He became a legend for stitching and will remain so forever. In 2008 and 2009 he won two championship titles with Slavia. And also in her historically first Champions League match with Steaua, Bucharest scored a winning goal of 2: 1 in September 2007.
When Tijani Belaid played for Slavia again last summer at a charity event for Jakoubek Janda, no one knew that the great globetrotter would return to the Czech scene for a long time. And not at all that he will choose the second league Jihlava.
“We have signed a contract with Tijani Belaid. This is a great strengthening of the team. It is very friendly to get a player who has gone through a lot of clubs and gained a lot of experience, which he can now pass on especially to our younger players in the squad, “praises sports director Lukáš Vaculík on the club’s website.
“Czech fans remembered the most in the Slavia Prague jersey, where he played 64 matches and scored 15 goals. He played 19 international matches for the national team of Tunisia and scored 3 goals. We believe that he will succeed in our team.” supplies Vaculík.
In addition to Slavia, Belaid also went through clubs such as Inter Milan, Eindhoven, Union Berlin and Hull City. After leaving Eden, he tasted engagement in countries that are very long – England, Cyprus, Germany, Portugal, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Greece, Indonesia and Bahrain!
And now Jihlava … “The football world is small, people meet and get to know each other. We got in touch with him through the players who played with him, “coach Jan Kameník tells iDnes.cz.
“We connected with him, I personally spoke to him twice through WhatsApp, when he was in Paris. We agreed to come show up. The personal interviews and the interviews we had on the phone impressed me very well. The boy loves football, he wants to be in it again. And I like to work with such players, “adds the coach.