Donald Benamna

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Donald Benamna
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-14) 14 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Bangui, Central African Republic
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Texoma FC
Youth career
ASA Milan BlackHawks
–2014 Montgomery Blair Blazers
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 San Diego State Aztecs 0 (0)
2015 San Jacinto South Coyotes 13 (15)
2017 Central Arkansas Bears 15 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Ocean City Nor'easters
2018–2019 Little Rock Rangers 16 (10)
2019–2020 Stumptown Athletic 4 (2)
2022 Charlotte Eagles 7 (7)
2022 Maryland Bobcats 1 (0)
2023 Northern Colorado Hailstorm 9 (0)
2024 Amal Tiznit
2025– Texoma FC 0 (0)
International career
2019– Central African Republic 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 17, 2023

Donald Benamna (born 14 September 1996) is a Central African Republic footballer who currently plays in the USL League One with Texoma FC.

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Personal

Born in Bangui, Central African Republic. He moved to the United States when he was twelve years old. [1] [2] [3]

Career

College & Amateur

Benamna began playing college soccer at San Diego State University in 2014, [4] before making transfers to San Jacinto College in 2015, [5] and later to the University of Central Arkansas in 2017. [6] Benamna spent part of 2016 with USL PDL side Ocean City Nor'easters. [7]

Benamna spent both 2018 and 2019 playing with NPSL side Little Rock Rangers. [3]

Professional

In September 2019, Benamna signed for NISA side Stumptown Athletic ahead of the league's inaugural season. [8]

In 2022, Benamna had spells with USL League Two side Charlotte Eagles [9] and NISA side Maryland Bobcats FC. [10]

On 23 February 2023, Benamna signed with USL League One side Northern Colorado Hailstorm after a successful trial. [11]

Following a short spell in Morocco with US Amal Tiznit, Benamna returned to the United States in 2025, joining USL League One side Texoma FC ahead of their inaugural season. [12]

International career

In October 2019, Benamna was called up for the first time for the Central African Republic for a friendly match against Niger.

References

  1. "Aided by GoFundMe donors, Little Rock Rangers player graduates college". katv.com. 12 May 2019.
  2. "From Bangui to SD: Donald Benamna". thedailyaztec.com. 11 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Who's That? Meet Donald Benamna". Little Rock Rangers. 29 March 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. "Donald Benamna - Men's Soccer". SDSU Athletics.
  5. "Athletics | San Jacinto College". www.sanjac.edu.
  6. "Donald Benamna - 2017 - University of Central Arkansas". ucasports.com.
  7. "Ocean City Nor'easters - 2016 Regular Season - Roster - # - Donald Benamna -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  8. "First Team | Stumptown Athletic". stumptownathletic.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  9. "Charlotte Eagles | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  10. "Roster | Maryland Bobcats FC". www.marylandbobcatsfc.com.
  11. "Hailstorm Signs Trialist Benamna".
  12. "Texoma FC Adds Donald Benamna to Inaugural 2025 Squad".