Bilal Hamdi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bilal Hamdi

| image =

| caption =

| full_name = Bilal Hamdi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|05|01}}

| birth_place = Nedroma, Algeria

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Winger

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2004–2012

| youthclubs1 = Lens

| years1 = 2010–2012

| clubs1 = Lens B

| caps1 = 41

| goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2012–2013

| clubs2 = Laval

| caps2 = 34

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2013–2015

| clubs3 = Clermont

| caps3 = 26

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2014–2015

| clubs4 = Clermont B

| caps4 = 7

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2015

| clubs5 = Brest

| caps5 = 6

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = Brest B

| caps6 = 5

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2015–2017

| clubs7 = Sedan

| caps7 = 21

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2017–2018

| clubs8 = Alki Oroklini

| caps8 = 28

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2018–2019

| clubs9 = Zira

| caps9 = 20

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2019

| clubs10 = Sabail

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2019–2020

| clubs11 = Olympiakos Nicosia

| caps11 = 14

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2021–2022

| clubs12 = Doxa Katokopias

| caps12 = 10

| goals12 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2009

| nationalteam1 = Algeria U20

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 2011

| nationalteam2 = Algeria U23

| nationalcaps2 =

| nationalgoals2 =

| club-update = 29 April 2021

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Bilal Hamdi (born 1 May 1991) is an Algerian professional footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

Born in Nedroma, Algeria, Hamdi joined the youth ranks of RC Lens in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.rclensois.fr/transferts/officiel-bilal-hamdi-signe-a-laval-a15093.html|title=Bilal Hamdi signe à Laval|author=Sylvain D.|publisher=Lensois.com|language=French|date=June 21, 2012|accessdate=February 3, 2013}} In the summer of 2012, he terminated his contract with the club and signed a two-year contract with Ligue 2 side Stade Lavallois.{{cite web |url=http://www.lensois.com/articles/3970-je-remercie-le-president-gervais-martel |title=Je remercie le président Gervais Martel |author=Sylvain Créïs |publisher=Lensois.com |language=French |date=June 24, 2012 |accessdate=February 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701135901/http://www.lensois.com/articles/3970-je-remercie-le-president-gervais-martel |archivedate=July 1, 2012 }} On July 27, 2012, he made his debut for Laval as a starter in the first week of the 2012–13 Ligue 2 season against Châteauroux.{{cite web|url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/76302|title=LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 2 - Saison 2012/2013 - 1ère journée - Châteauroux / Stade Lavallois|publisher=LFP.fr|date=July 27, 2012|accessdate=February 3, 2013}}

On 12 July 2018, Hamdi signed a one-year contract with Zira FK.{{cite web|title="Zirə" Bilal Hamdi və Dilan Duventru ilə müqavilə bağlayıb|url=https://www.facebook.com/fc.zire/posts/1262466193889799|website=facebook.com|publisher=Zira FK|accessdate=12 July 2018|language=Azerbaijani|date=12 July 2018}}

International career

Bilal Hamdi holds Algerian and French nationalities.{{cite web | url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/billal-hamdi-13958/ | title=Billal HAMDI - }} He represented France at youth international level.

In October 2009, Hamdi was called up to the Algeria national under-20 football team for the first time for a week-long training camp in Staouéli.{{cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/news-4964.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215221435/http://www.dzfoot.com/news-4964.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 15, 2013 |title=EN Juniors: 22 joueurs retenus pour un stage à Alger |author=Walid Z. |publisher=DZFoot |date=October 9, 2009 |accessdate=February 3, 2013 |language=French }} In December, he was part of the under-20 team that finished second at the 2009 UNAF U-20 Tournament in Libya.{{cite web|url=http://dzfootball.free.fr/EN/Competitions/tournoi-de-l-unaf-juniors-2009-natifs-1991.html|title=Tournoi de l'UNAF Juniors - Libye 2009|publisher=DZFootball.free.fr|accessdate=February 3, 2013|language=Arabic, French}}

In 2011, he was called up to the Algeria national under-23 football team a number of times but did not make the final cut for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/news-9924/en-u23-30-joueurs-convoques-a-sidi-moussa/|title=EN U23 : 30 joueurs convoqués à Sidi Moussa|author=Walid Z.|publisher=DZFoot|date=September 23, 2011|accessdate=February 3, 2013|language=French}}