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Algerian footballer (born 1992)

Youcef Belaïli
Belaïli in 2019
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Youcef Belaïli
Date of birth (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Oran, Algeria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
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 10 (2)
International career
2010–2011 Algeria U23 14 (0)
2015– Algeria 53 (9)
Medal record
Representing  Algeria
FIFA Arab Cup
Winner 2021 Qatar
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2019 Egypt
UNAF U-23 Tournament
Winner 2010 Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2024

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.

Early life

Belaïli was born on 14 March 1992 in Oran. He started playing young with RCG Oran and afterwards with MC Oran.

Club career

Early career

Youcef 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

On 24 May 2012, Belaïli traveled to Tunisia to negotiate a move to Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis. 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. On 5 June, Belaïli officially joined Espérance, signing a three-year contract worth €2 million. 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., 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

On 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. 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. 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. A four-year suspension is imposed on him by Confederation of African Football, his contract with USM Alger is terminated in the wake. 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. A year later, Belaïli joined Angers SCO in Ligue 1. but the experience was not successful as he only played one match in the Coupe de la Ligue.

A second chance abroad

On 26 January 2018, Belaïli decided to leave and return to his former club Espérance de Tunis. 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. After winning the Africa Cup of Nations with the national team. 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. but it was not successful as he did not adapt there to decide to leave to join the neighbor Qatar SC. 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. 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. On 1 February 2022, Brest announced the signing of Belaïli on a six-months deal, including an option to extend for another three years. On 29 September 2022, Belaïli was released from the club after having his contract mutually terminated. On 12 October 2022, Belaïli joined French Ligue 1 club Ajaccio for the remainder of the season.

Return to Algeria

On 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. 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.

International career

Youth

Belaili 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.

Senior

Belaili 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.

In December 2023, he was named in Algeria's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Doping ban

In 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. A four-year suspension is imposed on him, his contract with USM Alger is terminated in the wake. However, in March 2016, FIFA confirmed they were giving an extended four-year ban to apply worldwide through 19 September 2019.

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 2009–10 ALP1 4 0 1 0 — — — 5 0
MC Oran 2010–11 19 4 2 2 — — — 21 6
2011–12 24 8 0 0 — — — 24 8
Total 43 12 2 2 — — — 45 14
Espérance de Tunis 2011–12 TLP1 3 0 1 0 — 6 0 — 10 0
2012–13 20 6 — — 11 1 — 31 7
2013–14 12 2 0 0 — 0 0 — 12 2
Total 35 8 1 0 — 17 1 — 53 9
USM Alger 2014–15 ALP1 25 6 2 0 — 8 3 — 35 9
2015–16 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 TLP1 9 3 1 0 — 13 3 — 23 6
2018–19 11 0 2 1 — 11 3 5 3 29 7
Total 20 3 3 1 — 24 6 5 3 52 13
Al Ahli 2019–20 SPL 13 2 4 3 — 2 1 — 19 6
Qatar 2020–21 QSL 15 13 1 1 — — — 16 14
2021–22 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 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 ALP1 21 14 5 2 — — — 26 16
Espérance de Tunis 2024–25 TLP1 10 2 0 0 — 5 6 0 0 15 8
Career total 233 74 19 9 2 1 56 17 5 3 315 104
  1. Includes Algerian Cup, Tunisian Cup, King's Cup and Emir of Qatar Cup
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue and Qatari Stars Cup
  3. ^ All appearances in CAF Champions League
  4. 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
  5. All appearances in AFC Champions League

International

As of match played 23 January 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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.
List of international goals scored by Youcef Belaïli
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

Espérance de Tunis

MC Alger

Algeria U23

Algeria

Individual

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External links

Espérance Sportive de Tunis – current squad
Algeria squads
Algeria squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations winners (2nd title)
Algeria
Algeria squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Algeria
Algeria squad – 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
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Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 top scorers
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