Ismaël Bennacer
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Ismaël Bennacer (French pronunciation: [ismaɛl benasɛʁ]; Arabic: إسمَاعِيْل بن نَاصِر, romanized: İsmâîl bin Nâsır; Arabic pronunciation: [ʔismaːʕiːl bin naːsˁir]; born 1 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.
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Full name | Ismaël Bennacer[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 26)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Arles, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2004–2015 | Arles | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Arles B | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Arles | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | → Tours (loan) | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Empoli | 76 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2019– | AC Milan | 131 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | France U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | France U19 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Algeria | 48 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:56, 26 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 January 2024 (UTC) |
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At club level, Bennacer has represented teams in France, England and Italy throughout his career. At international level, he made his senior debut for Algeria in 2016, and won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations where he was named player of the tournament and assisted the winning goal in the final.