Yunis Abdelhamid

Yunis Abdelhamid (born 28 September 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.^[1] Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.^[2]

Yunis Abdelhamid

Abdelhamid with Saint-Étienne in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-09-28) 28 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Montpellier, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
2005–2010	AS Lattoise
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	AS Lattoise
2011–2014	Arles-Avignon	87	(5)
2014–2016	Valenciennes	73	(3)
2016–2017	Dijon	18	(0)
2016–2017	Dijon B	4	(1)
2017–2024	Reims	236	(17)
2024–2025	Saint-Étienne	16	(0)
2025	Saint-Étienne B	1	(0)
International career‡
2016–	Morocco	14	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:59, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Out of contract from Valenciennes, Abdelhamid joined Dijon on a three-year contract on 15 May 2016.^[3]

Abdelhamid helped Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2 and promote to the Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season.^[4] He was also made the captain of the club.^{[citation needed]}

Following the 2023–24 season, after seven years at Reims, Abdelhamid left the club as a free agent to sign for Saint-Étienne on a one-year contract with an optional additional year.^[5][6]

International career

Abdulhamid was called up to the Morocco national team for a friendly against Albania on 1 September 2016, but did not feature.^[7] He made his official debut in a 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over São Tomé and Príncipe.^[8]

On 28 December 2023, Abdulhamid was amongst the 27 players selected by coach Walid Regragui to represent Morocco in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.^[9][10]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 May 2024^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arles-Avignon	2011–12	Ligue 2	18	1	0	0	0	0	—		18	1
	2012–13	Ligue 2	34	2	2	0	3	0	—		39	2
	2013–14	Ligue 2	35	2	1	0	0	0	—		36	2
	Total		87	5	3	3	0	3	—		93	5
Valenciennes	2014–15	Ligue 2	38	1	4	0	1	0	—		43	1
	2015–16	Ligue 2	35	2	1	0	1	0	—		37	2
	Total		73	3	5	0	2	0	—		80	3
Dijon	2016–17	Ligue 1	18	0	2	0	1	0	—		21	0
Dijon B	2016–17	CFA 2	4	1	—		—		—		4	1
Reims	2017–18	Ligue 2	35	4	1	0	2	0	—		38	4
	2018–19	Ligue 1	38	0	2	0	0	0	—		40	0
	2019–20	Ligue 1	28	3	1	0	4	0	—		33	3
	2020–21	Ligue 1	33	3	1	0	—		1	0	35	3
	2021–22	Ligue 1	34	2	3	0	—		—		37	2
	2022–23	Ligue 1	37	1	3	0	—		—		40	1
	2023–24	Ligue 1	31	4	0	0	—		—		31	4
	Total		236	17	11	0	6	0	1	0	254	17
Career total			418	26	21	0	8	0	1	0	448	26

Honours

Reims

• Ligue 2: 2017–18^{[citation needed]}