| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdel Slem Billel Omrani | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Forbach, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Marseille | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2006 | Merlebach | ||
| 2004–2006 | Gymnastique Marienau | ||
| 2007–2011 | Marseille | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011– | Marseille | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | France U17 | 11 | (4) |
| 2010 | France U18 | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Billel Omrani (born 2 June 1993 in Forbach) is a French football player who plays for French club Marseille in Ligue 1. He plays as a striker and is the younger brother of Abdelhakim Omrani who plays for Lens.[1] The younger Omrani joined Marseille in 2007 after stints with two amateur clubs in the Moselle area. On 19 March 2011, he signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal.[2] Omrani was, subsequently, promoted to the senior team by manager Didier Deschamps for the 2011–12 season. He was assigned the number 25 shirt and made his professional debut on 2 October in a league match against Brest. Omrani appeared as a substitute in the match, which ended 1–1.[3]
Omrani is a France youth international having represented the nation at under-17 and under-18 level. With the former team, he played at the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. Of Algerian descent, he is also eligible to represent Algeria at international level and, in October 2011, was called up to the Algeria under-23 team to participate in friendly matches ahead of the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship.[4][5] However, the report of a call-up was deemed erroneous due to a misunderstanding between the team's coach and the Algerian media with the latter assuming the coach was calling up Omrani when he was, in fact, calling up another French-born player of Algerian origin who also plays for Marseille.
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