Bilal Bari

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Bilal Bari
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Bari in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Lens, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2005–2008 Montigny-en-Gohelle
2008–2018 Lens
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 Lens B 57 (16)
2018–2019 Lens 1 (0)
2018–2019RS Berkane (loan) 10 (1)
2019–2020 Concordia Chiajna 22 (2)
2020–2021 Montana 12 (3)
2021–2024 Levski Sofia 58 (8)
International career
2017 Morocco U20 5 (0)
2018 Morocco U23 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:47, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Bilal Bari (born 19 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. [1] Born in France, he has represented Morocco at youth international levels (under-20 and under-23).

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Club career

On 23 May 2018, Bari signed his first professional contract with his childhood club Lens. [2] Bari made his professional debut with Lens in a 2–0 Ligue 2 win over 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 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 major 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 was not 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 22 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lens B 2015–16 National 2 51000051
2016–17 2520000252
2017–18 271300002713
Total57160000005716
Lens 2016–17 Ligue 2 00100010
2018–19 10100020
Total1020000030
RS Berkane (loan) 2018–19 Botola 101005000151
Concordia Chiajna 2019–20 Liga II 2221100233
Montana 2020–21 Bulgarian First League 1231000133
Levski Sofia 2020–21 Bulgarian First League1501000160
2021–22 31654003610
2022–23 62104100113
2023–24 6000000060
Total5887441006913
Career total16030115910018236

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.