Bilal Bari

Bilal Bari (born 19 January 1998) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian First League.[1]

Bilal Bari
Bari in 2018.
Personal information
Full name Bilal Bari
Date of birth (1998-01-19) 19 January 1998
Place of birth Lens, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Levski Sofia
Number 19
Youth career
2005–2008 Montigny-en-Gohelle
2008–2018 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Lens B 57 (16)
2018–2019 Lens 1 (0)
2018–2019 → RS Berkane (loan) 10 (1)
2019–2020 Concordia Chiajna 22 (2)
2020–2021 Montana 12 (3)
2021– Levski Sofia 39 (6)
National team
2017 Morocco U20 5 (0)
2018– Morocco U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:55, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Professional career

On 23 May 2018, Bari signed his first professional contract with his childhood club RC Lens.[2] Bari made his professional debut with Lens in a 2–0 Ligue 2 win over US Orléans on 27 July 2018.[3] On August 27 he was loaned out at RS Berkane playing one season for them in the Maroccan Botola. In the summer of 2019 he signed with the Romanian CS Concordia Chiajna . He played 22 games and scored 2 goals for The Eagles in the Romanian second tier division. On 2nd September 2019 he signed with the Bulgarian elite FC Montana. After playing just half season with the Northwest Bulgarian team he was signed by one of the country's grand teams - Levski Sofia. He made his league debut for the blues on 21st February 2021 against Etar . By the end of the season he appeared in 8 more games, but he wasn't able to net a single goal. He scored his first goal for Levski at October 16 the same year against Lokomotiv Sofia netting the second goal for the Levski's 2-1 away win. He scored this goal after playing 20 league games for Levski. By the end of the half season he played 8 more league games, each one full time and scored 4 more goals, some of them crucial. Furthermore he is the outfield player, who played most minutes for the first half season for Levski, starting each game and being substituted in only two. He also scored a hat-trick at the Bulgarian Cup round of 16 game against Septemvri Simitli.

International career

Born in France, Bari is of Moroccan descent. He represented the Morocco U20 in their victorious campaign in the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie.[4] He debuted for the Morocco U23s in a 1–0 friendly loss to the Senegal U23 on 24 March 2018.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 13 April 2022
Club Season Division League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lens B National 2 2015–16 5100–0051
2016–17 25200–00252
2017–18 271300–002713
Total 57160000005716
Lens Ligue 2 2016–17 0010–0010
2018–19 1010–0020
RS Berkane (loan) Botola 2018–19 101005000151
Concordia Chiajna Liga II 2019–20 22211–00233
Montana First League 2020–21 12310–00133
Levski Sofia 15010–00160
2021–22 26634–002910
Total 4164400004510
Career total 1432885500015633

Honours

Morocco U20

References
  1. Bilal Bari at Soccerway
  2. ELMB (26 May 2018). "Bilal Bari signe son premier contrat professionnel au RC Lens".
  3. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2018/2019 - 1ère journée - US Orléans / RC Lens". www.lfp.fr.
  4. "MadeInLens - BIlal Bari remporte les Jeux de la Francophonie". www.madeinlens.com.
  5. "Bilal Bari joue mais s'incline avec le Maroc Espoirs face au Sénégal - Lensois.com". 24 March 2018.
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