Youssef Belammari
Squad number 19 · Al Ahly
Their 2026 World Cup
Youssef Belammari travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Morocco, wearing number 19, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 6 matches (3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat) and bowed out in the quarter-finals, beaten by France 2-0.
Defence went to A. Hakimi (6 matches, 570′) and N. Mazraoui (6 matches, 486′).
Another 2 players in the Morocco squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Morocco team page.
Biography
Youssef Belammari (Arabic: يُوسُف بَلْعُمَرِيّ; born 20 September 1998) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Morocco national team. He began his football career by joining the youth teams of Fath Union Sports when he was aged 10. In 2017, he was called-up to the first team but he did not fully establish himself until the 2019–20 season. In 2023, he signed with Raja Club Athletic with whom he won the historic invincible-double in the 2023–24 season, an unprecedented achievement in the history of Moroccan football.
Fath US Born in Casablanca on 20 September 1998, Youssef Belammari arrived at Fath Union Sports's youth system at a young age. In early 2017, he joined the first team's squad under Walid Regragui. On 5 April 2017, he made his professional debut against Raja CA in 2016–17 Botola (2–0 loss). On 28 May, he made his first starting debut against Moghreb Tetouan (1–1 draw).
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
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