Youssef Aït Bennasser
 Aït Bennasser with Morocco in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Youssef Aït Bennasser | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Toul, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Samsunspor | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Nancy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Nancy | 33 | (1) |
| 2016–2021 | Monaco | 13 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Nancy (loan) | 26 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | → Caen (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Bordeaux (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Adanaspor | 45 | (3) |
| 2023– | Samsunspor | 50 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Morocco U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016– | Morocco | 23 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:54, 10 December 2021 (UTC) | |||
Youssef Aït Bennasser (born 7 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Samsunspor. Born in France, he represents Morocco at international level.[2]
Club career
[edit]Nancy
[edit]Aït Bennasser is a youth exponent from AS Nancy. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 3 August 2015 against Tours FC.[3] He scored the first senior goal of his career on 28 November 2015 as Nancy beat Le Havre 3–1 in a home of Stade Marcel Picot victory.
Monaco and loans
[edit]On 31 January 2019, the last day of the 2018–19 winter transfer window, Aït Bennasser departed Monaco on loan for the third time, joining the club's league rivals AS Saint-Étienne on loan until the end of the season.[4]
Adanaspor
[edit]The Moroccan midfielder signed a two-year contract with Turkish club Adanaspor, which is in the TFF First League.[5]
International career
[edit]Despite being born and raised in France, Aït Bennasser joined the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. He played two matches for the Morocco national under-17 football team in 2013.[6]
He made his debut for the senior Morocco national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Albania.[7] In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 3 August 2020[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nancy | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| Nancy (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 4 | ||
| Caen (loan) | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| Monaco | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| Saint-Étienne (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Bordeaux (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 124 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 5 | ||
International
[edit]- As of match played 5 August 2019[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Aït Bennasser Youssef" (in French). AS Nancy. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ a b Youssef Aït Bennasser at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "Nancy vs. Tours". soccerway.com. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ Taiwo, Taiye (31 January 2019). "Saint-Etienne snap up Youssef Ait Bennasser on loan from Monaco". Goal. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Youssef Aït Bennasser rebondit en Turquie". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Bakkali, Achraf. "Fiche de". Mountakhab.net (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ Bakkali, Achraf. "Le Maroc et l'Albanie dos à dos". Mountakhab.net (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".
- ^ Youssef Aït Bennasser at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Adanaspor footballers
- AS Monaco FC players
- AS Nancy Lorraine players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- Footballers from Meurthe-et-Moselle
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French men's footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Moroccan men's footballers
- 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen
- Morocco men's international footballers
- People from Toul
- Stade Malherbe Caen players
- TFF 1. Lig players
- 21st-century French sportsmen
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