Youssef Aït Bennasser

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Youssef Aït Bennasser
Aït Bennasser with Morocco in 2019
Personal information
Full name Youssef Aït Bennasser
Date of birth (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth Toul, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Samsunspor
Number 6
Youth career
2013–2015 Nancy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Nancy 33 (1)
2016–2021 Monaco 13 (0)
2016–2017 → Nancy (loan) 26 (3)
2017–2018 → Caen (loan) 27 (0)
2019 → Saint-Étienne (loan) 13 (0)
2019–2020 → Bordeaux (loan) 12 (0)
2021–2023 Adanaspor 45 (3)
2023– Samsunspor 58 (2)
International career‡
2013 Morocco U17 2 (0)
2016– Morocco 23 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:54, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Youssef Aït Bennasser (born 7 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Samsunspor. Born in France, he represents Morocco at international level.[2]

Club career

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Nancy

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Aït Bennasser is a youth exponent from AS Nancy. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 3 August 2015 against Tours FC.[3] He scored the first senior goal of his career on 28 November 2015 as Nancy beat Le Havre 3–1 in a home of Stade Marcel Picot victory.

Monaco and loans

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On 25 June 2016, Aït Bennasser was announced at AS Monaco, signing a five year contract with the club.[4] After joining Monaco, he was immediately loaned back to Nancy.[5]

On 16 August 2017, Aït Bennasser was announced at Stade Malherbe Caen on a one year loan, with no option to buy.[6]

On 31 January 2019, the last day of the 2018–19 winter transfer window, Aït Bennasser departed Monaco on loan for the third time, joining the club's league rivals AS Saint-Étienne on loan until the end of the season.[7]

On 23 September 2019, Aït Bennasser was announced at Bordeaux on a one year loan, with a mandatory purchase after 15 starts.[8]

Adanaspor

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The Moroccan midfielder signed a two-year contract with Turkish club Adanaspor, which is in the TFF First League.[9]

International career

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Despite being born and raised in France, in March 2016, Aït Bennasser joined the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, being called up by Hervé Renard.[10] He played two matches for the Morocco national under-17 football team in 2013.[11]

On 4 January 2017, Aït Bennasser was called up to the Morocco squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[12]

He made his debut for the senior Morocco national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Albania.[13] In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[14]

On 27 May 2019, Aït Bennasser was called up to the provisional Morocco squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He would make the final cut on 11 June 2019.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 3 August 2020[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nancy 2015–16 Ligue 2 33 1 0 0 1 0 — — 34 1
Nancy (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 1 26 3 0 0 1 0 — — 27 4
Caen (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 27 0 1 0 1 0 — — 29 0
Monaco 2018–19 Ligue 1 13 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 — 18 0
Saint-Étienne (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 — — 13 0
Bordeaux (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 1 12 0 2 0 2 0 — — 14 0
Career total 124 4 3 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 135 5

International

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As of match played 5 August 2019[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Morocco 2016 5 0
2017 5 0
2018 6 0
2019 5 0
Total 21 0

References

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  1. ^ "Aït Bennasser Youssef" (in French). AS Nancy. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b Youssef Aït Bennasser at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Nancy vs. Tours". soccerway.com. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Le milieu de terrain de Nancy, Youssef Aït Bennasser, 19 ans, s'est engagé pour cinq ans avec l'AS Monaco. Le vice-président de l'ASM le considère comme "l'un des meilleurs espoirs du championnat de France à son poste"" [Nancy midfielder Youssef Aït Bennasser, 19, has signed a five-year contract with AS Monaco . The ASM vice-president considers him " one of the best prospects in the French league in his position ."]. france3-regions.franceinfo.fr (in French).
  5. ^ "Transfert : Youssef Aït Bennasser (Nancy) à Monaco (officiel)" [Transfer: Youssef Aït Bennasser (Nancy) to Monaco (official)]. www.lequipe.fr (in French).
  6. ^ "Youssef Aït Bennasser prêté au Stade Malherbe" [Youssef Aït Bennasser loaned to Stade Malherbe]. www.smcaen.fr (in French).
  7. ^ Taiwo, Taiye (31 January 2019). "Saint-Etienne snap up Youssef Ait Bennasser on loan from Monaco". Goal. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Youssef Ait Bennasser officiellement présenté à Bordeaux" [Youssef Ait Bennasser officially presented in Bordeaux]. fr.hespress.com (in French).
  9. ^ "Youssef Aït Bennasser rebondit en Turquie". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Youssef Aït Bennasser (AS Nancy) choisit aussi le Maroc" [Youssef Aït Bennasser (AS Nancy) also chooses Morocco]. www.lequipe.fr (in French).
  11. ^ Bakkali, Achraf. "Fiche de". Mountakhab.net (in French). Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Liste finale pour la CAN Total, Gabon 2017" (in French). frmf.ma. 4 January 2017. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  13. ^ Bakkali, Achraf. "Le Maroc et l'Albanie dos à dos". Mountakhab.net (in French). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".
  15. ^ "CAN Total Egypte 2019 : Anas Znaiti remplace Abdelali Mhamdi lors du stage des Lions de l'Atlas". frmf.ma. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  16. ^ Youssef Aït Bennasser at National-Football-Teams.com