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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

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	France
19		France	Mar 28, 2007	97	37	Raymond Domenech	19 years 03 months 09 days
	France U21
18		France U21	Sep 1, 2006	5	-	René Girard	18 years 08 months 13 days
	France U19
-		France U19	-	9	5
	France U18
-		France U18	-	17	14
	France U17
-		France U17	May 4, 2004	4	1	Philippe Bergeroo	16 years 04 months 15 days

Stats of Karim Benzema

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Total :			97	37	20	-	24	42	1	-	-	3	172'	6.349'
	International Friendlies	43	15	9	-	12	25	-	-	-	1	169'	2.533'
	World Cup qualification	22	7	3	-	9	8	1	-	-	-	181'	1.269'
	European Qualifiers	12	5	4	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	158'	791'
	EURO	10	4	2	-	-	5	-	-	-	1	216'	863'
	UEFA Nations League	5	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	148'	443'
	World Cup	5	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	150'	450'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Mar 28, 2007	France	Austria	1:0		1			46'		45'
	European Qualifiers
	Group B	Saint Denis	Jun 2, 2007	France	Ukraine	2:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Auxerre	Jun 6, 2007	France	Georgia	1:0					90'		1'
	International Friendlies
		Trnava	Aug 22, 2007	Slovakia	France	0:1					85'		5'
	European Qualifiers
	Group B	Milano	Sep 8, 2007	Italy	France	0:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Saint Denis	Sep 12, 2007	France	Scotland	0:1					77'		13'
	Group B	Tórshavn	Oct 13, 2007	Faroe Islands	France	0:6		2	1		46'		45'
	Group B	Nantes	Oct 17, 2007	France	Lithuania	2:0							90'
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Nov 16, 2007	France	Morocco	2:2	CF					63'	63'
	European Qualifiers
	Group B	Kiew	Nov 21, 2007	Ukraine	France	2:2	CF		1			46'	45'
	International Friendlies
		Málaga	Feb 6, 2008	Spain	France	1:0					60'		30'
		Saint Denis	Mar 26, 2008	France	England	1:0	Inner knee ligament tear
		Grenoble	May 27, 2008	France	Ecuador	2:0	Not in squad
		Toulouse	May 31, 2008	France	Paraguay	0:0	CF					63'	63'
		Saint Denis	Jun 3, 2008	France	Colombia	1:0	RW					65'	65'
	EURO 2008
	Group C	Zürich	Jun 9, 2008	Romania	France	0:0	CF					78'	78'
	Group C	Bern	Jun 13, 2008	Netherlands	France	4:1	on the bench
	Group C	Zürich	Jun 17, 2008	France	Italy	0:2	CF						90'
	International Friendlies
		Göteborg	Aug 20, 2008	Sweden	France	2:3	CF	1					90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group G	Wien	Sep 6, 2008	Austria	France	3:1	CF						90'
	Group G	Saint Denis	Sep 10, 2008	France	Serbia	2:1	CF					46'	45'
	Group G	Constanta	Oct 11, 2008	Romania	France	2:2	LW				39'		51'
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Oct 14, 2008	France	Tunisia	3:1	CF	1				69'	69'
		Saint Denis	Nov 19, 2008	France	Uruguay	0:0					58'		32'
		Marseille	Feb 11, 2009	France	Argentina	0:2	CF				65'		25'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group G	Kaunas	Mar 28, 2009	Lithuania	France	0:1					64'		26'
	Group G	Saint Denis	Apr 1, 2009	France	Lithuania	1:0					57'		33'
	International Friendlies
		Saint-Etienne	Jun 2, 2009	France	Nigeria	0:1	CF					46'	45'
		Lyon	Jun 5, 2009	France	Türkiye	1:0	CF	1				46'	45'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group G	Tórshavn	Aug 12, 2009	Faroe Islands	France	0:1	on the bench
	Group G	Saint Denis	Sep 5, 2009	France	Romania	1:1					73'		17'
	Group G	Belgrad	Sep 9, 2009	Serbia	France	1:1	on the bench
	Group G	Guingamp	Oct 10, 2009	France	Faroe Islands	5:0	CF	1			73'		17'
	Group G	Saint Denis	Oct 14, 2009	France	Austria	3:1	CF	1				79'	79'
	World Cup qualification Playoffs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg		Nov 14, 2009	Ireland	France	0:1	on the bench
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Saint Denis	Nov 18, 2009	France	Ireland	1:1 AET	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Mar 3, 2010	France	Spain	0:2	Not in squad
		Lens	May 26, 2010	France	Costa Rica	2:1	Not in squad
		Tunis	May 30, 2010	Tunisia	France	1:1	Not in squad
			Jun 4, 2010	France	China	0:1	Not in squad
	World Cup 2010
