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Billal Brahimi
Brahimi with Nice in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Beaumont-sur-Oise, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sint-Truiden
Number 7
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 41 (3)
2023–2024 → Brest (loan) 18 (0)
2024– → Sint-Truiden (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2018 France U19 2 (0)
2022– Algeria 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:04, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:21, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

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

Club career

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Middlesbrough

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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

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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

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

Nice

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

On 6 September 2024, Brahimi moved on loan to Sint-Truiden in Belgium, with an option to buy.[10] Brahimi scored the winner on his STVV debut against Oud-Heverlee Leuven in new coach Felice Mazzu's first game in charge.[11]

International career

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Born in France, Brahimi holds French and Algerian nationalities.[12][13] He was called up to the Algeria national team in May 2022.[14] He debuted with Algeria in a 2–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Uganda on 4 June 2022.[15]

Style of play

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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

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As of match played 25 August 2024[16]
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[a] 0 1 0
Middlesbrough 2018–19 EFL Championship 0 0 0 0 — 1[b] 0 1 0
Reims B 2019–20 Championnat National 2 20 5 — — — 20 5
Le Mans (loan) 2020–21 Championnat National 34 12 0 0 — — 34 12
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[c] 2 — 37 5
2023–24 Ligue 1 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2024–25 Ligue 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 41 3 5 0 10 2 — 56 5
Brest (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 1 18 0 2 0 — — 20 0
Career total 123 20 7 0 10 2 2 0 142 22
  1. ^ Appearance in the EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance in the EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

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Nice

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. 28 August 2018. 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. ^ "Billal Brahimi is laatste zomeraanwinst van STVV" [Billal Brahimi is STVV's latest summer signing] (in Dutch). Sint-Truiden. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Meteen Mazzu-effect: late goal bezorgt STVV eerste zege en doorbreekt ongeslagen status OHL" [Immediate Mazzu effect: late goal gives STVV first win and breaks OHL's unbeaten status] (in Dutch). Sporza. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Bilal Brahimi : Le Franco-Algérien signe au Stade de Reims". 25 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Bilal BRAHIMI -".
  14. ^ "Algérie : la liste avec 7 nouveaux dont Omrani et Zedadka !". Afrik-Foot. 27 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Algeria vs. Uganda - 4 June 2022 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  16. ^ Billal Brahimi at Soccerway
  17. ^ "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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