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Yassine Benzia
Algerian footballer (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yassine Benzia (Arabic: ياسين بنزية; born 8 September 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for Azerbaijan Premier League club Qarabağ and the Algeria national team. He mainly plays as an attacking or a central midfielder but can also play as a winger or striker.
![]() Benzia with France U19 in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, France | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Qarabağ | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2005 | Saint-Aubin | ||
2005–2006 | Oissel | ||
2006–2009 | Caudebecais | ||
2009–2010 | Quevilly | ||
2010–2012 | Lyon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2015 | Lyon | 38 | (4) |
2011–2015 | → Lyon II | 38 | (19) |
2015–2020 | Lille | 81 | (9) |
2015–2016 | → Lille II | 3 | (1) |
2018–2019 | → Fenerbahçe (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Dijon | 27 | (6) |
2022 | → Hatayspor (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2023– | Qarabağ | 25 | (11) |
International career‡ | |||
2010 | France U16 | 3 | (0) |
2011 | France U17 | 6 | (4) |
2011–2012 | France U18 | 9 | (9) |
2012–2013 | France U19 | 16 | (7) |
2013–2015 | France U21 | 9 | (6) |
2016– | Algeria | 6 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07 April 2024 |
He began his professional career at Olympique Lyonnais, where he played 53 total games and scored 6 goals, winning the 2012 Trophée des Champions. In August 2015, he was signed by Lille.
Benzia was a France youth international, having played for the representative teams of the French Football Federation at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-21 level. He played with the under-17 team at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[1] In March 2016, FIFA approved his request to change his international allegiance to Algerian Football Federation.[2]