Ahmad Benali ( Arabic: احمد بن علي ; February 7, 1992 , Manchester , England ) - Libyan and English footballer , midfielder of the Italian football club Crotone and the national team of Libya .
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| Born | February 7, 1992 (aged 27) Manchester , England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Libya  England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 173 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Crotone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born February 7, 1992 in Manchester , England . His mother is English, and his father is Libyan. Also has German and Scottish roots [1] .
Club career
He is a pupil of the English club Manchester City . For the main team did not play a single match.
In the 2011/2012 season he was on loan at the English Rochdale . He played 2 matches in the First League (3rd Division of England) [2] .
Brescia
In the summer of 2012 he moved to the Italian " Brescia ". In the season 2012/2013 he played 10 matches in Serie B (2nd Division of Italy) [3] . In the 2013/2014 season, he played 34 matches and scored 4 goals in Serie B [4] . In the 2014/2015 season, he played 36 games and scored 9 goals in Serie B [5] .
Pescara
In the summer of 2015 he moved to Palermo and was immediately leased to Pescara . In the 2015/2016 season, he played 39 matches and scored 5 goals in Serie B [6] . The team took 4th place in the championship [7] . In the playoffs, Novara and Trapani won and reached Serie A [8] . In the summer of 2016, Pescara purchased the rights to Benali. In the 2016/2017 season, he played 33 matches and scored 6 goals in the championship [9] . In the first half of the 2017/2018 season, he played in Series B 15 matches and scored 4 goals [10] .
Crotone
In January 2018, he went on loan until the end of the season at Croton [11] . He played 10 matches and scored 1 goal in the championship [12] . In the summer of 2018, the club bought the player. In the 2018/19 season, he played 23 matches and scored 5 goals in the championship [13] .
Team
He made his debut for the Libyan national team on May 23, 2012 in a friendly match against the Rwanda team [14] . The first goal for the national team scored on June 9, 2017 at the gate of the Seychelles national team in the match of the qualifying stage of the African Cup of Nations 2019.
Statistics
Club
| Performance | Championship | Cups [15] | Eurocups | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Club | League | Season | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals |
| Rochdale (rental) | League One | 2011/2012 | 2 | 0 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Brescia | B series | 2012/2013 [16] | ten | 0 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | eleven | 0 |
| 2013/2014 | 34 | four | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | four | ||
| 2014/2015 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 9 | ||
| Total | 80 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 13 | ||
| Pescara | Series B / Series A | 2015/2016 [17] | 39 | five | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | five |
| 2016/2017 | 33 | 6 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | ||
| 2017/2018 | 15 | four | one | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | sixteen | five | ||
| Total | 87 | 15 | 2 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | sixteen | ||
| Crotone | Series A / Series B | 2017/2018 [18] | ten | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ten | one |
| 2018/2019 | 23 | five | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | five | ||
| Total | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | ||
| Total career | 202 | 34 | eleven | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 35 | ||
as of June 24, 2019
International
| Benali matches for the Libyan national team | ||||||
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| No. | date | Opponent | Score | Goals | Competition | |
| one | May 23, 2012 | Rwanda | 2-0 | - | Friendly match | |
| 2 | March 24, 2013 | DR Congo | 0: 0 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers | |
| 3 | November 11, 2016 | Tunisia | 0: 1 | - | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers | |
| four | June 5, 2017 | Egypt | 0: 1 | - | Friendly match | |
| five | June 9, 2017 | Seychelles | 5: 1 | one | Qualifying matches CAN-2019 | |
| 6 | November 11, 2017 | Tunisia | 0: 0 | - | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers | |
| 7 | September 8, 2018 | South Africa | 0: 0 | - | Qualifying matches CAN-2019 | |
| eight | October 13, 2018 | Nigeria | 0: 4 | - | Qualifying matches CAN-2019 | |
| 9 | October 16, 2018 | Nigeria | 2: 3 | one | Qualifying matches CAN-2019 | |
| ten | March 24, 2019 | South Africa | 1: 2 | one | Qualifying matches CAN-2019 | |
Total: 10 matches / 3 goals; 2 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses.
Achievements
Team
- Pescara
- Winner of the playoffs for access to Serie A (1) : 2015/2016 .
Personal life
He is a Muslim [1] .
Married. The couple has two children: daughter Yasmin (born 2013) [19] and son Ayman (born 2014) [20] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Serie A, Pescara si coccola Benali: dal City all'esordio (con gol) contro il Napoli .
- ↑ Season 2011/2012 .
- ↑ Season 2012/2013 .
- ↑ Season 2013/2014 .
- ↑ Season 2014/2015 .
- ↑ Season 2015/2016 .
- ↑ Episode B. Season 2015/2016. Tournament table .
- ↑ Serie B Play-off 15/16 .
- ↑ Season 2016/2017 .
- ↑ Season 2017/2018. Pescara .
- ↑ Benali è rossoblù. Benvenuto Ahmad! .
- ↑ Season 2017/18 .
- ↑ Season 2018/19 .
- ↑ Games for the national team .
- ↑ League Trophy , Italian Cup .
- ↑ Series B: 9 games. Playoffs: 1 game.
- ↑ Belonged to Palermo, played for Pescara on loan. Series B: 35 games, 4 goals. Playoffs: 4 games, 1 goal.
- ↑ In the 2017/18 season, he played for the club on loan.
- ↑ E 'nata Yasmin Benali .
- ↑ E 'nato Ayman Benali .
Links
- Player profile on Transfermarkt
- National Football Teams profile
- Player profile (eng.) On soccerbase.com
- Soccerway Profile
- Profile at footballdatabase.eu
- Profile on ogol.com (port.)
- Ahmad Benali's official Facebook page
- Benali, Ahmad on Twitter