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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) | 10 | (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 20 September 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 and the Morocco national team.
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]
Bellaarouch was one of the players who were called up with the Morocco national team by head coach Mohamed Ouahbi for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches with Gabon and Lesotho[10]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 20 September 2026[11]
| 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 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 61 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 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.
- ↑ "M. Mohamed Ouahbi annonce une liste de 29 joueurs en prévision des matchs face au Gabon, au Lesotho et au Ghana" [Mr. Mohamed Ouahbi announces a 29-player squad for the matches against Gabon, Lesotho, and Ghana.] (in French). Royal Moroccan Football Federation. 17 September 2026. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
- ↑ 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 1 players
- Championnat National 2 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