Inès Belloumou joined West Ham United from German club Bayern Munich in July 2024, signing a three-year contract, and was immediately loaned to Italian side SS Lazio for the 2024/25 season.

The Algeria international started her career with hometown club Martigues before joining Olympique de Marseille Féminin in 2016. Two years later, she moved to Montpellier HSC, where she spent five seasons and appeared regularly in the top flight. She spent the 2023/24 campaign with Bayern.

Belloumou has been capped by France at U16, U17, U19, U20 and U23 level, playing over 25 times for Les Bleues, before she switched her international allegiance to Algeria in 2025.

Career

2025/26

Belloumou made her West Ham United debut in a Barclays Women's Super League fixture against Arsenal at Chigwell Construction Stadium on 12 September... Made her first West Ham start in our 5-1 Subway® Women's League Cup success at Charlton Athletic on 24 September... Made her first WSL start against Chelsea at Chigwell Construction Stadium on 28 September... Enjoyed a run of gametime during the run-in, starting the last six WSL games of the season... Made 18 appearances in all competitions.

2024/25

Signed for West Ham United on 25 July 2024... Spent first half of the season on loan at SS Lazio before joining Malmö FF.

Before West Ham

Born on 21 June 2001 in Martigues on France’s south coast…Is the youngest of six children, two of whom are also footballers…Joined local club FC Martigues at the age of five…Moved to nearby Olympique de Marseille Féminin in 2016, the same year she enrolled at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance [INSEP] in Paris, and travelled from the capital back to Marseille for matches at weekends…Made her first-team debut for Marseille on 18 May 2018, aged 16, in a Division 1 Féminine defeat by Olympique Lyonnais…Joined Division 1 Féminine club Montpellier on a free transfer in June 2018, before signing her first professional contract in September 2019…Totalled 64 appearances across four seasons with Montpellier, including 60 in Division 1 Féminine…Joined German side Bayern Munich in July 2023 and made 12 appearances for the club in her single season there, including two in the UEFA Women’s Champions League...Capped by France at U16, U17, U19, U20 and U23 level since debuting in 2017, playing over 25 times for Les Bleues.