Haris Belkebla

Haris Belkebla
Belkebla with Angers in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000
Place of birth La Courneuve, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Angers
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)
2023–2024 Ohod 1 (0)
2024– Angers 55 (0)
International career‡
2016 Algeria U23 3 (0)
2019– Algeria 11 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 October 2023

Haris Belkebla (Arabic: حارس بلقبلة; born 28 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Angers. Born in France, he also plays 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 on 8 August 2014 against Troyes in a 1–0 away loss.[5]

In summer 2018, he moved to Brest.[6]

On 12 September 2023, Belkebla joined Saudi First Division League club Ohod.[7] On 18 August 2024, he returned to France by signing for Angers on a two-year contract.[8]

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.[9]

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 mooning on a live stream of his teammate Alexandre Oukidja playing Fortnite.[10] He debuted for Algeria in a 5–0 win over Zambia on 14 November 2019.[11]

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 19 May 2026
Appearances and clubs, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Valenciennes B 2012–13 Championnat de France Amateur 160––160
2013–14 Championnat de France Amateur 2 200––200
Total 3600000360
Tours 2014–15 Ligue 2 3623010402
2015–16 3422131394
2016–17 3100000310
2017–18 3513040421
Total 136581811527
Tours B 2014–15 Championnat de France Amateur 2 20––20
Brest 2018–19 Ligue 2 3311020361
2019–20 Ligue 1 2300000230
2020–21 3501000360
2021–22 3101000320
2022–23 3822000401
Ohod 2023-2024 King's Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Angers 2024-2025 Ligue 1 22 0 2 0 0 0 24 0
2025-2026 33 0 1 0 0 0 34 0
Total 218380202262
Career total 39081611013199

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. 1 2 "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". 12 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Mercato : Haris Belkebla rejoint Angers pour deux saisons et signe son retour en France (Transferts)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Algeria vs. Zambia (5:0)". Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.