	Group A	Kapstadt	Jun 11, 2010	Uruguay	France	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Polokwane	Jun 17, 2010	France	Mexico	0:2	Not in squad
	Group A	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Jun 22, 2010	France	South Africa	1:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Oslo	Aug 11, 2010	Norway	France	2:1					61'		29'
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	Saint Denis	Sep 3, 2010	France	Belarus	0:1	Not in squad
	Group D	Sarajevo	Sep 7, 2010	Bosnia	France	0:2	CF	1					90'
	Group D	Saint Denis	Oct 9, 2010	France	Romania	2:0	CF					86'	86'
	Group D	Longeville-lès-Metz	Oct 12, 2010	France	Luxembourg	2:0	CF	1				63'	63'
	International Friendlies
		London	Nov 17, 2010	England	France	1:2	CF	1				67'	67'
		Saint Denis	Feb 9, 2011	France	Brazil	1:0	CF	1				85'	85'
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	Luxemburg	Mar 25, 2011	Luxembourg	France	0:2	CF						90'
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Mar 29, 2011	France	Croatia	0:0	CF					75'	75'
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	Minsk	Jun 3, 2011	Belarus	France	1:1	CF		1				90'
	International Friendlies
		Donetsk	Jun 7, 2011	Ukraine	France	1:4	CF		1		64'		26'
		Warszawa	Jun 9, 2011	Poland	France	0:1	on the bench
		Montpellier	Aug 10, 2011	France	Chile	1:1	CF		1			65'	65'
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	Tirana	Sep 2, 2011	Albania	France	1:2	CF	1	1				90'
	Group D	Bucharest	Sep 6, 2011	Romania	France	0:0	CF						90'
	Group D	Saint Denis	Oct 7, 2011	France	Albania	3:0	Not in squad
	Group D	Saint Denis	Oct 11, 2011	France	Bosnia	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Nov 11, 2011	France	USA	1:0	CF					64'	64'
		Saint Denis	Nov 15, 2011	France	Belgium	0:0	CF					72'	72'
		Bremen	Feb 29, 2012	Germany	France	1:2	Adductor injury
		Valenciennes	May 27, 2012	France	Iceland	3:2	CF		1			60'	60'
		Reims	May 31, 2012	France	Serbia	2:0	CF					61'	61'
		Le Mans	Jun 5, 2012	France	Estonia	4:0	CF	2	1			74'	74'
	EURO 2012
	Group D	Donetsk	Jun 11, 2012	France	England	1:1	CF						90'
	Group D	Donetsk	Jun 15, 2012	Ukraine	France	0:2	CF		2			76'	76'
	Group D	Kiew	Jun 19, 2012	Sweden	France	2:0	CF						90'
	Quarter-Finals	Donetsk	Jun 23, 2012	Spain	France	2:0	CF						90'
	International Friendlies
		Le Havre	Aug 15, 2012	France	Uruguay	0:0	SS					63'	63'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group I	Helsinki	Sep 7, 2012	Finland	France	0:1	CF		1				90'
	group I	Saint Denis	Sep 11, 2012	France	Belarus	3:1	RW		1				90'
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Oct 12, 2012	France	Japan	0:1	LW					46'	45'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group I	Madrid	Oct 16, 2012	Spain	France	1:1	CF					88'	88'
	International Friendlies
		Parma	Nov 14, 2012	Italy	France	1:2	Hamstring injury
		Saint Denis	Feb 6, 2013	France	Germany	1:2	CF						90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group I	Saint Denis	Mar 22, 2013	France	Georgia	3:1	CF						90'
	group I	Saint Denis	Mar 26, 2013	France	Spain	0:1	CF					82'	82'
	International Friendlies
		Montevideo	Jun 5, 2013	Uruguay	France	1:0	on the bench
		Porto Alegre	Jun 9, 2013	Brazil	France	3:0	CF					69'	69'
		Brüssel	Aug 14, 2013	Belgium	France	0:0	CF					74'	74'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group I	Tbilisi	Sep 6, 2013	Georgia	France	0:0	CF					62'	62'
	group I	Gomel	Sep 10, 2013	Belarus	France	2:4	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Oct 11, 2013	France	Australia	6:0	CF	1			46'		45'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group I	Saint Denis	Oct 15, 2013	France	Finland	3:0	CF	1			81'		9'
	World Cup qualification Playoffs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg	Kiew	Nov 15, 2013	Ukraine	France	2:0					70'		20'
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Saint Denis	Nov 19, 2013	France	Ukraine	3:0	CF	1				82'	82'
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Mar 5, 2014	France	Netherlands	2:0	CF	1				81'	81'
		Saint Denis	May 27, 2014	France	Norway	4:0	Not in squad
		Nizza	Jun 1, 2014	France	Paraguay	1:1	on the bench
		Villeneuve-dAscq	Jun 8, 2014	France	Jamaica	8:0	LW	2	2			86'	86'
