Youssef El Jebli

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Youssef El Jebli
Personal information
Full name Youssef El Jebli
Date of birth (1992-12-27) 27 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Utrecht, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 De Graafschap
Number 20
Youth career
USV Hercules
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 USV Hercules
2014–2015 Lienden 32 (15)
2015–2019 De Graafschap 129 (25)
2019–2020 Al-Faisaly 29 (9)
2020–2022 Al-Batin 50 (9)
2023 Ohod 19 (4)
2023–2024 Al-Hamriyah 15 (6)
2024 Hajer 16 (1)
2024– De Graafschap 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2023

Youssef El Jebli (born 27 December 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. [1]

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Career

Youssef was born in Utrecht in the Netherlands to a Moroccan family of 5 children. He grew up in Overvecht County and was enrolled by his father into his hometown club VV De Dreef at the age of six. He left the club four seasons later due to several scouts observing other club players, preventing El Yebli from being seen by the larger clubs. He then joined USV Elinkwijk, the most famous amateur club in Utrecht. He said: “I told myself that if Ibrahim Afellay, Ismail Aissati and Zakaria Labyad had their chances in this club, why not me? But that was not the case. " He left the club a season later to transfer to USV Hercules. In July 2010, he develops with the USV Hercules club - 19 years, during which he will play there for 3 seasons before making his official debut in team A.

in the 2014/15 season, El-Yebli moved free of charge from USV Hercules to Club Linden, with whom he won the third division and the “general amateur championship”. El-Yebli then moved to De Graafschap for 50,000 euros.

In the first game of the 2015/16 season for De Graafschap against Herenveen, El-Yebli made his Eredivisie debut, replacing Nathan Kabasele in the 70th minute. Coach Jan Vreman promises Youssef El-Yebli a lot of playing time. In his first season, he played 31 matches in the Eredivisie, and his team was relegated to the first division. In the following season 2016/17, he scored four goals in the first division. In the 2017/18 season, he achieved outstanding results with 9 goals and 14 assists in 42 games, and his team was able to advance to the Eredivisie. On 16 May 2018 El-Yebli signed a two-year contract with the club.

On 23 August 2019, El-Yebli signed a two-year contract with Al-Faisaly from Saudi Arabia.

On 8 January 2023, El-Jebli joined Ohod on a six-month contract. [2]

On 30 July 2023, El Jebli joined UAE First Division League side Al-Hamriyah. [3]

On 30 January 2024, El Jebli joined Saudi First Division side Hajer. [4]

On 30 January 2024, El Jebli returned to De Graafschap which is now in Eerste Divisie with a 1 year long contract. [5]

Personal Life

Born in the Netherlands, El Jebli is of Moroccan descent. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ ‘Het was hier gewoon vijftig graden, ik stikte, letterlijk en figuurlijk’ voetbalzone.nl
  2. ↑ "#يوسف_الجبلي أحدددددي".
  3. ↑ "الحمرية يضم الهولندي يوسف الجبلي".
  4. ↑ "يوسف الجبلي .. هجراوي".
  5. ↑ "Update: De Graafschap verwelkomt verloren zoon na periode in Saudi-Arabië" [De Graafschap welcomes prodigal son after period in Saudi Arabia] (in Dutch).
  6. ↑ "Au moins 41 Marocains en deuxième division néerlandaise". 20 August 2019.

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