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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 February 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team |
Dinamo București (on loan from Braga) | |||||||||||||
| Number | 36 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2020 | Mohammed VI Academy | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Strasbourg | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2025 | Strasbourg B | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Strasbourg | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Stade Briochin (loan) | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | → Stade Briochin B (loan) | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2025– | Braga | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2026– | → Dinamo București (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Morocco U15 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Morocco U17 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Morocco U20 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Morocco U23 | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 July 2026 | ||||||||||||||
Alaa Bellaarouch (Arabic: علاء بلعروش; born 1 February 2002) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I club Dinamo București, on loan from Primeira Liga club Braga.
Club career
[edit]Bellaarouch was trained at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Salé.[1] In 2020, he left Morocco to sign for French club Strasbourg, initially joining the reserve team. In 2022, he signed for Stade Briochin on loan until the end of the season.[2][3]
On 2 February 2024, Bellaarouch made his Ligue 1 debut for Strasbourg in a 2–1 defeat at home to Paris Saint-Germain.[4] Although he saved a penalty from Kylian Mbappé early in the match, he later made a crucial mistake by clearing the ball into Marco Asensio's path, who set up Mbappé for the opening goal.[5]
On 27 June 2025, Bellaarouch signed a 5-year contract with Primeira Liga club Braga.[6]
On 26 June 2026, Bellaarouch signed a 1-year loan contract with Liga I club Dinamo București.[7]
International career
[edit]Bellaarouch is a Morocco youth international. He was a part of the teams won the 2018 UNAF U-17 Tournament and the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations.[8][9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 31 July 2026[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Strasbourg B | 2020–21 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | – | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Championnat National 3 | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Championnat National 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||||
| Strasbourg | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Stade Briochin (loan) | 2022–23 | Championnat National | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Stade Briochin B (loan) | 2022–23 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Braga | 2025–26 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dinamo București (loan) | 2026–27 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 54 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Taça de Portugal
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]Braga
- Taça da Liga runner-up: 2025–26
Morocco U17
Morocco U23
References
[edit]- ↑ "De Casablanca au Stade Briochin, l'itinéraire d'Alaa Bellaarouch - Foot Amateur Bretagne". footamateur.letelegramme.fr (in French). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ↑ "National : Bellaarouch, la grosse tuile avant le déplacement à Martigues". Le Télégramme (in French). 31 August 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ↑ "National : Bellaarouch blessé, quelles solutions pour le Stade Briochin ?". Le Télégramme (in French). 7 September 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ↑ ALVAREZ, Bruno (2 February 2024). "Strasbourg - PSG. Qui est Alaa Bellaarouch, le gardien du Racing décisif sur le penalty de Mbappé ?". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ↑ "Strasbourg-PSG Recap". Ligue1 COM. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ↑ "Alaa Bellaarouch é reforço até 2030". scbraga.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ↑ Belivacă, Tudor (26 June 2026). "Dinamo a rezolvat a doua mutare a verii!" [Dinamo has completed its second move of the summer!]. GSP.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "Marooc: qualifié pour la CAN U17 Tanzanie 2019". Africa Top Sports (in French). 29 August 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ↑ "Le Maroc remporte la CAN U23 au bout de la prolongation". SOFOOT.com (in French). 9 July 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ↑ Alaa Bellaarouch at Soccerway
- ↑ "Championnat d'Afrique du Nord U-17: L'équipe marocaine se qualifie pour la coupe d'Afrique Tanzanie-2019". Le7tv.ma (in French). 29 August 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ↑ "Le Maroc renverse l'Égypte et remporte sa première CAN U23". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Footballers from Casablanca
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Morocco men's youth international footballers
- Mohammed VI Football Academy players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- Stade Briochin players
- S.C. Braga players
- FC Dinamo București players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 3 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Liga I players
- Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Romania