Youssef Aït Bennasser

Youssef Aït Bennasser
Aït Bennasser with Morocco in 2019
Personal information
Full name Youssef Aït Bennasser
Date of birth (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996
Place of birth Toul, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kayserispor
Number 15
Youth career
2013–2015 Nancy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Nancy 33 (1)
2016–2021 Monaco 13 (0)
2016–2017 → Nancy (loan) 26 (3)
2017–2018 → Caen (loan) 27 (0)
2019 → Saint-Étienne (loan) 13 (0)
2019–2020 → Bordeaux (loan) 12 (0)
2021–2023 Adanaspor 45 (3)
2023–2025 Samsunspor 58 (2)
2025– Kayserispor 21 (0)
International career‡
2013 Morocco U17 2 (0)
2016–2019 Morocco 24 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 September 2019

Youssef Aït Bennasser (born 7 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kayserispor. Born in France, he represents Morocco at international level.[2]

Club career

Nancy

Aït Bennasser is a youth exponent from AS Nancy. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 3 August 2015 against Tours FC.[3] He scored the first senior goal of his career on 28 November 2015 as Nancy beat Le Havre 3–1 in a home of Stade Marcel Picot victory.

Monaco and loans

On 25 June 2016, Aït Bennasser was announced at AS Monaco, signing a five year contract with the club.[4] After joining Monaco, he was immediately loaned back to Nancy.[5]

On 16 August 2017, Aït Bennasser was announced at Stade Malherbe Caen on a one year loan, with no option to buy.[6]

On 31 January 2019, the last day of the 2018–19 winter transfer window, Aït Bennasser departed Monaco on loan for the third time, joining the club's league rivals AS Saint-Étienne on loan until the end of the season.[7]

On 23 September 2019, Aït Bennasser was announced at Bordeaux on a one year loan, with a mandatory purchase after 15 starts.[8]

Adanaspor

The Moroccan midfielder signed a two-year contract with Turkish club Adanaspor, which is in the TFF First League.[9]

International career

Despite being born and raised in France, in March 2016, Aït Bennasser joined the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, being called up by Hervé Renard.[10] He played two matches for the Morocco national under-17 football team in 2013.[11]

On 4 January 2017, Aït Bennasser was called up to the Morocco squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[12]

He made his debut for the senior Morocco national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Albania.[13] In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[14]

On 27 May 2019, Aït Bennasser was called up to the provisional Morocco squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He would make the final cut on 11 June 2019.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 August 2020[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nancy 2015–16 Ligue 2 3310010——341
Nancy (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 1 2630010——274
Caen (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 2701010——290
Monaco 2018–19 Ligue 1 130002030—180
Saint-Étienne (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 1 1300000——130
Bordeaux (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 1 1202020——140
Career total 1244307030001355

International

As of match played 5 August 2019[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Morocco 201650
201750
201860
201950
Total210

References

  1. ↑ "Aït Bennasser Youssef" (in French). AS Nancy. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 Youssef Aït Bennasser at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Nancy vs. Tours". soccerway.com. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Le milieu de terrain de Nancy, Youssef Aït Bennasser, 19 ans, s'est engagé pour cinq ans avec l'AS Monaco. Le vice-président de l'ASM le considère comme "l'un des meilleurs espoirs du championnat de France à son poste"" [Nancy midfielder Youssef Aït Bennasser, 19, has signed a five-year contract with AS Monaco . The ASM vice-president considers him " one of the best prospects in the French league in his position ."]. france3-regions.franceinfo.fr (in French).
  5. ↑ "Transfert : Youssef Aït Bennasser (Nancy) à Monaco (officiel)" [Transfer: Youssef Aït Bennasser (Nancy) to Monaco (official)]. www.lequipe.fr (in French).
  6. ↑ "Youssef Aït Bennasser prêté au Stade Malherbe" [Youssef Aït Bennasser loaned to Stade Malherbe]. www.smcaen.fr (in French).
  7. ↑ Taiwo, Taiye (31 January 2019). "Saint-Etienne snap up Youssef Ait Bennasser on loan from Monaco". Goal. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Youssef Ait Bennasser officiellement présenté à Bordeaux" [Youssef Ait Bennasser officially presented in Bordeaux]. fr.hespress.com (in French).
  9. ↑ "Youssef Aït Bennasser rebondit en Turquie". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Youssef Aït Bennasser (AS Nancy) choisit aussi le Maroc" [Youssef Aït Bennasser (AS Nancy) also chooses Morocco]. www.lequipe.fr (in French).
  11. ↑ Bakkali, Achraf. "Fiche de". Mountakhab.net (in French). Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Liste finale pour la CAN Total, Gabon 2017" (in French). frmf.ma. 4 January 2017. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  13. ↑ Bakkali, Achraf. "Le Maroc et l'Albanie dos à dos". Mountakhab.net (in French). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "Boufal left out of Morocco squad".
  15. ↑ "CAN Total Egypte 2019 : Anas Znaiti remplace Abdelali Mhamdi lors du stage des Lions de l'Atlas". frmf.ma. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  16. ↑ Youssef Aït Bennasser at National-Football-Teams.com
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