Sami Ben Amar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Nice, France[1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Riviera | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2008 | FC de Carros | ||
| 2008–2012 | Nice | ||
| 2012–2017 | Bastia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Bastia II | 8 | (1) |
| 2017–2021 | Nîmes | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Nîmes II | 50 | (18) |
| 2021 | Dundalk | 13 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | US Mondorf-les-Bains | 7 | (1) |
| 2023 | Lyon La Duchère | 14 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | AS Cagnes-Le Cros | 7 | (4) |
| 2024–2025 | Bourgoin-Jallieu | 27 | (3) |
| 2025– | Riviera | 24 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Morocco U20 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 January 2018 | |||
Sami Ben Amar (born 2 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National 2 club Riviera. Born in France, he is a former under-20 international for Morocco.
Club career
Ben Amar made his professional debut for Nîmes in a 2–0 Ligue 2 loss to Gazélec Ajaccio on 23 January 2018.[2] He signed for League of Ireland Premier Division side Dundalk on the 17th August 2021.[3] He made his debut for the club 3 days later in a 2–1 defeat to Drogheda United in the Louth Derby at Oriel Park.[4] His first goal for the club came on 27 August 2021 when he opened the scoring in a 5–1 win over St Mochta's in the Second Round of the FAI Cup.[5] In August 2022, Ben Amar signed for Luxembourg National Division club US Mondorf-les-Bains.
International career
Ben Amar debuted for the Morocco national under-20 football team in a 1–1 friendly tie with the France U20s on 8 November 2017.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played on 16 May 2026[7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bastia | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Bastia II (loan) | 2016–17 | Championnat National 3 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| Nîmes | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Nîmes II | 2017–18 | Championnat National 3 | 13 | 7 | — | — | — | 13 | 7 | |||
| 2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | 20 | 6 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | |||||
| 2020–21 | Championnat National 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 50 | 18 | — | — | — | 50 | 18 | |||||
| Dundalk | 2021 | LOI Premier Division | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||
| US Mondorf-les-Bains | 2022–23 | Luxembourg National Division | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| Lyon La Duchère | 2022–23 | Championnat National 2 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | |||
| AS Cagnes-Le Cros | 2023–24 | Championnat National 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 4 | ||
| FC Bourgoin-Jallieu | 2023–24 | Championnat National 2 | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | 12 | 3 | |||
| 2024–25 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 19 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 31 | 5 | ||||
| Riviera | 2025–26 | Championnat National 2 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 156 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 41 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coupe de France & FAI Cup
- ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue & League of Ireland Cup
References
- ↑ "Ben Amar (Sami Ben Amar) - Football - Sudinfo.be". www.lanouvellegazette.be.
- ↑ "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Domino's Ligue 2 - Season 2017/2018 - Week 19 - Gazélec FC Ajaccio / Nîmes Olympique". www.ligue1.com.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Gavin (17 August 2021). "NEW SIGNING: SAMI BEN AMAR". Dundalk Football Club.
- ↑ "Derby joy on emotional night for Drogheda as Dundalk fall into drop zone". independent.
- ↑ "Patrick Hoban on form as Dundalk crush St Mochta's". The Irish Times.
- ↑ "Match - Maroc - France - FFF".
- ↑ Sami Ben Amar at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
External links
- Sami Ben Amar – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Sami Ben Amar at Soccerway
- Sami Ben Amar at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Foot Occitanie Profile Archived 28 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Nice
- Men's association football forwards
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Morocco men's youth international footballers
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Nîmes Olympique players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- League of Ireland players
- Dundalk F.C. players
- Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
- US Mondorf-les-Bains players
- Luxembourg National Division players
- Lyon-La Duchère players
- FC Bourgoin-Jallieu players
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen