Omar Benzerga

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Omar Benzerga
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-03-13) 13 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Châtellerault, France
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Position(s) Right midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mouscron-Péruwelz
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2005 Châtellerault
2005–2010 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Nantes 3 (0)
2012–2013 JSM Béjaïa 0 (0)
2013– Mouscron-Péruwelz 0 (0)
International career‡
0000–2007 France U17
2009–2011 Algeria U23 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, June 29, 2012 (UTC)

Omar Benzerga (Arabic: عمر بن زرقة‎‎) (born March 13, 1990) is an Algerian footballer who plays for Mouscron-Péruwelz in the Belgian Second Division.

Club career

On June 14, 2010, Benzerga signed a four-year contract with Ligue 2 side FC Nantes, joining them on a free transfer from Lille OSC.[1]

On July 31, 2010, Benzerga made his professional debut, starting for Nantes in their Coupe de la Ligue game against US Boulogne.[2] A week later, on August 9, 2010, Benzerga made his league debut for Nantes in the opening game of the 2010–11 Ligue 2 season against Le Mans FC. He started the game before being subbed off in the 67th minute.[3] On 16. June 2012 was fired by his club FC Nantes and banned for three years by the French Football Federation.[4]

International career

Benzerga played for the French Under-17 National Team participating in the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship where France reached the semi-finals. Benzerga started all four of France's games at the competition.

However, in September 2009, Benzerga was called up to the Algerian Under-23 National Team for a 10-day training camp in Beaucaire, France.[5] He was called up again for another training camp in Alger in December 2009.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Nantes : Benzerga arrive. Mercato365.com (2010-06-14). Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
  2. ↑ Coupe de la Ligue : Boulogne Côte d'Opale / FC Nantes – 1er tour – Feuille de match:. Lfp.fr. Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
  3. ↑ Ligue 2 : FC Nantes / Le Mans FC – 1ere journee – Feuille de match. Lfp.fr. Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
  4. ↑ Foot – Justice: Benzerga suspendu deux ans. Lequipe.fr (2012-05-18). Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
  5. ↑ EN Espoirs: L'EN en regroupement à Beaucaire. Dzfoot.com (2009-09-14). Retrieved on 2015-04-21.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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