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| Mehdi Benatia | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Mehdi Amine El Moutaqui Benatia | |
| Date of birth: | 17 April 1987 | |
| Place of birth: | Courcouronnes,  France
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| Height: | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
| Playing position: | Centre back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  Juventus
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| Number: | 4 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 |
Clairefontaine Guingamp Marseille
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2010 2010–2013 2013–2014 2014–2017 2016–2017 2017– |
Marseille → Tours (loan) → Lorient (loan) Clermont Udinese Roma Bayern Munich → Juventus (loan) Juventus
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0 (0) 29 (0) 0 (0) 56 (2) 80 (6) 33 (5) 29 (2) 12 (1) 24 (2) |
| National team | ||
| 2005 2006–2007 2008– |
France U-18 Morocco U-20 Morocco
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1 (0) 4 (0) 55 (2) |
Medhi Amine El Mouttaqi Benatia (born 17 April 1987) is a footballer who plays for Italian club Juventus on loan from German club Bayern Munich, and for the Morocco national team, as a centre back.
He began his career at Marseille, spending his time loaned out to Tours and Lorient before joining Clermont in 2008. Two years later he joined Udinese, spending three seasons there before transferring to Roma. After helping them finish as Serie A runners-up in his only campaign there, he was signed by Bayern for €26 million, winning the Bundesliga in his first two seasons.
Born and raised in France, Benatia represents his father's Morocco at international level. He made his international debut for them in 2008 and represented the nation at two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
External links[]
Medhi Benatia at Soccerway- Medhi Benatia profile at Soccerbase
- Lega Serie A profile (Italian)
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| Morocco – 2017 Africa Cup of Nations – |
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1. Bounou
2. Mendyl
3. Chafik
4. Da Costa
5. Benatia
6. Saïss
7. En-Nesyri
8. El Ahmadi
9. El-Arabi
10. Rherras
11. Fajr
12. Munir
13. Boutaïb
14. Boussoufa
15. Aït Bennasser
16. El Kaddouri
17. Dirar
18. Atouchi
19. Obbadi
20. Bouhaddouz
21. Carcela-González
22. El Kharroubi
23. Alioui
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