Hamza Younés

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Hamza Younés
Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-04-16) April 16, 1986
Place of birth	Monastir, Tunisia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Botev Plovdiv
Number	9
Youth career
1996–2005	US Monastir
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2005–2011	CS Sfaxien	176	(66)
2011–2012	Étoile du Sahel	2	(0)
2012–2013	Petrolul Ploiești	52	(34)
2014–	Botev Plovdiv	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

Hamza Younés (Arabic: حمزة يونس‎; born 16 April 1986 in Monastir^[1]) is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a forward for Botev Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group.

Career

In August 2011, a few hours before the transfer deadline, Hamza Younés was brought to Étoile du Sahel, in an attempt to replace Ahmed Akaïchi.^[2] He later signed a three year contract with the team. On 14 November 2011, Younés left Étoile.^[3]

In February 2012, after Hamza's unsuccessful transfer to Astra Giurgiu because of contractual misunderstandings,^[4] he scored a move to fellow Liga 1 team Petrolul Ploieşti.^[5] He made an immediate impact with the team, scoring 12 times in his first six months with the Yellow Wolves. In the 2012-2013 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 a reported fee of €750,000.^[6]

Honours

CS Sfaxien

Tunisian President Cup (1): 2009
CAF Confederation Cup (2): 2007, 2008
North African Cup Winners Cup (1): 2009

Petrolul Ploiești

Romanian Cup: 2012–13

References

↑ "Hamza Younes". footballdatabase.eu. 2012-03-25.
↑ "Hamza Younes à l’Etoile du Sahel". tunisienumerique.com. 2013-05-10.
↑ "L'Etoile du Sahel rompt son contrat avec Hamza Younes". kawarji.com. 2013-05-10.
↑ "Hamza Younes s-a îndrăgostit în România". Adevărul. 2013-05-10.
↑ "Hamza Younes transferred to Petrolul Ploiesti on a free transfer". soccerfame.com. 2013-05-10.
↑ "Юнес Хамза е футболист на Ботев" (in Bulgarian). botevplovdiv.bg. 28 January 2014.

External links

v t e PFC Botev Plovdiv – current squad

1 Stachowiak 2 Aytov 3 Doré 4 Luchin 6 Benga 7 Ognyanov 8 Curtean 9 Younés 10 V. Vieira 11 Hristov 14 Minev 16 Jirsák 17 Anicet 18 Pedro 19 Tsvetkov 20 Serkan 21 Dimitrov 22 Romario 23 Chunchukov 24 Vezalov 26 Arthur 28 Filipov 33 Andonov 71 Vasev 83 Sprockel 88 Sarmov Manager: Stoilov

Persondata
Name	Hamza, Younés
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	1986-04-16
Place of birth	Monastir, Tunisia
Date of death
Place of death

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