	World Cup 2014
	Group E	Porto Alegre (RS)	Jun 15, 2014	France	Honduras	3:0	CF	2					90'
	Group E	Salvador	Jun 20, 2014	Switzerland	France	2:5	LW	1	2				90'
	Group E	Rio de Janeiro	Jun 25, 2014	Ecuador	France	0:0	CF						90'
	Round of 16	Brasília	Jun 30, 2014	France	Nigeria	2:0	LW						90'
	Quarter-Finals	Rio de Janeiro	Jul 4, 2014	France	Germany	0:1	CF						90'
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Sep 4, 2014	France	Spain	1:0	CF						90'
		Belgrad	Sep 7, 2014	Serbia	France	1:1	CF				60'		30'
		Saint Denis	Oct 11, 2014	France	Portugal	2:1	CF	1	1			90'	90'
		Yerevan	Oct 14, 2014	Armenia	France	0:3	CF				87'		3'
		Rennes	Nov 14, 2014	France	Albania	1:1	CF						90'
		Marseille	Nov 18, 2014	France	Sweden	1:0	CF				68'		22'
		Saint Denis	Mar 26, 2015	France	Brazil	1:3	CF						90'
		Saint Denis	Mar 29, 2015	France	Denmark	2:0	on the bench
		Saint Denis	Jun 7, 2015	France	Belgium	3:4	Not in squad
		Elbasan	Jun 13, 2015	Albania	France	1:0	Not in squad
		Lissabon	Sep 4, 2015	Portugal	France	0:1	CF					74'	74'
		Bordeaux	Sep 7, 2015	France	Serbia	2:1	CF				62'		28'
		Nizza	Oct 8, 2015	France	Armenia	4:0	CF	2	1			81'	81'
		København Ø.	Oct 11, 2015	Denmark	France	1:2	Hamstring strain
		Saint Denis	Nov 13, 2015	France	Germany	2:0	Hamstring strain
		London	Nov 17, 2015	England	France	2:0	Not in squad
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 25, 2016	Netherlands	France	2:3	Not in squad
		Saint Denis	Mar 29, 2016	France	Russia	4:2	Not in squad
		Nantes	May 30, 2016	France	Cameroon	3:2	Not in squad
		Longeville-lès-Metz	Jun 4, 2016	France	Scotland	3:0	Not in squad
	EURO 2016
	Group A	Saint Denis	Jun 10, 2016	France	Romania	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Marseille	Jun 15, 2016	France	Albania	2:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Villeneuve-dAscq	Jun 19, 2016	Switzerland	France	0:0	Not in squad
	Round of 16		Jun 26, 2016	France	Ireland	2:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Saint Denis	Jul 3, 2016	France	Iceland	5:2	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Marseille	Jul 7, 2016	Germany	France	0:2	Not in squad
	Final	Saint Denis	Jul 10, 2016	Portugal	France	1:0 AET	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Bari	Sep 1, 2016	Italy	France	1:3	Groin injury
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group A	Borisov	Sep 6, 2016	Belarus	France	0:0	Groin injury
	Group A	Saint Denis	Oct 7, 2016	France	Bulgaria	4:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Oct 10, 2016	Netherlands	France	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Saint Denis	Nov 11, 2016	France	Sweden	2:1	muscular problems
	International Friendlies
		Lens	Nov 15, 2016	France	Ivory Coast	0:0	muscular problems
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group A	Luxemburg	Mar 25, 2017	Luxembourg	France	1:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Mar 28, 2017	France	Spain	0:2	Not in squad
		Rennes	Jun 2, 2017	France	Paraguay	5:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group A	Stockholm	Jun 9, 2017	Sweden	France	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Jun 13, 2017	France	England	3:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group A	Saint Denis	Aug 31, 2017	France	Netherlands	4:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Toulouse	Sep 3, 2017	France	Luxembourg	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Sofia	Oct 7, 2017	Bulgaria	France	0:1	Hamstring injury
	Group A	Saint Denis	Oct 10, 2017	France	Belarus	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Nov 10, 2017	France	Wales	2:0	Not in squad
		Köln	Nov 14, 2017	Germany	France	2:2	Not in squad
		Saint Denis	Mar 23, 2018	France	Colombia	2:3	Not in squad
			Mar 27, 2018	Russia	France	1:3	Not in squad
		Saint Denis	May 28, 2018	France	Ireland	2:0	Not in squad
		Nizza	Jun 1, 2018	France	Italy	3:1	Not in squad
			Jun 9, 2018	France	USA	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup 2018
	Group C	Kazan	Jun 16, 2018	France	Australia	2:1	Not in squad
	Group C	Ekaterinburg	Jun 21, 2018	France	Peru	1:0	Not in squad
	Group C	Moskau	Jun 26, 2018	Denmark	France	0:0	Not in squad
