Billal Brahimi

Billal Brahimi (Arabic: بلال براهيمي; born 14 March 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Brest on loan from Nice. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Not to be confused with Bilal Brahimi.

Billal Brahimi
Brahimi with Nice in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000[1]
Place of birth Beaumont-sur-Oise, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Brest (on loan from Nice)
Number 21
Youth career
2008–2015 Cergy Pontoise
2015–2016 Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
2016–2017 Leixões
2017–2018 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2019–2021 Reims B 20 (5)
2020–2021 → Le Mans (loan) 34 (12)
2021 Angers B 1 (0)
2021–2022 Angers 9 (0)
2022– Nice 39 (3)
2023– → Brest (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2018 France U19 2 (0)
2022– Algeria 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:21, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Middlesbrough

Brahimi is a youth product of Cergy Pontoise, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône and Leixões. He signed for Middlesbrough from Leixões in 2017.[1] He made his debut for the club on 28 August 2018 in a 2–1 win over Rochdale in the EFL Cup, coming on as a substitute for Muhamed Bešić at the Riverside Stadium.[3]

Reims

On 25 July 2019, Brahimi moved to Ligue 1 club Reims on a free transfer, with Middlesbrough receiving compensation for the departure.[4][5] Brahimi cited a desire to move closer to his family in France as the motivation behind the move.[6] In August 2020, he joined Le Mans in the Championnat National on loan for the 2020–21 season.[7]

Angers

On 8 September 2021, Brahimi signed for Ligue 1 side Angers on a contract until June 2024.[8]

Nice

On 28 January 2022, Brahimi joined Nice for a reported fee of €10 million.[9]

International career

Born in France, Brahimi holds French and Algerian nationalities.[10][11] He was called up to the Algeria national team in May 2022.[12] He debuted with Algeria in a 2–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Uganda on 4 June 2022.[13]

Style of play

Brahimi can play anywhere along the forward line, but has appeared most frequently for Middlesbrough's academy sides as a left-winger.[1]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 August 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough U21 2018–19 — — — 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 0
Middlesbrough 2018–19 EFL Championship0000 —1[lower-alpha 2]010
Reims B 2019–20 Championnat National 2 205— ——205
Le Mans (loan) 2020–21 Championnat National 341200 ——3412
Angers B 2021–22 Championnat National 2 1 0 — — — 1 0
Angers 2021–22 Ligue 1 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
Nice 2021–22 Ligue 1 11 0 4 0 — — 15 0
2022–23 Ligue 1 26 3 1 0 10[lower-alpha 3] 2 — 37 5
2023–24 Ligue 1 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Total 39 3 5 0 10 2 — 54 5
Career total 1032050 10 22012022
  1. Appearance in the EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance in the EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Nice

References
  1. "Billal Brahimi". Middlesbrough F.C. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. "Billal Brahimi". OGC Nice. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. "Middlesbrough 2–1 Rochdale". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. "Bilal Brahimi Gets Wish". gazettelive.co.uk. Gazette Live. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. Bilal Brahimi: «Impatient de montrer ce que je peux apporter à Reims» footmercato.net
  6. "Bilal Brahimi Returns To France". mfc.co.uk. Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  7. "Bilal Brahimi rejoint Le Mans FC en prêt depuis le Stade de Reims" (in French). francebleu.fr. 8 August 2020.
  8. Castanheira, Julien (8 September 2021). "Mercato Angers : Le SCO annonce l'arrivée de Billal Brahimi (officiel)" [Angers transfer market: The SCO announces the arrival of Billal Brahimi (official)]. MadeInFOOT (in French). Ouest-France. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  9. "Billal Brahimi, a new Aiglon". www.ogcnice.com/en. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  10. "Bilal Brahimi : Le Franco-Algérien signe au Stade de Reims". 25 July 2019.
  11. https://www.unfp.org/joueur/bilal-brahimi-24292/
  12. "Algérie : la liste avec 7 nouveaux dont Omrani et Zedadka !". Afrik-Foot. 27 May 2022.
  13. "Algeria vs. Uganda - 4 June 2022 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  14. "Soccerway". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  15. "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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