Nadia Benmokhtar
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{{Short description|French-Algerian football player and sports manager}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nadia Benmokhtar
| image = Nadia Benmokhtar.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|08|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Paris
| citizenship = French and Algerian
| position = Defender
| height = 1,70 m
| currentclub = Paris Saint Germain Academy
| youthclubs1 = VGA Saint-Maur
| years_active = 1992–present
| website =
| caption = Nadia Benmokhtar in 2014
| youthclubs2 = US Compiègne
| youthyears1 = 2000-2002
| youthyears2 = 2002-2003
| years1 = 2003-2008
| clubs1 = US Compiègne
| years2 = 2008-2010
| clubs2 = COM Bagneux
| years3 = 2010-2015
| clubs3 = FCF Juvisy
| caps2 = 30
| goals2 = 0
| goals1 = 1
| caps1 = 55
| caps3 = 42
| goals3 = 2
}}
Nadia Benmokhtar (born 31 August 1985 in Paris, France) is a French-Algerian association footballer and sports manager. She was a semi-professional player, pursuing a sporting career in the French women's Première Ligue.
After having retired from playing in 2015, she has embarked on a second career in sports management. Additionally, she has been active as football consultant and commentator across major French media outlets. In 2017, she was nominated General Director of the Paris Saint-Germain FC Youth Academy, and since 2021, she has been in charge of PSG's international brand and business development.
Life and career
The daughter of a former professional player in Algeria, Benmokhtar began playing football at a very early age, obtaining her first licence at VGA Saint-Maur at the age of 7.{{cite web|access-date=2025-07-07 |date=2015 |title=Temps Additionn'Elles: Nadia Benmokhtar, un exemple de reconversion réussie |url=http://www.footmercato.net/autre-championnat/temps-additionn-elles-nadia-benmokhtar-un-exemple-de-reconversion-reussie_151875 |website=Foot Mercato}}{{Cite web |last=Romaric |date=2022-11-23 |title=Nadia Benmokhtar et son compagnon : une carrière exceptionnelle ! |url=https://www.pressamedia.com/nadia-benmokhtar-et-son-compagnon-2/ |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Pressamedia |language=fr-FR}} She played for several years in the second French division as a defender, notably for Union Sportive de Compiègne and Club Olympique Multisport de Bagneux. Called up for the Algerian women's football team training camp for the 2014 African Cup of Nations, she did not join that competition.{{cite web|access-date=2025-07-07 |date=2014 |language=fr |title=En Dames: Cinq joueuses évoluant en France en renfort |url=http://www.radioalgerie.dz/news/fr/article/20140829/11761.html |website=Radio Algérie}}
Benmokhtar ended her active career in the French women's première ligue with FCF Juvisy Essonne (now Paris FC), a club managed by Sandrine Soubeyrand and captained by French international Gaëtane Thiney. For Juvisy, she played in the quarter final of the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League and the semi-final in the 2013 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Later career
= Sports management =
While still active as a football player, Benmokhtar graduated with an MBA in Marketing and Sport Management in 2008 at ISC Paris. Additionally, she obtained a Master in Event Management at the Université Paris-Sud. During the 2010s, she worked as project coordinator for the French Football Federation, as well as manager for sponsorship and corporate social responsibility for private companies.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Nadia Benmokhtar |url=https://execed.iscte-iul.pt/docentes/nadia-benmokhtar |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=execed.iscte-iul.pt |language=en}} In 2020, she was named among 100 young talents in the French sports economy in the Choiseul ranking.{{Cite web |title=Nadia Benmokhtar (ISC Paris MBA 2008) est lauréate du classement CHOISEUL Sport&Business 2020 ! {{!}} ISC Paris Alumni - Réseau des Diplômés ISC Paris |url=https://www.iscparis-alumni.com/fr/article/nadia-benmokhtar-isc-paris-mba-2008-est-laureate-du-classement-choiseul-sport-business-2020/28/10/2020/2916 |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=ISC Paris Alumni |language=fr}}
