Yassine Benzia
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Benzia with France U19 in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, France | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Qarabağ | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2005 | Saint-Aubin | ||
| 2005–2006 | Oissel | ||
| 2006–2009 | Caudebecais | ||
| 2009–2010 | Quevilly | ||
| 2010–2012 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Lyon | 38 | (4) |
| 2011–2015 | → Lyon II | 38 | (19) |
| 2015–2020 | Lille | 81 | (9) |
| 2015–2016 | → Lille II | 3 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Fenerbahçe (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Dijon | 27 | (6) |
| 2022 | → Hatayspor (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2023–2025 | Qarabağ | 104 | (28) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | France U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011 | France U17 | 6 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | France U18 | 9 | (9) |
| 2012–2013 | France U19 | 16 | (7) |
| 2013–2015 | France U21 | 9 | (6) |
| 2016– | Algeria | 6 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07 April 2024 | |||
Yassine Benzia (Arabic: ياسين بنزية; born 8 September 1994) is a professional footballer who most recently played for Azerbaijan Premier League club Qarabağ. He currently represents the Algeria national team. He mainly plays as an attacking or a central midfielder but can also play as a winger or striker.
He began his professional career at Olympique Lyonnais, where he played 53 total games and scored 6 goals, winning the 2012 Trophée des Champions. In August 2015, he was signed by Lille.
Benzia was a France youth international, having played for the representative teams of the French Football Federation at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-21 level. He played with the under-17 team at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In March 2016, FIFA approved his request to change his international allegiance to Algerian Football Federation.