Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ayman Omar Benarous [1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 July 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bristol City | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2021 | Bristol City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Bristol City | 11 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2020 | England U17 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:42, 18 August 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:28, 30 October 2021 (UTC) |
Ayman Omar Benarous (born 27 July 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Bristol City.
A youth product of Bristol City since the age of 6, Benarous signed his first professional contract with the club on 8 February 2021. [2] He made his professional debut in a 2–1 win in the EFL Championship against Barnsley on the 30th October 2021, coming on for Tyreeq Bakinson in the 67th minute [3] after scoring a hat trick in a U23s game against Watford a few weeks earlier. [4] This was Bristol City's first home win in 9 months. He made his full debut in a 1–1 draw at home to Blackburn. [5] He played his first FA cup game in a 1-0 Extra Time loss to Fulham, leaving the field after 77 minutes to be replaced by Kasey Palmer. [6] On February 1, 2022, after a run of successful games in the team, Benerous signed a new 3-year contract with Bristol City, keeping him at the club until 2025. [7]
Benarous was born in England to an Algerian father, who owned the popular takeaway Quigleys in central Bristol [8] and an English mother. [9] He is a youth international for England, having represented the England U17s. [10]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bristol City | 2021–22 [11] | EFL Championship | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
Career total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
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