Said Belmokhtar

Early career

Belmokhtar is the product of the FC Odesa and the Odesa Youth Sports School "Spartak" named after I. Belanov. At the professional level, he debuted in the 2000–2001 season for Chornomorets-2 in the Ukrainian Second League. He would play with the senior team in two games during the 2000–2001 season in the Ukrainian First League. He later played in the Odesa region with FC Palmira Odesa and Bilyayivka. In 2007, he played abroad in the Belarusian Premier League with Smorgon. He played in 8 matches and recorded 1 goal with Smorgon.

Ukraine

After a season abroad, he returned to Ukraine's third division with Bastion Illichivsk during the 2009 winter transfer market. In the winter of 2010–2011, he would remain in the third tier but secured a transfer to Sumy. In his debut season with Sumy, he helped the club secure a promotion playoff berth by finishing second in the league's Group A. Belmokhtar participated in the opening round of the playoffs, where he contributed two goals against Poltava, which advanced Sumy to the final round. In the final round of the promotion playoffs, Sumy was defeated by Enerhetyk Burshtyn, which denied the club a berth in the country's second division. He also finished as the league's top scorer in Group A. After the conclusion of the season, Belmokhtar would depart from Sumy. Initially, he was linked to a move to Odesa, but he later denied receiving any offers from the club. He would ultimately land a contract with Nyva…