 121 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Raja CA | 45 | (3) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Morocco U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Morocco U23 | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Morocco A' | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Morocco | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||
He began his football career by joining the youth teams of Fath Union Sports when he was aged 10. In 2017, he was called-up to the first team but he did not fully establish himself until the 2019–20 season. In 2023, he signed with Raja Club Athletic with whom he won the historic invincible-double in 2023–24, an unprecedented achievement in the history of Moroccan football.
Club career
editFath US
editBorn in Casablanca on 20 September 1998, Youssef Belammari arrived at Fath Union Sports's youth system at a young age. In early 2017, he joined the first team's squad under Walid Regragui.
On 5 April 2017, he made his professional debut against Raja CA in 2016–17 Botola (2–0 loss).[1][2]
On 28 May, he made his first starting debut against Moghreb Tetouan (1–1 draw). On 27 August 2017, he scored his first professional goal against Mouloudia d'Oujda in the first round of the 2017 Throne Cup (1–1 draw).[3]
Raja CA
editOn 2 July 2023, he signed a three-year deal with Raja CA and became the club's third summer signing of the season.[4]
On 27 August 2023, he made his debut with the Greens against Youssoufia Berrechid on the opening match of the season (1–3 win). Slowed down a bit by an ankle injury the he got during a training session, it was against the same opponent on 8 February 2024, that he scored his first goal (2–0 win).[5][6]
On 14 June 2024, after a 0–3 win against MC Oujda in the last round, Raja were crowned champions ending the season without a single defeat – the first team ever to do so in the history of the league and breaking the record of points. On July 1, Raja beat AS FAR once again in the Throne Cup final to secure the third domestic double of its history, and Belammari made a decisive tackle in the final minutes of the match.
Belammari strongly kicked-off the 2024–25 season with one goal and three assists in the first eight games. The team also qualifies to the Champions League's group stage.[7][8]
International career
editIn October 2017, he received his first call-up to the Morocco U20 squad by Mark Wotte. He played one friendly game against Italy U21 and two other against France U20.[9][10][11] In October 2018, he played two friendly games against Algeria with the Moroccan U23 team.
In August 2022, Belammari was called up by Hussein Ammouta to the National A' team for a training camp between 1st and 6 August.[12] The Atlas Lions played a friendly tournament in Austria against Qatar and Jamaica.[13][14][15]
On 7 October 2024, he received his first call-up with the first team from Walid Regragui, as a reinforcement to replace Noussair Mazraoui, who was out due to injury.[16][17][18] The goal of this gathering is a double confrontation against Central African Republic, counting for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifications.[19][20]
Honours
editRaja CA
Morocco
- Jeux de la Francophonie gold medalist: 2017
References
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- ^ "Raja Casablanca 2-0 FUS Rabat - 05 avril 2017 / Botola Pro 2016/2017". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Mouloudia Oujda 1-1 FUS Rabat - 27 août 2017 / Coupe du Trône 2017". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Botola Pro D1 "Inwi": Youssef Belammari signe au Raja Casablanca". Hespress Français - Actualités du Maroc (in French). 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "الرجاء يفقد خدمات بلعمري أمام اتحاد تواركة بسبب إصابته في التداريب". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Botola Pro D1 Inwi: le Raja bat le CAYB et prend les commandes". le360.ma. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "بلعمري: "نتيجة مباراة الذهاب سهلت علينا المأمورية والجماهير الرجاوية تستحق هذا التأهل"". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ محب, عبد الإله (13 July 2024). "يوسف بلعمري يطمئن جمهور الرجاء". لوسيت انفو سبور (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ admin (11 October 2017). "Coupe du monde U20 : Match amical : Italie- Maroc: 4-0". Mazagan24 - Portail d'El Jadida (in French). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Fédération Française de Football". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Fédération Française de Football". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Haitami, Mohammed. "منتخب المحليين يدخل معسكرا مغلقا". Le Matin Sports. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Haitami, Mohammed. "الدوري الدولي بالنمسا...المنتخب الوطني يخوض مباراتين فقط". Le Matin Sports. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "تشكيلة المنتخب الوطني للاعبين المحليين أمام قطر – FRMF" (in Arabic). 1 January 1970. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "تشكيلة المنتخب الوطني للاعبين المحليين أمام جامايكا – FRMF" (in Arabic). 1 January 1970. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ S.Salimi. "Football : Regragui convoque Youssef Belammari en renfort après la blessure de Mazraoui". L'Opinion Maroc - Actualité et Infos au Maroc et dans le monde. (in French). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Qualifs CAN 2025: blessé, Noussair Mazraoui remplacé par Youssef Belammari". 24info.ma (in French). 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "يوسف بلعمري يعوض نصير مزراوي المصاب". جريدة المنتخب (in Arabic). 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ N, Rédaction (3 October 2024). "Maroc-Centrafrique: plusieurs surprises dans la liste de Walid Regragui". LeSiteinfo.com (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Lions de l'Atlas: Walid Regragui dévoile sa liste pour la Centrafrique, sans Ziyech". Le 360 Sport Français (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
