Jérémie Bela (born 8 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Cypriot First Division club PAC Omonia 29M and the Angola national team.

[5][6] In late 2008, he told the French Football Federation website that he expected to join Ligue 2 club Lens when he left Clairefontaine,[6] having been scouted by Marc Westerloppe.

[14] In mid-February, coach Éric Sikora remarked on how Bela had grasped the connection between training properly and being able to achieve one's aims: after struggling physically in the CFA, he could now string together a series of games at senior level.

[14] After a hamstring injury kept him out throughout November, Bela returned as a substitute against Brest on 13 December, and engineered a late winner, tackling the ball against a defender's leg to force an own goal.

[39] No longer in Dall'Oglio's plans at Dijon,[40] Bela signed a two-year contract with Albacete, newly promoted to the Spanish Segunda División, early in August 2017.

[51] He contributed another five goals in the regular season,[50] helping Albacete finish fourth, and passed up the chance of an international debut with Angola to make himself available for the promotion play-offs.

[53][54] In February, Bela confirmed that he was keen to stay but that issues remained unresolved;[55] after the play-off defeat, and with interest from top-flight Spanish clubs as well as from abroad, he opted to leave.

His contract included a one-year option contingent on his making a certain number of appearances; the club's view was that this would come into force automatically, but the player claimed it required mutual consent.

[56] In mid-July, with Albacete well into pre-season while Bela trained alone in France, he published his intention to invoke his right to free movement under Spanish law; the club planned court action for breach of contract.

[58] Now a free agent, Bela signed a three-year contract with a one-year option with English Championship (second-tier) club Birmingham City, with whom he had been training for several weeks.

At 2–1 down in the replay against League One club Coventry City, "what looked like a cross ... went in off a post to reprieve the Championship side with seconds left of extra time" to take the tie to penalties; he converted his kick as Birmingham won the shootout 4–1.

[65] The three-month interruption because of the COVID-19 pandemic gave him time to recover, and his second-half performance at home to Hull City, when he was involved in both equalisers as Birmingham came back from 2–0 and 3–2 down to draw 3–3, secured his struggling side one of just three points gained post-resumption as they narrowly avoided relegation.

[66] Bela scored the only goal of the opening match of the 2020–21 Championship season, at home to Brentford, with a glancing near-post header from Iván Sánchez's 37th-minute corner, to give Birmingham a first win since February.

[67] A couple of weeks later, he conceded a penalty in the 86th minute of a match against Rotherham United, but redeemed himself in his role of designated penalty-taker by converting one awarded to his side in the 90th, earning praise from manager Aitor Karanka for his mental strength.

[78] Bela scored his ninth goal for Birmingham in a 1–1 draw with Cardiff City during his 101st and final appearance,[78] and left the club when his contract expired at the end of the season.

The Birmingham Mail's correspondent thought his departure "regrettable", and until his two-month absence from the side, had considered him "a challenger for Player of the Year, as much for his diligence playing out of position as his actual transition to and performances in the role.

"[79] Amid interest and offers from Segunda División clubs Málaga, Tenerife and Leganés which reportedly could not compete financially with those from Ligue 1,[80][81] Bela chose to return to French football, at least in part for family reasons.

Shortly afterwards, Clermont took the lead, and in the 78th minute, Muhammed Cham let Saîf-Eddine Khaoui's cross go through his legs to Bela, who hit a first-time shot into the top corner of the goal to complete the turnround.

[90] Having finally received confirmation of his Angolan citizenship,[91] he made his official debut on 12 November 2021, in the starting eleven for a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Egypt that ended as a 2–2 draw.