| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 April 2003 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 19 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:00, 7 April 2025 (UTC) | |||
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.
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]
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]