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#9 Karim Benzema

Al-Ittihad

Saudi Pro League League level: Saudi Arabia

First Tier Joined: Jul 1, 2023 Contract expires: Jun 30, 2026

Date of birth/Age: Dec 19, 1987 (36)
Place of birth: Lyon
Citizenship: France

Height: 1,85 m
Position: Centre-Forward

Former International: France
Caps/Goals: 97 / 37

€15.00m

Last update: Dec 15, 2023

Stats of Karim Benzema

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Stats 08/09

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total 08/09:			47	23	6	2	-	-	3.744'
	Ligue 1	36	17	4	1	-	-	2.764'
	Champions League	8	5	2	1	-	-	704'
	Coupe de France	2	1	-	-	-	-	156'
	Trophée des Champions	1	-	-	-	-	-	120'

UEFA Champions League

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Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
Group F	9/17/08	H	Fiorentina	2:2	LW	1	1	74'	90'
Group F	9/30/08	A	Bayern Munich	1:1	LW				90'
Group F	10/21/08	A	Steaua Bucharest	3:5	CF	2			81'
Group F	11/5/08	H	Steaua Bucharest	2:0	CF				83'
Group F	11/25/08	A	Fiorentina	1:2	CF	1	1		90'
Group F	12/10/08	H	Bayern Munich	2:3	CF	1			90'
last 16 1st leg	2/24/09	H	Barcelona	1:1	CF				90'
last 16 2nd leg	3/11/09	A	Barcelona	5:2	CF				90'
Squad: 8, Starting eleven: 8, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

World Cup qualification Europe

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Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
Group G	9/6/08	A	(46.)	Austria (6.)	3:1	CF		90'
Group G	9/10/08	H	(29.)	Serbia (19.)	2:1	CF		45'
Group G	10/11/08	A	(28.)	Romania (29.)	2:2	LW		51'
Group G	3/28/09	A	(26.)	Lithuania (17.)	0:1			26'
Group G	4/1/09	H	(19.)	Lithuania (21.)	1:0			33'
Group G	8/12/09	A	(16.)	Faroe Islands (46.)	0:1	on the bench
Group G	9/5/09	H	(16.)	Romania (34.)	1:1			17'
Group G	9/9/09	A	(16.)	Serbia (7.)	1:1	on the bench
Group G	10/10/09	H	(13.)	Faroe Islands (46.)	5:0	CF	1	17'
Group G	10/14/09	H	(11.)	Austria (28.)	3:1	CF	1	79'
Squad: 10, Starting eleven: 3, Substituted in: 5, On the bench: 2, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

International Friendlies

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Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
1	8/20/08	A	Sweden	2:3	CF	1	90'
2	10/14/08	H	Tunisia	3:1	CF	1	69'
2	11/19/08	H	Uruguay	0:0			32'
3	2/11/09	H	Argentina	0:2	CF		25'
5	6/2/09	H	Nigeria	0:1	CF		45'
7	6/5/09	H	Türkiye	1:0	CF	1	45'
Squad: 6, Starting eleven: 4, Substituted in: 2, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Ligue 1

