Hassane Imourane

Last updated

Hassane Imourane
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-04-08) 8 April 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Savalou, Benin
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Grasshopper
Number 14
Youth career
Académie Poté Joseph
Soleil FC
2020–2022 SCC Mohammédia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Loto-Popo
2023–2024 → Modern Future FC (loan) 16 (0)
2025 → Grasshopper (loan) 14 (0)
2025– Grasshopper 0 (0)
International career‡
2023 Benin U20 4 (0)
2023– Benin 20 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2025

Hassane Imourane (born 8 April 2003) is a Beninese professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Grasshopper and the Benin national team.

Contents

Career

Imourane is a product of the youth academy of the Beninese clubs Académie Poté Joseph and Soleil FC, before moving to SCC Mohammédia to finish his development on 4 December 2020. [1] In 2022, he moved to the Beninese club Loto-Popo in the Benin Premier League. [2] On 14 July 2023, he moved to the Egyptian Premier League side Modern Future FC on a year-long loan. [3] On 22 August 2024, Grasshopper Club Zurich announced the loan of Imourane. [4] However, due to a contract dispute with Modern Future, he returned to Loto-Popo in September 2024, without playing for Grasshoppers. [5]

On 6 January 2025, he joined the Swiss Super League club Grasshopper on loan for the remainder of the 2024–25 season with an option to buy. [6] He debuted on 25 January 2025, coming on in the final minutes of a 0–0 draw against Young Boys. A week later, he started and played the full 90 minutes at left-back in a 2–2 draw against Lausanne-Sport. On 11 April 2025, Grasshoppers activated their option, signing Imourane until 2028. [7]

International career

Imourane was called up to the Benins for the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. [8] That same year he was called up to the senior Benin national team. [2] He also called up for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in March 2025. [9]

International goals

As of match played 9 September 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Benin
202350
2024101
202551
Total202
Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 October 2024 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory CoastFlag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 3–03–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.9 September 2025Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory CoastFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 3–04–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ "Transfert : Le SC Chabab Mohammedia (Maroc) misent sur deux espoirs béninois – Infos, Guépards, Foot au Bénin". bjfoot.com.
  2. 1 2 "Imourane Hassane : la tour de contrôle".
  3. ↑ Azoma, Bienvenu (14 September 2023). "Hassane Imourane s'engage avec un club égyptien".
  4. ↑ "GC Zurich signs Imourane Hassane on loan with option to buy". Grasshopper Club Zurich. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Agada, Salomon (23 September 2024). "Retour précoce de Hassane Imourane à Loto-Popo FC : Voici les raisons".
  6. ↑ "Imourane Hassane on loan with option to buy". Grasshopper Club Zurich. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Imourane Hassane bleibt beim GCZ" [Imourane Hassane remains at GCZ] (in Swiss High German). Grasshopper Club Zurich. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Sossou, Josué (24 January 2023). "Liste des 26 Ecureuils Juniors sélectionnés par Mathias Déguénon" (in French). 24 Heures au Bénin.
  9. ↑ "Benin call on Italian based teenage striker Candas Fiogbé". cafonline.fr. 10 March 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.