There are those who dream of being Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema or Virgil van Dijk. Reda Belahyane No. His model, on his shoulders and in his desires, was only one. N’golo Kante. “The number 6 is that of a midfielder, in my opinion it represents solid players, who scratch the ball away from the opponents, but also know how to keep it. The number 6 for me represents my style of play. My model, which gives the example both on and off the pitch is N’Golo Kanté. I really like his team spirit even off the pitch he is always aggressive. , said Hellas Verona’s revelation midfielder of the season.
Who is Belahyane
Born in Aubervilliers, in the Île-de-France region, on 1 June 2004, Belahyane took his first football steps in four clubs: Olympique Pantin, Aubervilliers, Red Star and Montfermeil. In 2019 the call from Nice came and Belahyane moved to the French Riviera. After being added to the Club’s Youth Sector, in the 2021/22 season he played with Nice B, the second team of the French team, and in the Championnat National 3 championship he took the field on 24 occasions, scoring 1 goal. The following season, 2022/23, in addition to the 11 appearances and 2 goals scored with the Nice B shirt, Belahyane was called up by the first team and at the end of the championship he played 4 games in Ligue 1 and 2 in the Conference League. The debut match in the French top flight is against Auxerre, a match that ends in a draw with the result 1-1.
Midfield mastiff
Dreaming of Kanté, Belahyane is yet another discovery by Sean Sogliano. Twenty years old, one hundred and seventy three centimetres, he is technically similar to his transalpine idol. Box to box in the defensive phase, very large quantity in midfield, he is a mastiff who can represent a great market opportunity for many. Not in January, Hellas Verona thinks, but for the summer many in Serie A have already started to study it closely…