Haris Belkebla
Belkebla with Brest in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth La Courneuve, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ohod
Number 93
Youth career
2011-2012 Boulogne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Valenciennes B 36 (0)
2014–2018 Tours 136 (5)
2014 Tours B 2 (0)
2018–2023 Brest 160 (3)
2023– Ohod 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Algeria U23 3 (0)
2019– Algeria 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2023

Haris Belkebla (Arabic: حارس بلقبلة; born 28 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi First Division League club Ohod. Born in France, he has played for the Algeria national team.[1][2]

Club career

Born in La Courneuve,[3] Belkebla began his career in the youth ranks of Boulogne before joining Valenciennes in 2012.[4] In 2014, he joined Tours, signing an amateur contract with the club. He made his Ligue 2 debut at 8 August 2014 against Troyes AC in a 1–0 away loss.[5]

In summer 2018, he moved to Stade Brestois 29.[6]

On 12 September 2023, Belkebla joined Saudi First Division League club Ohod.[7]

International career

In October 2012, Belkebla was called up to the Algeria under-20 national team for the first time in preparation for the 2013 African U-20 Championship.[8]

He was called up to the Algeria national football team playing the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, but was shortly kicked off the team by the manager Djamel Belmadi for showing his buttocks on a live stream of his teammate Alexandre Oukidja playing Fortnite.[9] He debuted for Algeria in a 5–0 win over Zambia on 14 November 2019.[10]

Personal life

Belkebla is the nephew of former professional footballer Youssef Belkebla, who played for Red Star and Saint-Étienne.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 August 2022[11]
Appearances and clubs, season and competition
Club Season Division League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valenciennes B 2012–13 Championnat de France Amateur 16 0 – – 16 0
2013–14 Championnat de France Amateur 2 20 0 – – 20 0
Total 36 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
Tours 2014–15 Ligue 2 36 2 3 0 1 0 40 2
2015–16 34 2 2 1 3 1 39 4
2016–17 31 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
2017–18 35 1 3 0 4 0 42 1
Total 136 5 8 1 8 1 152 7
Tours B 2014–15 Championnat de France Amateur 2 2 0 – – 2 0
Brest 2018–19 Ligue 2 33 1 1 0 2 0 36 1
2019–20 Ligue 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
2020–21 35 0 1 0 0 0 36 0
2021–22 31 0 1 0 0 0 31 0
2022–23 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Total 124 2 3 0 2 0 129 2
Career total 298 7 11 1 10 1 319 9

References

  1. ^ Haris Belkebla at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Haris Belkebla at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Harris Belkebla : " J'ai tout de suite eu le déclic quand j'ai été reçu à Boulogne "" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Portrait : Haris Belkebla" (in French). Tours FC. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Troyes vs. Tours". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Belkebla, la figure de l'ombre". letelegramme.fr. 2 November 2018. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. ^ "أحد يحسم انتقال الجزائري هاريس بلقبلة".
  8. ^ "EN U20 : Liste des 25 joueurs convoqués au stage de Lisses" (in French). La Gazette du Fennec. 11 October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Algeria midfielder axed from AFCON squad… for flashing bum on Fortnite stream". 12 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Algeria vs. Zambia (5:0)". Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  11. ^ Haris Belkebla at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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