Qatar passenger in 2024: Who is Younes Belhanda?

Belhanda started his professional football life in RC Aramonais in 1997-1998. After playing for one year in RC Aramonais, the young star moved to MJC Avignon club, where he played between 1998-2003.

Belhanda was transferred to Montpellier's infrastructure in 2003. In 2009, he was promoted to the A team of Montpellier, where he trained from the youth academy. He played in 114 matches in 3.5 seasons with Montpellier, scoring 22 goals and making 18 assists.

Younès Belhanda (born 25 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Adana Demirspor and the Morocco national team.

The Moroccan star wore his team's jersey in a total of 24 matches this season, including 17 league matches, 1 cup match, and 6 Champions League matches, and scored 8 goals and 4 assists.

He had the biggest share in Montpellier's championship in 2011-12, together with Olivier Giroud, who was transferred to Arsenal. The goal he scored against Marseille on April 11, 2012, with a combination of kick and volley, was selected as the goal of the year in the league.

Belhanda, who is likened to Barcelona's world-famous midfielder Andreas Iniesta, with his dribbling ability, deep passes when he is mobile, and aggressive playing style, can manage his team like a maestro in the middle of the midfield.

The 23-year-old football player, who has a great dribbling ability with the passes he can make from his feet while moving with the ball, was declared the 'Crown' by Zinedine Zidane, France's legendary player of Algerian origin.

Montpellier President Louis Nicollin's description of Belhanda is as follows: "There are two Nasri and three Ben Arfa on each leg of Belhanda."

Although Belhanda played for France at the U-21 and U-18 National Team levels, he chose the Moroccan National Team in 2010.

He was transferred to FK Dinamo Kyiv in 2013. He scored 8 goals in 56 matches for the team he played for between 2013-17.

In 2016, he was loaned to Schalke 04 and Nice.

In 2017, he was transferred to Galatasaray, one of the Super League teams.

For the 2017-2018 season, Galatasaray Club reached an agreement with Dynamo Kyiv for the transfer of Moroccan football player Younes Belhanda. The yellow-red team also agreed with French football player Bafetimbi Gomis and had the player undergo a medical check-up in Paris.

The star football player, who came to Galatasaray in 2017, joined the Adana Demirspor squad in 2021 after fighting for the yellow-reds for 4 years.

December 2023

Yukatel Adana Demirspor, one of the Trendyol Super League teams, announced that they parted ways with Moroccan football player Younes Belhanda by mutual agreement.

In the statement made by the club, "We have parted ways with our professional football player Younes Belhanda by mutual agreement. We would like to thank Younes Belhanda for his struggle throughout our Super League and European adventure and wish him success in his future career." expressions were used.

Belhanda is expected to continue his career in Qatar.