1st contract for Belahyane

OGC Nice is pleased to announce the signing of Reda Belahyane’s first professional contract.

The midfielder, who celebrated his 17th birthday on June 1, was preformed at the INF Clairefontaine before joining the red and black club in the summer of 2019. Regularly starting with the reserve and the U19s of the OGC Nice, Reda Belahyane takes a new step in his training process. “We are at the start of a development, explains Manu Pirès, director of the Nice training center. This first contract does not make him a professional player. The most important thing is the attitude and professionalism he will demonstrate on a daily basis. We hope, for him and for us, that this is the start of a great adventure ”.

Technical and creative player, the native of Paris has evolved his game since his arrival on the Côte d’Azur. “He developed other qualities such as aggressiveness and fighting spirit. He is a boy who knows what he wants, and who has given himself the means to change his football in order to succeed. It’s rare “, underlines Manu Pirès before detailing his profile : “He’s an axial player. 6, 8 or even 10? The future will tell us, but he has the qualities to be at the heart of the game: he collects the balls, brings them out clean, and is not afraid to receive the leather in difficult situations ”.

Called several times among the pros in training, Belahyane “Observed the qualities of pro players to emulate and develop. It’s good that some young people measure the gap between them and the first team. The signing of Reda also allows to send a message to his comrades in the center: when we have the will, we can considerably change our game and its characteristics to adapt them to the football of tomorrow, more and more focused on combativeness. , the aggressiveness and the intensity that one puts in the sessions and in each gesture, offensive as defensive. ”