Ismaël Bennacer
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Bennacer with AC Milan in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ismaël Bennacer | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Arles, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Marseille (on loan from AC Milan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 137 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | → Marseille (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | France U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | France U19 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Algeria | 51 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:35, 17 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Ismaël Bennacer (French: [ismaɛl benasɛʁ]; Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيل بِن نَاصِر, romanized: Ismāʿīl bin Nāṣir, pronounced [ʔismaːˈʕiːl bin ˈnaːsˤir]; born 1 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Marseille, on loan from Serie A club AC Milan. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.
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.