Julian Michel Bendahbi (born 19 February 1992) is a retired French

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Club career

Michel joined

Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging betwee ...

in 2013 from

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B. In 2014, the club promoted to the

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. He made his top division debut at 27 July 2014 against

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in a 3–1 away defeat. On 31 January 2019 it was announced, that Michel,

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and Djordje Jovanovic had been promoted to reserve team due to a lack of commitment. The club was in a very bad position, which with 7 matches to go was very close to relegation. In 2021, Michel played for French club Roub Hommelet. In the 2022-23 season, he played for

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. In the summer 2023, Michel signed for Belgian club KVK Westhoek. In the summer of 2024, it emerged that Michel had decided to hang up his boots.

Personal life

He has Moroccan nationality through his mother.

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Julian Michel
at Freekick.be 1992 births Living people Footballers from Isère French men's footballers Moroccan men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Sportspeople from Échirolles Men's association football forwards French sportspeople of Moroccan descent Louhans-Cuiseaux FC players Olympique Lyonnais players Royal Excel Mouscron players S.K. Beveren players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players US Tourquennoise players Belgian Pro League players French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium {{France-footy-forward-1990s-stub