Hamza Younés (; born 16 April 1986) is a Tunisian professional

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who plays as a

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. After starting out at Sfaxien in his native country, Younés went on to compete in Romania, Bulgaria, Iran, Greece, Turkey and Qatar. Internationally, he amassed eleven

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for

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between 2014 and 2017.

Club career

In August 2011, a few hours before the transfer deadline, Younés was brought to

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, in an attempt to replace

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. He later signed a three-year contract with the team. On 14 November 2011, Younés left Étoile. In February 2012, after Younés' unsuccessful transfer to

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because of contractual misunderstandings, he scored a move to fellow Liga 1 team Petrolul Ploieşti. He made an immediate impact with the team, scoring 12 times in his first six months with the "Yellow Wolves". In the 2012–13 Liga 1 season he played 28 games and scored 13 goals, he also won the

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playing in 4 games. On 28 January 2014, Younés signed with Bulgarian club

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on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. On his debut that took place on 23 February, he scored twice in the 2–2 draw with

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, putting in a MOTM performance and was subsequently recognized as the best performer of the round. In August 2014, Younés put pen to paper on a contract with Ludogorets Razgrad. He scored his first goal for the club in the 3–1 win over his former club, Botev Plovdiv, in the

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final. Younés made his debut in

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group stages in the 2–1 loss to

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, providing an assist for Daniel Abalo's equalizer. He joined

Persian Gulf Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League (, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is a professional association football league in Iran and the highest level of the Iranian football league s ...

club

Tractor SC Tractor Cultural Sports Club (, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi Varzeši-ye Terâktor''), commonly known as Tractor, formerly Tractor Sazi, is an Iranian professional football club based in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro ...

in summer of 2015. On 30 July 2015, Younés made his debut for Tractor SC against Naft Tehran. He scored his first goal on 20 September 2015 in a 1–0

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victory against Saba Qom. On 4 July 2016, Younés signed with

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club

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on a year deal for an undisclosed fee. He finished the

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as the second top scorer of the league after the Swedish striker

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Aris

On 20 July 2018, after a year playing with BB Erzurumspor and Al Ahli, Younés has agreed to return to Greek Super League and sign contract until the summer of 2020 with

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. On 2 September 2018, the Tunisian striker received a high cross from Manolis Tzanakakis and tapped it in with his chest, thus scoring his first goal for the season and opening the score in a 2–0 home win against AEL. On 17 September 2018, he opened the score with a penalty in a 2–0 home win against

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. On 30 September 2018, he scored in a 2–0 home win against Asteras Tripoli, successfully converting a penalty won by Mateo García. On 25 November 2018, Younés scored twice in added time as an astonishing finish matchday clash against OFI ended in a 2–1 win for the Salonica club at the

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. One week later, he opened the scored with a penalty kick in an eventual 1–1 home draw against Panathinaikos. On 18 March 2019, Younés came in as a substitute and scored in a 5–0 home win against

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, returning to goals after three-and-a-half months. On 22 April 2019, his goal helped the team to a 2–1 away win against

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. On 5 May 2019, in the last matchday of the

, he was the undisputed MVP of a 7–2 home win against

, scoring one goal and providing his teammates with two assists.

Petrolul Ploiești

On 9 September 2019, Younés signed a contract with Petrolul Ploiești.

International career

On 28 May 2014, he made his debut for

, playing in the last four minutes of a 1–0 friendly win against

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. His second cap came in a 1–0 friendly loss to

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Personal life

Hamza married a Romanian woman in

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in 2016, with whom he has a child.Fotbaliștii străini veniți în România care s-au îndrăgostit de femeile noastre. Și-au întemeiat familii, au făcut copii și n-au mai plecat de la noi
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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

CS Sfaxien *

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: 2008–09 *

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football football team, club competition established in 2004 and organized by Confederation of African Football, CAF ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

North African Cup Winners Cup The North African Cup Winners Cup was a competition organised by the Federation of North African Football, that contains the winners of the domestic cups around North Africa. The competition contains representatives from Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Petrolul Ploiești *

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Ludogorets Razgrad * Bulgarian A Group: 2014–15 *

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Individual *

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Player of the Month: December 2013

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Younes, Hamza 1986 births Living people Tunisian men's footballers 21st-century Tunisian sportsmen Men's association football forwards CS Sfaxien players Étoile Sportive du Sahel players FC Petrolul Ploiești players Botev Plovdiv players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players Tractor S.C. players Al Ahli SC (Doha) players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Xanthi F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Liga I players Liga II players Qatar Stars League players Persian Gulf Pro League players Super League Greece players TFF 1. Lig players 2011 African Nations Championship players Sportspeople from Monastir Governorate 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Tunisian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Tunisia men's international footballers Tunisia men's A' international footballers