Samir Bellahcene (original) (raw)
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French handball player (born 1995)
| Samir Bellahcene | |||
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 Bellahcene in 2024 |
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| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 31)Montpellier, France | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Dinamo București | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2012–2017 | Montpellier HB | ||
| 2017–2018 | Massy Essonne Handball | ||
| 2018–2023 | USDK Dunkerque | ||
| 2023–2024 | THW Kiel | ||
| 2024–2025 | TVB Stuttgart | ||
| 2025– | Dinamo București | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2025 | France | 12 | (1) |
Medal record World Championship  2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway European Championship  2024 Germany |
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| 1 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2024 |
Samir Bellahcene (born 20 February 1995) is a French professional handball player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dinamo București.
Bellahcene was first called up to the France national team in April 2023.[2]
In September he moved to Handball-Bundesliga club THW Kiel from USDK Dunkerque after Kiel's Vincent Gérard had sustained a long-term injury.[3]
Bellahcene joined THW Kiel's league rivals TVB Stuttgart in November 2024.[4]
At the 2025 World Championship he won bronze medals with France, losing to Croatia in the semifinal and beating Portugal in the third place playoff.[5]
Bellahcene signed a two-year contract with Romanian club Dinamo București in June 2025.[6]
- ^ "Samir Bellahcene - Spielerprofil". handball-world.news (in German). Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Corge, Anouk (1 December 2023). "Qui est Samir Bellahcene, le nouveau gardien appelé en équipe de France ?" [Who is Samir Bellahcene, the new goalkeeper called up to the France squad?]. L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Wottge, Jan-Philipp (25 October 2023). "Samir Bellahcene: Plötzlich Torwart beim THW Kiel" [Samir Bellahcene: Suddenly goalkeeper at THW Kiel]. SHZ (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "THW Kiel: Torwart Samir Bellahcene wechselt sofort zum TVB Stuttgart" [THW Kiel: Goalkeeper Samir Bellahcene moves to TVB Stuttgart immediately]. Kieler Nachrichten (in German). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Handball-Transfer bestätigt: Bellahcene wechselt nach Bukarest" [Handball transfer confirmed: Bellahcene moves to Bucharest]. handball-world.news (in German). 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- Samir Bellahcene at the International Handball Federation (archived)
- Samir Bellahcene at the European Handball Federation
- Samir Bellahcene at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
- Samir Bellahcene at THW Kiel (in German)
- Samir Bellahcene at Team France (in French)
- Samir Bellahcene at InterSportStats