Bilal Bari
Bilal Bari (born 19 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian First League.[1] Born in France, he has represented Morocco at youth international levels (under-20 and under-23).
 Bari in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bilal Bari | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Lens, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Levski Sofia | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Montigny-en-Gohelle | ||
| 2008–2018 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Lens B | 57 | (16) |
| 2018–2019 | Lens | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → RS Berkane (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Concordia Chiajna | 22 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Montana | 12 | (3) |
| 2021– | Levski Sofia | 52 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Morocco U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | Morocco U23 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:58, 6 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Professional career
On 23 May 2018, Bari signed his first professional contract with his childhood club RC Lens.[2] Bari made his professional debut with Lens in a 2–0 Ligue 2 win over US Orléans on 27 July 2018.[3] On 27 August he was loaned out at RS Berkane, playing one season for them in the Moroccan Botola. In the summer of 2019 he signed with the Romanian CS Concordia Chiajna . He played 22 games and scored 2 goals for The Eagles in the Romanian second tier division.
On 2 September 2019 he signed with the Bulgarian elite FC Montana. After playing just half season with the Northwest Bulgarian team he was signed by one of the country's grand teams - Levski Sofia. He made his league debut for the Blues on 21 February 2021 against Etar. By the end of the season he appeared in eight more games, but he wasn't able to net a single goal. He scored his first goal for Levski on 16 October the same year against Lokomotiv Sofia, netting the second goal in a 2-1 away win. By the end of the half season he played eight more league games (playing the full match each time) and scored four more goals, some of them crucial. Furthermore, he was the outfield player who played the most minutes during the first half season for Levski, starting each game and being substituted in only two of them. He also scored a hat-trick in the 2021–22 Bulgarian Cup round of 16 game against Septemvri Simitli.
International career
Born in France, Bari is of Moroccan descent. He represented the Morocco U20 in their victorious campaign in the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie.[4] He debuted for the Morocco U23s in a 1–0 friendly loss to the Senegal U23 on 24 March 2018.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 5 September 2022
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lens B | National 2 | 2015–16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2016–17 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13 | |||
| Total | 57 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 16 | ||
| Lens | Ligue 2 | 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| RS Berkane (loan) | Botola | 2018–19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Concordia Chiajna | Liga II | 2019–20 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
| Montana | First League | 2020–21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
| Levski Sofia | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 36 | 10 | |||
| 2022–23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Total | 52 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 154 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 36 | ||
References
- Bilal Bari at Soccerway
- ELMB (26 May 2018). "Bilal Bari signe son premier contrat professionnel au RC Lens".
- "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2018/2019 - 1ère journée - US Orléans / RC Lens". www.lfp.fr.
- "MadeInLens - BIlal Bari remporte les Jeux de la Francophonie". www.madeinlens.com.
- "Bilal Bari joue mais s'incline avec le Maroc Espoirs face au Sénégal - Lensois.com". 24 March 2018.
External links
- Bilal Bari at Soccerway
- Bilal Bari – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Bilal Bari at Footballdatabase