Bilal Bari

Moroccan footballer

Bilal Bari
Bari in 2018
Personal information
Full name Bilal Bari
Date of birth (1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 26)
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 55 (8)
International career
2017 Morocco U20 5 (0)
2018 Morocco U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

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).

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 3 April 2024
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
2022–23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 53 8 7 4 4 1 0 0 64 13
Career total 155 30 11 5 9 1 0 0 177 36

Honours

Morocco U20

Levski Sofia

References

  1. ^ Bilal Bari at Soccerway
  2. ^ ELMB (26 May 2018). "Bilal Bari signe son premier contrat professionnel au RC Lens".
  3. ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2018/2019 - 1ère journée - US Orléans / RC Lens". www.lfp.fr.
  4. ^ "MadeInLens - BIlal Bari remporte les Jeux de la Francophonie". www.madeinlens.com.
  5. ^ "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.eu
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