Yassine Benrahou

Yassine Otmane Benrahou (born 24 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Ligue 2 club Nîmes. Born in France, he previously represented France and Morocco youth international level.

Yassine Benrahou
Benrahou in October 2017
Personal information
Full name Yassine Otmane Benrahou
Date of birth (1999-01-24) 24 January 1999
Place of birth Le Blanc-Mesnil, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Nîmes
Number 22
Youth career
2005–2008 Aulnay FC
2008–2009 Villepinte FC
2009–2011 Bondy AS
2011–2012 Paris Saint-Germain
2012 Bondy AS
2012–2014 Créteil
2014–2019 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Bordeaux II 45 (10)
2019–2020 Bordeaux 10 (0)
2019–2020 → Nîmes (loan) 9 (2)
2020– Nîmes 0 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 France U16 6 (2)
2016 France U17 1 (0)
2018 Morocco U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 May 2019

Club career

On 6 August 2018, Benrahou signed his first professional contract with Bordeaux, keeping him at the club for three seasons.[1] He made his professional debut with in a 3–2 Ligue 1 loss to Olympique Lyonnais on 26 April 2019.[2]

Benrahou joined Nîmes Olympique permanently from Bordeaux June 2020, after he spent the second half of the 2019–20 season on loan at the club. He signed a three-year contract while Nîmes paid a transfer fee of €1.5 million to Bordeaux.[3]

International career

Benrahou was born in France to a Moroccan father and Algerian mother.[4] A former youth international for France, he switched and represented the Morocco U20s in a pair of 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2018.[5][6]

References
  1. "Yassine Benrahou est professionnel !". Girondins.com. 6 August 2018.
  2. "Girondins de Bordeaux - Olympique Lyonnais (2-3) - Saison 2018/2019 - Ligue 1 Conforama". www.lfp.fr.
  3. "Girondins de Bordeaux : Yassine Benrahou officiellement transféré à Nîmes". Sud Ouest (in French). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. farid (21 April 2018). "Le Maroc chippe encore 2 joueurs à l'Algérie - DZBallon L'actu du football Algérien".
  5. "Info FM : à la découverte de Yassine Benrahou, jeune gaucher adroit des Girondins de Bordeaux".
  6. "Yassine Benrahou en sélection". Girondins.com. 14 March 2018.
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