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Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
1	8/10/08	H	(1.)	Toulouse (20.)	3:0	CF	2			82'
2	8/17/08	A	(3.)	FC Lorient (5.)	0:0	CF				90'
3	8/23/08	H	(2.)	Grenoble (7.)	2:0	RW	1			84'
4	8/31/08	A	(2.)	Saint-Étienne (18.)	0:1	CF	1			73'
5	9/13/08	H	(1.)	OGC Nice (6.)	3:2		1			45'
6	9/20/08	A	(1.)	Le Havre AC (18.)	0:1					33'
7	9/27/08	H	(1.)	AS Nancy (14.)	2:1	CF	1			58'
8	10/5/08	A	(1.)	Stade Rennais (7.)	3:0	CF				90'
9	10/18/08	H	(1.)	LOSC Lille (6.)	2:2					32'
10	10/25/08	A	(1.)	AJ Auxerre (12.)	0:0	CF			39'	83'
11	10/29/08	A	(1.)	FC Sochaux (20.)	0:2	CF	1	1		90'
12	11/2/08	H	(1.)	Le Mans UC 72 (9.)	2:0	CF	1			58'
13	11/8/08	A	(1.)	Monaco (12.)	0:1					45'
14	11/16/08	H	(1.)	G. Bordeaux (6.)	2:1	LW	1			90'
15	11/22/08	A	(1.)	Paris SG (5.)	1:0	LW				59'
16	11/29/08	H	(1.)	Valenciennes FC (20.)	0:0	Thigh problems
17	12/6/08	A	(1.)	FC Nantes (16.)	2:1	Thigh problems
18	12/14/08	H	(1.)	Marseille (2.)	0:0	CF				90'
19	12/20/08	A	(1.)	SM Caen (13.)	0:1	LW	1			90'
20	1/10/09	H	(1.)	FC Lorient (9.)	1:1	LW		1		90'
21	1/17/09	A	(1.)	Grenoble (12.)	0:2	CF		1		90'
22	2/1/09	H	(1.)	Saint-Étienne (18.)	1:1	LW				90'
23	2/8/09	A	(1.)	OGC Nice (8.)	1:3	CF	1	1		90'
24	2/15/09	H	(1.)	Le Havre AC (20.)	3:1	CF				80'
25	2/21/09	A	(1.)	AS Nancy (11.)	0:2	CF	1			24'
26	3/1/09	H	(1.)	Stade Rennais (6.)	1:1	CF				75'
27	3/7/09	A	(1.)	LOSC Lille (7.)	2:0	CF				45'
28	3/15/09	H	(1.)	AJ Auxerre (10.)	0:2	CF				90'
29	3/22/09	H	(1.)	FC Sochaux (17.)	2:0	CF				90'
30	4/4/09	A	(1.)	Le Mans UC 72 (15.)	1:3	CF	2			90'
31	4/12/09	H	(2.)	Monaco (10.)	2:2	CF				90'
32	4/19/09	A	(3.)	G. Bordeaux (2.)	1:0	CF				90'
33	4/24/09	H	(3.)	Paris SG (4.)	0:0	CF				90'
34	5/2/09	A	(3.)	Valenciennes FC (13.)	2:0	CF				90'
35	5/12/09	H	(3.)	FC Nantes (19.)	3:0	CF				90'
36	5/17/09	A	(3.)	Marseille (2.)	1:3	CF	2			90'
37	5/23/09	H	(3.)	SM Caen (17.)	3:1	CF	1			90'
38	5/30/09	A	(3.)	Toulouse (4.)	0:0	CF				90'
Squad: 36, Starting eleven: 31, Substituted in: 5, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 2

Coupe de France

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Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
Third Round	1/24/09	A	(10.)	Concarneau (64.)	0:6	CF		67'
Fourth Round	1/28/09	H	(10.)	Marseille (24.)	1:0	CF	1	89'
Round of 16	3/4/09	A	(10.)	LOSC Lille (5.)	3:2	Not in squad
Squad: 2, Starting eleven: 2, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Coupe de la Ligue

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Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
Round of 16	11/11/08	H		(38.)		FC Metz (3.)	1:3	Not in squad
Squad: 0, Starting eleven: 0, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Trophée des Champions

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Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
Final	8/2/08	A				G. Bordeaux	5:4 on pens	CF						120'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Positions played

Played as...
Centre-Forward	35	18	4
Left Winger	7	3	2
Right Winger	1	1	-

National team career

#	National team		Debut
	France
19		France	Mar 28, 2007	97	37
	France U21
18		France U21	Sep 1, 2006	5	-
	France U19
-		France U19	-	9	5
	France U18
-		France U18	-	17	14
	France U17
-		France U17	May 4, 2004	4	1

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