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Footballer (born 2004)

Bilal El Khannouss
El Khannouss with Morocco in 2023
Personal information
Full name Bilal El Khannouss
Date of birth (2004-05-10) 10 May 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Strombeek-Bever, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team Leicester City
Number 11
Youth career
2009–2019 Anderlecht
2019–2022 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Genk 78 (4)
2024– Leicester City 14 (1)
International career
2019 Belgium U15 3 (1)
2019–2020 Belgium U16 7 (2)
2021 Belgium U18 3 (1)
2022– Morocco U20 4 (0)
2022– Morocco U23 12 (1)
2022– Morocco 18 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2023
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:41, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024

Bilal El Khannouss (Arabic: بلال الخنوس; born 10 May 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Leicester City. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Morocco national team.

Club career

Genk

A youth exponent from Anderlecht, El Khannouss moved to Genk in 2019. On 24 July 2020, he signed his first professional contract. He made his league debut on 21 May 2022 against Mechelen.

On 1 November 2023, El Khannouss was nominated for the 2023 African Young Player of the Year by CAF.

Leicester City

El Khannouss signed for Premier League club Leicester City on 29 August 2024 on a four-year deal for a reported £20m fee plus addons. He wears the number 11 shirt, last worn by Marc Albrighton until he left the club in 2024. El Khannouss made his Leicester debut on 31 August 2024 in a 2-1 loss against Aston Villa. His first start came in a 1-1 draw against Everton on 21 September 2024. He scored his first goal for the Foxes on 3 December 2024 in a 3-1 home league victory against West Ham.

International career

Born in Belgium, El Khannouss is of Moroccan descent. A former youth international for Belgium, El Khannous switched to represent the Morocco U20s.

On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. On 17 December, he made his international debut in the World Cup third-place playoff against Croatia, which ended in a 2–1 defeat.

In June 2023, he was included in the final squad of the under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Morocco itself, where the Atlas Lions won their first title and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Genk 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 1 0 — — — 1 0
2022–23 Belgian Pro League 39 1 2 0 — — 41 1
2023–24 Belgian Pro League 37 3 2 0 — 12 0 51 3
2024–25 Belgian Pro League 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Total 78 4 4 0 0 0 12 0 94 4
Leicester City 2024–25 Premier League 14 1 0 0 2 1 — 16 2
Career total 92 5 4 0 2 1 12 0 110 6
  1. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 18 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Morocco 2022 1 0
2023 6 0
2024 11 0
Total 18 0

Honours

Morocco U23

Individual

Orders

References

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  4. "ONZE PUNTEN. Niet de avond van Paul Onuachu, knap debuut van Bilal El Khannous". www.hbvl.be.
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  8. "Bilal El Khannouss Signs Four-Year Deal With Leicester City". lcfc.com. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  9. Marc Albrighton
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  11. Jordan Blackwell (22 September 2024). "First Bilal El Khannouss start didn't go as Steve Cooper planned – but it wasn't his fault". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  12. Lansley, Peter (3 December 2024). "Vardy starts Van Nistelrooy welcoming party as Leicester add to West Ham woe". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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  18. "Sei bianconeri con le nazionali". FC Lugano (in Italian). 9 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  19. "تشكيلة المنتخب الوطني لاقل من 23 سنة امام غينيا". Royal Moroccan Football Federation (in Arabic). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  20. ^ "Morocco win maiden TotalEnergies U-23 Africa Cup of Nations title with victory over Egypt | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
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  22. "Le Mali, le Maroc et l'Égypte qualifiés pour les JO 2024". SO FOOT.com (in French). 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  23. "Bilal el Khannouss Signs Four-Year Deal".
  24. "El Khannouss, Bilal". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  25. "Egypt U23 vs Morocco U23: Olympics". BBC Sport. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  26. "Gala du Soulier d'Or : Bilal El Khannouss élu Espoir de l'année avec un point d'avance sur Charles De Ketelaere". DHnet (in French). 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  27. Erraji, Abdellah (5 December 2023). "Morocco's Bilal El Khannouss Wins Belgian Lion Award 2023". Morocco World News. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  28. "El Khannouss verkozen tot beste debutant in Jupiler Pro League". www.krcgenk.be (in Dutch). 27 March 2023.
  29. "Bilal El Khannouss wint Gouden Schoen van het OSV" (in Dutch). K.R.C. Genk. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  30. "KRC Genk plukt drie prijzen weg op Pro League Awards" (in Dutch). K.R.C. Genk. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  31. "King receives members of national soccer team, decorates them with Royal wissams". HESPRESS. 20 December 2022. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

External links

Leicester City F.C. – current squad
Morocco squads
Morocco squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup fourth place
Morocco
Morocco squad – 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
Morocco
Morocco men's football squad – 2024 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists
Morocco
Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year
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