Sofiane Hanni (Arabic: سفيان هاني; born 29 December 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Qatari club Al-Khor.

Hanni is an Algeria international, gaining his first cap for the full side in June 2016, aged 25, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Seychelles.

Following this, Hanni was not offered a new contract by FC Nantes, which disappointed him, as he was expected to succeed at the club and experienced this as a failure.

[23] Having established himself in the first team regular for the side, playing in the attacking midfield position, Hanni finished his first season at Kayseri Erciyesspor, making thirty–two appearances and scoring ten times in all competitions.

[32] Over the summer transfer window, Hanni was linked a move away from Kayseri Erciyesspor, with several Turkish clubs, including Balıkesirspor, interested in signing him.

[37] Hanni then set up two goals in three separate matches, starting against Adana Demirspor on 19 February 2014, then against Gaziantep on 2 March 2014 and against Mersin İdman Yurdu on 20 April 2014.

After three years in Turkey, Hanni moved to Belgium, where he joined KV Mechelen on a free transfer, signing a three–year contract in May 2014.

[41] Since joining the club, he quickly became a first team regular for the side, playing in the attacking midfield position and spoke out about his development, stating his statistics needs improving.

[45] But Hanni was able to return to the starting line-up against Anderlecht on 15 February 2015 and made an impressive display before being substituted in the late minutes, in a 1–1 draw.

Ahead of the 2015–16 season, Hanni was linked a move away from KV Mechelen, with Bundesliga side Werder Bremen was interested in signing him, but nothing came of it.

"[68] Hanni played his first official game with his new club in the preliminary round of the UEFA Champions League against the Russian club Rostov scored his first goal with the team and after that missing a significant opportunity by not fit, delivers an assist to Tielemans which doubles the score in the first Continental participation in its history.

[72] Five days later on 12 August 2016, he captained the side for the first time in the absence of Steven Defour, where he started the match before being substituted in the 81st minute, in a 0–0 draw against Sint-Truidense.

[75] Having quickly become a first team regular since joining Anderlecht, Hanni spent the next four months as the club's captain, helping the side reach the top of the table.

[85] He missed two matches at the beginning of January, due to his international commitment with Algeria at the African Cup of Nations campaign.

[86] It wasn't until on 29 January 2017 when Hanni made his first team return from his international commitment, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute, in a 0–0 draw against rivals, Standard Liège.

[89] Four days later on 20 April 2017 in the second leg of the quarter–finals of the UEFA Europa League against Manchester United, he scored an equaliser, as they lost 2–1 and the club was eliminated from the tournament.

[91] In a follow up match against Charleroi, he set up the club's last two goals of the game, in a 3–1 win, a result that saw Anderlecht becomes the Jupiler League's champion.

[98] Hanni captained the side in the Belgium Super Cup match against Zulte Waregem and scored an equalising goal, as they won 2–1.

[102] Hanni made his UEFA Champions League debut, playing the whole game, in a 2–1 loss against Bayern Munich on 12 September 2017.

[103] Two months later on 22 November 2017, Hanni scored his first UEFA Champions League goal against Bayern Munich in their second meeting, as Anderlecht lost 3–1.

[105] Hanni later scored four more goals for the side, including a hat–trick, in a 3–3 draw against Standard Liège on 28 January 2018, in what turned out to be his last appearance for Anderlecht.

[110] Hanni made his Spartak Moscow debut, facing in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League's Round of 32 against Athletic Bilbao, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute, in a 2–1 loss.

[115] For the rest of the 2017–18 season, Hanni spent coming on as a substitute for the remaining matches, as he made nine appearances and scoring two times in all competitions.

[116] However at start of the 2018–19 season, Hanni found himself placed on the substitute bench, due to a strong competitions within the midfield positions.

[118] Amid the transfer speculation, Hanni made his first appearance of the season, starting a match before being substituted in the 65th minute, in a 1–0 win against Anzhi Makhachkala.

[119] By September, he soon received more playing time following the departure of Quincy Promes and started in a number of matches in the midfield position.

[123] He continued to play a role when he set up two goals, in a 2–1 win against Lokomotiv Moscow, followed up by scoring in a 1–1 draw against Ural Yekaterinburg in the first leg of the Russian Cup quarter–final.

[132] Hanni quickly made an impact on his Al-Gharafa's debut, scoring and setting up two goals, in a 3–0 win against Al-Shahania in the opening game of the season.

[150] Hanni is a Muslim and credited the religion with making it easier for him to settle during his time at Turkey, though he still faced a culture shock.

[4] Hanni also said he studied until seventeen and earned a diploma for BEP accounting, which pleased his parents and described himself as "a good student but dispersed" at school, and ultimately couldn't balance it with his footballing career.