Youssef El Jebli

Youssef El Jebli (born 27 December 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Al-Faisaly .

Youssef El Jebli
Personal information
Full name Youssef El Jebli
Date of birth (1992-12-27) 27 December 1992
Place of birth Utrecht, Netherlands
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al-Faisaly
Number 34
Youth career
USV Hercules
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 USV Hercules
2014–2015 Lienden 32 (15)
2015–2019 De Graafschap 127 (23)
2019– Al-Faisaly 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2019

Career

Youssef was born in Utrecht in the Netherlands to a Moroccan family of 5 children. He grew up in Overwecht County and was enrolled by his father into his hometown club VV De Dref at the age of six. He left the club four seasons later due to several scouts observing other club players, preventing El Yebli from being seen by the larger clubs. He then joined USV Elinkwijk, the most famous amateur club in Utrecht. He said: “I told myself that if Ibrahim Afellay, Ismail Aissati and Zakaria Labyad had their chances in this club, why not me? But that was not the case. " He left the club a season later to transfer to USV Hercules. In July 2010, he develops with the USV Hercules club - 19 years, during which he will play there for 3 seasons before making his official debut in team A.

in the 2014/15 season, El-Yebli moved free of charge from USV Hercules to Club Linden, with whom he won the third division and the “general amateur championship”. El-Yebli then moved to De Graafschap for 50,000 euros.

In the first game of the 2015/16 season for De Graafschap against Herenveen, El-Yebli made his Eredivisie debut, replacing Nathan Cabasele in the 70th minute. Coach Jan Vreman promises Youssef El-Yebli a lot of playing time. In his first season, he played 31 matches in the Eredivisie, and his team was relegated to the first division. In the following season 2016/17, he scored four goals in the first division. In the 2017/18 season, he achieved outstanding results with 9 goals and 14 assists in 42 games, and his team was able to advance to the Eredivisie. On May 16, 2018, El-Yebli signed a two-year contract with the club.

On 23 August 2019, El-Yebli signed a two-year contract with Al-Faisaly from Saudi Arabia.

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, El Jebli is of Moroccan descent.[1]

References
  1. "Au moins 41 Marocains en deuxième division néerlandaise". 20 August 2019.


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