Yohan Benalouane
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yohan Benalouane | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2000 | FC Tricastin | ||
| 2000–2001 | Racing Blondel Bollène | ||
| 2001–2005 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Saint-Étienne B | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Saint-Étienne | 65 | (2) |
| 2010–2012 | Cesena | 26 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Parma | 25 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Atalanta | 27 | (0) |
| 2015– | Leicester City | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | France U21[1] | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:34, 07 December 2015 (UTC). | |||
Yohan Benalouane (Arabic: يوهان بن علوان; born 28 March 1987) is a Tunisian footballer who plays for Leicester City as a defender.
Biography
Cesena
After a particularly poor performance in a 2-0 loss against Bologna in December 2010, Benalouane was substituted. On leaving the pitch, and being jeered by Cesena supporters, he stormed past the bench and headed straight down the tunnel.[2] He later publicly apologised for his behaviour.[3]
Parma/Atalanta
In the summer of 2012 Benalouane was loaned to Parma, making his move permanent in July 2013 in co-ownership deal. He signed a five-year contract with the Serie A outfit.[4] On 3 January 2014, he joined Atalanta on a loan deal.[5]
After a successful loan deal, Benalouane was bought outright by La Dea in June 2014.
Leicester City
On 3 August 2015, Benalouane joined Premier League side Leicester City on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be €8 million.[6][7] He played only four league games (all as subsititute) in the 2015–16 Premier League season, when Leicester became champions, making him ineligible for a winner's medal (minimum five league games required).[8] Following the close of the transfer window, Benalouane was excluded from Leicester City's finalised squad for the Premier League season.[9]
Fiorentina
On 31 January 2016, Benalouane joined Italian club ACF Fiorentina on a loan with the right to make the deal permanent.[10]
International career
Benalouane was eligible to play either for France (by place of birth) or Tunisia (through parentage). Despite playing once for the French under 21 team, he submitted a transfer request to represent the Tunisian senior side in 2010. However, despite receiving a call-up against Chad in an African Cup of Nations qualifier,[11] he missed the game because he failed to be vaccinated prior to travel to Chad.
In October he refused to join Tunisia for the match against Togo, for which he expected to receive a call-up from Laurent Blanc instead. However, FIFA warned Benalouane that as the paperwork had been completed, he could represent Tunisia only, a refusal to show up may risk a ban in club football.[12] Benalouane refused another call-up in August 2013.[13]
References
- ↑ FFF
- ↑ "Mercato: vicini i Riski; Benalouane si scusa". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 7 December 2010. p. 6.
- ↑ "Cesena, Benalouane: "Chiedo scusa a tutti"" [Cesena, Benalouane: "I apologise to everyone"]. Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 6 December 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ↑ "Leonardi: Paletta Costs 35 Millions. Benalouane signed a five year contract". Parma FC. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "Yohan Benalouane on loan to Atalanta". Parma FC. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "Leicester City Sign Yohan Benalouane". Leicester City FC. 3 August 2015.
- ↑ "Leicester seal deal for defender Yohan Benalouane". ESPN FC. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ↑ Which Leicester players get a Premier League winners' medal?, Sky Sports, 7 May 2016, retrieved 9 May 2016
- ↑ Blackwell, Jordan (2 September 2016). "Leicester City's Premier League squad: Benalouane out, Hamer in". www.leicestermercury.co.uk. Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11712/10152641/leicesters-yohan-benalouane-joins-fiorentina-on-loan
- ↑ La Presse de Tunisie Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. (French)
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101013070245/http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/sports/201010/89692.php. Archived from the original on October 13, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Tunisie : Yohan Benalouane aurait décliné la convocation de Maâloul" (in French). Global Net. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
External links
- Yohan Benalouane career statistics at Soccerbase
- Profile at L'Equipe.fr (French)
- Statistics of Yohan Benalouane (French)