Between 2017 and 2021, Benmokhtar was in charge of the Paris Saint-Germain FC Youth Academy, which provides football training for girls and boys aged 3 to 17.{{Cite web |date=2025-07-07 |title=La cinquième Paris Saint-Germain Academy Cup débutera le 15 mai à Paris |url=https://www.psg.fr/equipes/the-club/content/la-cinquieme-paris-saint-germain-academy-cup-debutera-le-15-mai-a-paris |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Site officile du PSG |language=fr}} Since 2021, she has been Head of Brand Development of the PSG brand and business projects on an international level.{{Cite web |title=Les PSG Academy avec Nadia Benmokhtar, responsable du développement de la marque PSG à l'international |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/100-psg-le-mag/107-1/happy-hour-100-psg-104 |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |date=8 February 2022 |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=Nadia Benmokhtar (ISC 08) est nommée Head of Brand Development au Paris Saint-Germain {{!}} ISC Paris Alumni - Réseau des Diplômés ISC Paris |url=https://www.iscparis-alumni.com/fr/article/nadia-benmokhtar-isc-08-est-nommee-head-of-brand-development-au-paris-saint-germain/06/09/2021/3047 |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=ISC Paris Alumni |language=fr}} Thus, in August 2024, she was quoted saying that the PSG Academy will open a Football Academy the same year in Casablanca, Morocco.{{Cite web |last=Faouzi |first=Adil |date=2024-08-06 |title=Paris Saint-Germain to Open Football Academy in Casablanca |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2024/08/16220/paris-saint-germain-to-open-football-academy-in-casablanca/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Morocco World News |language=en-US}}
= Journalism =
A former consultant for the 2019 Women's World Cup on France Bleu radio, she was a consultant for TF1/TMC television in Le Mag for the 2022 World Cup.{{Cite web |last=Tesson |first=François |date=2022-10-31 |title=TF1, la grande annonce avant la Coupe du monde ! |url=https://www.sports.fr/medias/tf1-grande-annonce-coupe-monde-640495.html |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Sports.fr |language=fr-FR}} During the Euro 2024 in Germany, she again worked as a consultant for TF1.{{Cite journal |last=Gréau |first=Jean-Luc |date=2011-09-28 |title=De l'euro bouclier à l'euro en détresse |url=https://shs.cairn.info/revue-le-debat-2011-4-page-103 |journal=Le Débat |language=fr |volume=166 |issue=4 |pages=103–115 |doi=10.3917/deba.166.0103 |issn=0246-2346}} As sports commentator for France Info, she has reported on football news, such as Luis Rubiales' unconsented kiss in 2023{{Cite web |date=2023-08-25 |title=Baiser non consenti de Luis Rubiales : "Le plus choquant, c'est qu'on dirait qu'il ne voit pas le problème", s'agace Nadia Benmokhtar |url=https://www.franceinfo.fr/societe/harcelement-sexuel/baiser-non-consenti-de-luis-rubiales-le-plus-choquant-c-est-qu-on-dirait-qu-il-ne-voit-pas-le-probleme-s-agace-nadia-benmokhtar_6025220.html |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}} and analysed the performance of the French national team, including players such as Kilian Mbappé and Karim Benzema.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-18 |title=Karim Benzema chez les Bleus : Didier Deschamps "s'est assuré que la présence d'une personnalité forte ne nuirait pas au collectif", estime Nadia Benmokhtar |url=https://www.franceinfo.fr/sports/foot/karim-benzema/karim-benzema-chez-les-bleus-didier-deschamps-s-est-assure-que-la-presence-d-une-personnalite-forte-ne-nuirait-pas-au-collectif-estime-nadia-benmokhtar_4628779.html |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}
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Category:Paris-Sud University alumni
Category:Algerian women's footballers
Category:French women's footballers