Ismaël Bennacer
 Bennacer taking a shot against Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ismaël Bennacer | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Arles, France | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Empoli | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2015 | Arles | ||
| 2015–2017 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Arles B | 16 | (0) |
| 2015 | Arles | 6 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Tours (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2017– | Empoli | 39 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | France U18 | 4 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | France U19 | 7 | (1) |
| 2016– | Algeria | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, November 17, 2017 (EST) | |||
Ismaël Bennacer (born 1 December 1997) is an Algerian footballer who currently plays for Italian club Empoli and the Algeria national team.
Club career
Bennacer made his senior Arsenal debut in the League Cup fourth round away to Sheffield Wednesday on 27 October 2015, replacing Theo Walcott after 19 minutes, after the latter had already replaced the injured Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in an eventual 3–0 loss.[2]
On 31 January 2017, it was announced that Bennacer would join Ligue 2 side Tours on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[3] He scored his first goal for Tours on 14 April 2017 against Sochaux off of a free kick.[4]
International career
On 31 July 2016, the Algerian Football Federation announced that Bennacer had opted to switch his international allegiance and represent Algeria internationally.[5] He debuted for the Algeria national team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier, a 6–0 win over Lesotho.[6] Bennacer was called up on 11 January 2017 to Algeria's squad for the African Cup of Nations of 2017.[7] to replace Saphir Taïder, who suffered an injury in training.[8]
Personal life
Bennacer was born in Arles, France and is of Algerian and Moroccan descent.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 12 May 2018 [10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arles-Avignon II | 2013–14 | CFA 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Arles-Avignon II total | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||||
| Arles-Avignon | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |
| Arsenal | 2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tours (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |
| Empoli | 2017–18 | Serie B | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 76 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 4 | ||
References
- ^ a b "Premier League Player Profile Ismael Bennacer". Barclays Premier League. 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Ismael Bennacer joins Tours on loan". www.arsenal.com. Arsenal Media Group. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Tours en route pour le maintien (3-1 contre Sochaux), Orléans replonge à Nîmes (0-2)". Magcentre.fr (in French).
- ^ Toufik O. (31 July 2016). "Bennacer (Arsenal) choisit officiellement l'Algérie" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "CAN 2017 : Algérie 6-0 Lesotho" (in French). DZfoot. 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Arsenal midfielder Ismael Bennacer handed shock call up to Algeria's Africa Cup of Nations squad". Metro.co.uk.
- ^ M-A-D (11 January 2017). "CAN 2017 : Ismael Bennacer remplace Taider" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Ismaël Bennacer : Je n'ai pas de mot pour décrire ce qu'il m'arrive" [Ismaël Bennacer: I have no words to describe what happened to me] (in French). ArlesAvignon.net. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ Ismaël Bennacer at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
External links
- Ismaël Bennacer at Soccerbase
- Ismaël Bennacer at Soccerway
- France profile at FFF
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