Youness Bengelloun (born 3 January 1983) is a French former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender. He is currently a scout at

Manchester City Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...

Career

Born in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, Bengelloun has played in France, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria for

Paris Saint-Germain B The Paris Saint-Germain Academy, commonly known as the PSG Academy, is the youth system of both Paris Saint-Germain (men's team) and Paris Saint-Germain Féminine (women's team). Established in 1970, the academy is managed by the Associa ...

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

, Alavés,

Raon-l'Étape Raon-l'Étape ( or ) is a commune in the Vosges Department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Inhabitants are called ''Raonnais''. Geography Raon-l'Étape is positioned at the mouth of the at the point where it converges into the Meurthe, it ...

Istres Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture. Location Istr ...

Panserraikos Panserraikos Football Club ( el, Πανσερραϊκός 1964), the ''All-Serres Football Club'', is a Greece, Greek Association football, football club based in Serres in Central Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos is one of the most important and ...

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cy ...

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

and

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...

. In June 2009 he trialled with Scottish club Hibernian. On 21 August 2014, Bengelloun was drafted by

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

to play in the

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is an Indian professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Organised by the All India Football Federat ...

. After retiring from football, Bengelloun was appointed as a scout by English side

in July 2017.

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1983 births Living people French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers from Paris Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Amiens SC players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Deportivo Alavés players US Raon-l'Étape players FC Istres players Panserraikos F.C. players Olympiakos Nicosia players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Mulhouse players FC Goa players RWS Bruxelles players Manchester City F.C. non-playing staff Ligue 2 players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Indian Super League players Cypriot Second Division players Challenger Pro League players French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in India French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Association football scouts {{France-footy-defender-1980s-stub