	Round of 16	Kazan	Jun 30, 2018	France	Argentina	4:3	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals		Jul 6, 2018	Uruguay	France	0:2	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals		Jul 10, 2018	France	Belgium	1:0	Not in squad
	Final	Moskau	Jul 15, 2018	France	Croatia	4:2	Not in squad
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 1	München	Sep 6, 2018	Germany	France	0:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	Saint Denis	Sep 9, 2018	France	Netherlands	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Guingamp	Oct 11, 2018	France	Iceland	2:2	Hamstring injury
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 1	Saint Denis	Oct 16, 2018	France	Germany	2:1	Hamstring injury
	Group 1	Rotterdam	Nov 16, 2018	Netherlands	France	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Nov 20, 2018	France	Uruguay	1:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group H	Chisinau	Mar 22, 2019	Moldova	France	1:4	Not in squad
	Group H	Saint Denis	Mar 25, 2019	France	Iceland	4:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Nantes	Jun 2, 2019	France	Bolivia	2:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group H		Jun 8, 2019	Türkiye	France	2:0	Not in squad
	Group H	Andorra la Vella	Jun 11, 2019	Andorra	France	0:4	Not in squad
	Group H	Saint Denis	Sep 7, 2019	France	Albania	4:1	Not in squad
	Group H	Saint Denis	Sep 10, 2019	France	Andorra	3:0	Not in squad
	Group H	Reykjavík	Oct 11, 2019	Iceland	France	0:1	Not in squad
	Group H	Saint Denis	Oct 14, 2019	France	Türkiye	1:1	Not in squad
	Group H	Saint Denis	Nov 14, 2019	France	Moldova	2:1	Not in squad
	Group H	Tirana	Nov 17, 2019	Albania	France	0:2	Not in squad
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 3	Stockholm	Sep 5, 2020	Sweden	France	0:1	Not in squad
	Group 3	Saint Denis	Sep 8, 2020	France	Croatia	4:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Oct 7, 2020	France	Ukraine	7:1	Not in squad
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 3	Saint Denis	Oct 11, 2020	France	Portugal	0:0	Not in squad
	Group 3	Zagreb	Oct 14, 2020	Croatia	France	1:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Nov 11, 2020	France	Finland	0:2	Not in squad
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 3	Lissabon	Nov 14, 2020	Portugal	France	0:1	Not in squad
	Group 3	Saint Denis	Nov 17, 2020	France	Sweden	4:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group D	Saint Denis	Mar 24, 2021	France	Ukraine	1:1	Not in squad
	Group D	Astana	Mar 28, 2021	Kazakhstan	France	0:2	Not in squad
	Group D	Zenica	Mar 31, 2021	Bosnia	France	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Nizza	Jun 2, 2021	France	Wales	3:0	CF		1				90'
		Saint Denis	Jun 8, 2021	France	Bulgaria	3:0	CF					39'	39'
	EURO 2020
	Group F	München	Jun 15, 2021	France	Germany	1:0	CF					89'	89'
	Group F		Jun 19, 2021	Hungary	France	1:1	CF					76'	76'
	Group F		Jun 23, 2021	Portugal	France	2:2	CF	2					90'
	Round of 16	Bucharest	Jun 28, 2021	France	Switzerland	7:8 on pens	CF	2				94'	94'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group D	Saint Denis	Sep 1, 2021	France	Bosnia	1:1	CF					76'	76'
	Group D	Kiew	Sep 4, 2021	Ukraine	France	1:1	CF				64'		26'
	Group D		Sep 7, 2021	France	Finland	2:0	CF		1				90'
	UEFA Nations League Finals
	Semi-Finals	Torino	Oct 7, 2021	Belgium	France	2:3	CF	1				90'	90'
	Final	Milano	Oct 10, 2021	Spain	France	1:2	CF	1					90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group D	Paris	Nov 13, 2021	France	Kazakhstan	8:0	CF	2		52'		71'	71'
	Group D	Helsinki	Nov 16, 2021	Finland	France	0:2	CF	1			56'		34'
	International Friendlies
		Marseille	Mar 25, 2022	France	Ivory Coast	2:1	Calf problems
		Villeneuve-dAscq	Mar 29, 2022	France	South Africa	5:0	Calf problems
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 1	Saint Denis	Jun 3, 2022	France	Denmark	1:2	CF	1					90'
	Group 1	Split	Jun 6, 2022	Croatia	France	1:1	on the bench
	Group 1	Wien	Jun 10, 2022	Austria	France	1:1	CF						90'
	Group 1	Saint Denis	Jun 13, 2022	France	Croatia	0:1	CF						90'
Squad: 108, Starting eleven: 73, Substituted in: 24, On the bench: 11, Suspended: 0, Injured: 14,