Hamza Younés

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Hamza Younés
Younés playing for Tractor SC in 2015
Personal information
Full name Hamza Younés
Date of birth (1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Monastir, Tunisia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1996–2005 US Monastir
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Sfaxien 135 (46)
2011
Étoile du Sahel
22 (18)
2012–2013 Petrolul Ploiești 52 (34)
2014
Botev Plovdiv
17 (7)
2014–2015 Ludogorets Razgrad 17 (4)
2015–2016 Tractor SC 13 (3)
2016 Concordia Chiajna 0 (0)
2016–2017 Xanthi 27 (19)
2017–2018
BB Erzurumspor
16 (7)
2018 Al Ahli 8 (2)
2018–2019 Aris 25 (9)
2019–2020 Petrolul Ploiești 15 (0)
2020–2021 AEL 7 (1)
2021 Concordia Chiajna 22 (3)
2022–2023 ACSC Petrolul 95
2023– Voința Limpeziș
International career
2014–2017 Tunisia 11 (0)
Managerial career
2023– Voința Limpeziș
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:22, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 April 2018

Hamza Younés (

Arabic: حمزة يونس; born 16 April 1986) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a striker
.

After starting out at

between 2014 and 2017.

Club career

In August 2011, a few hours before the transfer deadline, Younés was brought to

In February 2012, after Hamza's unsuccessful transfer to Astra Giurgiu because of contractual misunderstandings,[3] he scored a move to fellow Liga 1 team Petrolul Ploieşti.[4] He made an immediate impact with the team, scoring 12 times in his first six months with the "Yellow Wolves". In the 2012–13 Liga 1 season he played 28 games and scored 13 goals, he also won the Romanian Cup playing in 4 games.

On 28 January 2014, Younés signed with Bulgarian club

Botev Plovdiv on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[5] On his debut that took place on 23 February, he scored twice in the 2–2 draw with Ludogorets Razgrad
, putting in a MOTM performance and was subsequently recognized as the best performer of the round.

In August 2014, Younés put pen to paper on a contract with Ludogorets Razgrad.

Daniel Abalo
's equalizer.

He joined

Hazfi Cup victory against Saba Qom
.

On 4 July 2016, Younés signed with

season as the second top scorer of the league after the Swedish striker Marcus Berg
.

Aris

On 20 July 2018, after a year playing with

Asteras Tripoli, successfully converting a penalty won by Mateo García.[12] On 25 November 2018, Hamza Younés scored twice in added time as an astonishing finish matchday clash against OFI ended in a superb 2-1 win for the Salonica club at the Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium.[13] One week later, he opened the scored with a penalty kick in an eventual 1-1 home draw against Panathinaikos.[14]

On 18 March 2019, Hamza came in as a substitute and scored in an emphatic 5-0 home win against

season, he was the undisputed MVP of an astounding 7-2 home win against Xanthi, scoring 1 goal and providing his teammates with 2 assists.[17]

Petrolul Ploiești

On 9 September 2019 Younés signed a contract with Petrolul Ploiești.[18]

International career

On 28 May 2014, he made his debut for

Tunisia, playing in the last 4 minutes of a 1–0 friendly win against South Korea. His second cap came in a 0–1 friendly loss to Belgium
.

Personal life

Hamza married a Romanian woman in Ploiești in 2016, with whom he has a child.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2019
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Petrolul Ploiești
2011–12
Liga I 13 12 0 0 13 12
2012–13
28 13 4 0 32 13
2013–14
11 9 1 0 6 3 1 0 19 12
Total 52 34 5 0 6 3 1 0 64 37
Botev Plovdiv
2013–14
A Group
13 5 5 1 18 6
2014–15 4 2 0 0 4 2
Total 17 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 22 8
Ludogorets Razgrad 2014–15
A Group
17 4 2 0 6 0 1 1 26 5
Tractor SC 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League 13 3 2 2 15 5
Xanthi
2016–17
Super League Greece
27 19 4 1 31 20
BB Erzurumspor
2017–18 1. Lig 16 7 2 0 18 7
Al Ahli 2017–18 Qatar Stars League 6 2 0 0 6 2
Aris
2018–19
Super League Greece
24 9 3 0 27 9
2019–20
1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Total 25 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 29 9
Career total 173 85 23 4 13 3 2 1 211 93

International

Tunisia national team
Year Apps Goals
2014 6 0
2015 3 0
2016 0 0
2017 2 0
Total 11 0

Honours

CS Sfaxien

Petrolul Ploiești

Ludogorets Razgrad

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Hamza Younes à l'Etoile du Sahel". tunisienumerique.com. 10 May 2013.
  2. ^ "L'Etoile du Sahel rompt son contrat avec Hamza Younes". kawarji.com. 10 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Hamza Younes s-a îndrăgostit în România". Adevărul. 10 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Hamza Younes transferred to Petrolul Ploiesti on a free transfer". soccerfame.com. 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Юнес Хамза е футболист на Ботев" (in Bulgarian). botevplovdiv.bg. 28 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Петричев: не знам какво им става на Стяуа...не мога да си обясня реакцията на румънците" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 11 August 2014.
  7. ^ "فوتبالی‌ترین – برتری تراکتورسازی مقابل پدیده در دیدار تدارکاتی". footballitarin.com.
  8. ^ Ανακοίνωσε διεθνή Τυνήσιο φορ η Ξάνθη (in Greek). sport-fm.gr. 22 October 2016.
  9. ^ "21/07 : Hamza Younès va Aris Salonique" (in French). www.infosfoot.net. 20 July 2018. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Έφτανε ένα πεντάλεπτο στον Άρη, 2–0 την ΑΕΛ στο Καυτανζόγλειο". www.sport24.gr. 2 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Άρης στην κορυφή, 2–0 τον Λεβαδειακό". www.sport24.gr. 17 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Άρης - Αστέρας Τρίπολης 2-0: Ο Ερέρα με δύο αλλαγές "καθάρισε" το ματς!". www.sport24.gr. 30 September 2018.
  13. ^ "ΟΦΗ - Άρης 1-2: Ο Γιουνές "εκτέλεσε" τους Κρητικούς στο 93' και στο 94'". www.sport24.gr. 25 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Άρης - Παναθηναϊκός 1-1: Πολύ σκληρό για να πεθάνει το "τριφύλλι", πήρε το βαθμό στις καθυστερήσεις". www.sport24.gr. 2 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Αρης - Απόλλων 5-0: Έστησε πάρτι Ευρώπης". www.sport24.gr. 18 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Παναιτωλικός - Άρης 1-2: Νίκη στο παρά πέντε για τους "κιτρινόμαυρους"". www.sport24.gr. 21 April 2019.
  17. ^ "Άρης - Ξάνθη 7-2: Μπαλάρα από τους "κιτρινόμαυρους", διέσυραν τους Ακρίτες". www.sport24.gr. 5 May 2019.
  18. ^ Hamza Younes se întoarce pe „Ilie Oană”!. fcpetrolul.ro (in Romanian)
  19. ^ Fotbaliștii străini veniți în România care s-au îndrăgostit de femeile noastre. Și-au întemeiat familii, au făcut copii și n-au mai plecat de la noi

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