Ismaël Bennacer
| 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] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2015 | Arles | ||
| 2015– | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Arles B | 16 | (0) |
| 2015 | Arles | 6 | (0) |
| 2015– | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | France U18 | 4 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | France U19 | 7 | (1) |
| 2016– | Algeria | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2015. | |||
Ismaël Bennacer (born 1 December 1997) is an Algerian footballer who currently plays for English club Arsenal and the Algeria national football team.
Club career
Bennacer made his senior Arsenal debut in the Football 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]
International career
On 31 July 31 2016, the Algerian Football Federation announced that Bennacer had opted to switch his international allegiance and represent Algeria internationally.[3] He debuted for the Algeria national team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier, a 6–0 win over Lesotho.[4]
Personal life
Bennacer was born in Arles and is of Algerian and Moroccan descent.[5]
References
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ Toufik O. (July 31, 2016). "Bennacer (Arsenal) choisit officiellement l'Algérie" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ↑ "CAN 2017 : Algérie 6-0 Lesotho" (in French). DZfoot. September 4, 2016.
- ↑ "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. January 3, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
External links
- Ismaël Bennacer career statistics at Soccerbase
- Ismaël Bennacer profile at Soccerway
- France profile at FFF