Ismail Belmaalem

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Ismail Benlamaalem
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Ismail Belmaalem in 2013.
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-04-09) 9 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
IR Tanger
Number 27
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2015 Raja Casablanca 66 (4)
2012–2013Baniyas SC (loan) 5 (1)
2014–2015Al Wakrah SC (loan) 9 (1)
2015–2016 Qatar SC
2016–2018 IR Tanger 30 (4)
2018 Raja Casablanca 8 (0)
2018–2019 FAR Rabat 23 (0)
International career
2012– Morocco 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:36, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 24, 2012

Ismail Benlamaalem (born 9 April 1988 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan defender who plays as a centre back. [2]

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Biography

He was trained at Raja Casablanca and went through the class before joining the pro in 2008, he played his first official game in the jersey of green against the FUS Rabat (1-0 for Raja Casablanca ) and played his first Champions League in 2009 after the Raja Casablanca was the same année. He was also a champion of Morocco in 2011 with the same club Raja Casablanca, he was contacted in October 2011 by the Stade de Reims but the Raja Casablanca refuses to let Benlamaalem join the French club because that sum was not suitable (€90,000).

On 5 August 2016, he officially transferred to IR Tanger, recently promoted to the Botola, for a record deal ($300,000).

National team

He was contacted by the coach selection Moroccan Belgian Eric Gerets two game counting for the qualification of the World 2014 in Brazil. [3]

Honours

Club

Country

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References

  1. "Player Information: Ismail Benlamaalem". DimaDimaRaja.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. "Ismail Belmaalem Profile - Footballdatabase.eu". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  3. "Morocco 2 - 2 Ivory Coast". Soccernet. ESPN. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2012.