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 | 31 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Morocco U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016– | Morocco | 23 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:58, 5 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ 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
Nancy
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
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
The Moroccan midfielder signed a two-year contract with Turkish club Adanaspor, which is in the TFF First League.[5]
International career
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
Club
- 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
- 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
- ^ "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). 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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