Billel Omrani

Abdel Slem Billel Omrani (Arabic: عبد السلام بلال عمراني‎; born 2 June 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Romanian Liga I club CFR Cluj.

An academy graduate of Marseille, he had a loan spell at Arles-Avignon in the Ligue 2 before moving to Romania with CFR Cluj in 2016. With the latter team, he won six domestic trophies and was named the league's Foreign Player of the Year for his performances in 2019.

Of Algerian descent, Omrani has represented France at several youth levels.

Club Career

Early years / Marseille

Omrani joined Olympique de Marseille in 2007, after stints with two amateur clubs in the Moselle area. On 19 March 2011, he signed his first contract as a professional after agreeing to a three-year deal. Omrani was subsequently promoted to the senior squad by manager Didier Deschamps for the 2011–12 season, being assigned the number 25 shirt. He made his professional debut on 2 October in a league fixture against Brest, entering as a substitute in the 1–1 draw.

CFR Cluj

Omrani moved abroad for the first time in September 2016, signing a contract with Romanian team CFR Cluj. He recorded his first goal on the 17th that month, in a 5–0 league thrashing of FC Voluntari.

Omrani made 31 appearances and scored nine times in all competitions in the 2017–18 campaign, as "the White and Burgundies" won their fourth national title. On 8 July 2018, amid reports linking him to FCSB, CFR announced that he penned a contract extension that would keep him at the club for another three years. Six days later, Omrani obtained the penalty from which Emmanuel Culio scored the only goal of the 2018 Supercupa Romaniei played against Universitatea Craiova.

In 2019, he was linked with Celtic move.

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