Personal information | |||
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Full name | Youssef Benali | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Albi, France | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | IR Tanger | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2014 | Toulouse | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Toulouse | 4 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | 38 | (3) |
2018–2020 | Concarneau | 44 | (3) |
2020–2021 | Bourges Foot | ||
2021– | IR Tanger | 41 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2023 |
Youssef Benali (born 4 February 1995) is a French footballer who plays for Moroccan club IR Tanger as a winger.
Benali began his career at the Toulouse FC youth academy, where he most commonly played as an attacking midfielder. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 23 November 2014 against Montpellier HSC, replacing Étienne Didot after 81 minutes in a 2-0 away defeat. [1] During his time at Toulouse, Benali appeared in four Ligue 1 matches and a single match in the Coupe de la Ligue. After falling out of contract with Toulouse, he moved to Moroccan club Chabab Rif Al Hoceima on 29 August 2016 with a two year deal. [2]
During the summer 2018, he moved to Concarneau. [3]
Benali made five appearances for the France national U-16 team and one appearance for the France national U-18 team.
Benali holds both French and Moroccan nationalities. [4]
Club | Season | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Continental | Others | Total | ||||||||||||
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App | Goals | Assist | App | Goals | Assist | App | Goals | Assist | App | Goals | Assist | App | Goals | Assist | App | Goals | Assist | ||
Toulouse | 2014–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Toulouse Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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