Nadir Benchenaa
{{short description|Swedish footballer of Algerian origin|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nadir Benchenaa
| image =
| fullname = Nadir Mohamed Benchenaa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|2|2}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| height = {{height|m=1.84}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1999–2000
| youthyears2 = 2000–2003
| youthclubs1 = Hammarby IF
| youthclubs2 = Stade Rennais
| years1 = 2003–2004
| years2 = 2005
| years3 = 2006
| years4 = 2007
| years5 = 2008
| years6 = 2008
| years7 = 2009
| years8 = 2009–2010
| years9 = 2010–2011
| clubs1 = Hammarby IF
| clubs2 = → Örgryte IS (loan)
| clubs3 = Assyriska FF
| clubs4 = Gröndals IK
| clubs5 = SV Babelsberg 03
| clubs6 = U.R. Namur
| clubs7 = FK Khazar Lankaran
| clubs8 = Dalkurd FF
| clubs9 = WA Tlemcen
| caps1 = 18 | goals1 = 0
| caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 0
| caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 0
| caps4 = ? | goals4 = 3
| caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0
| caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0
| caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 0
| caps8 = | goals8 =
| caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2004
| nationalteam1 = Sweden U21
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 00:00, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 00:00, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
}}
Nadir Mohamed Benchenaa (born February 2, 1984, in Stockholm) is a Swedish footballer of Algerian origin.[https://www.mitti.se/nyheter/talangen-som-gick-upp-i-rok-ar-tillbaka/lmnas!231083/ Talangen som gick upp i rök är tillbaka] mitti.se He is a currently a free agent.
Career
Benchenaa started his career at Hammarby IF before joining Stade Rennais in June 2000 for 2.8million SEK.{{cite web|title=Nadir,16,rescues Bajens economy|url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/sport/0101/21/benchenaa.html|accessdate=18 December 2013}}{{cite news|title=Talent in Hammarby played for Rennes|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |date=12 December 2003 |url=https://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/talang-i-hammarby-har-spelat-for-rennes/|access-date=18 December 2013}} Benchenaa stayed in France for three years, won the Gambardella Cup in 2003, and had a trial with Aston Villa during the 2000–01 season,{{cite web|title=Name: Benchenaa, Nadir|url=http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/101.html|accessdate=18 December 2013}} before returning to Hammarby in the summer of 2003{{cite web|title=Benchenaa to Hammarby|url=http://www.kristianstadsbladet.se/sport/article1150306/Benchenaa-till-Hammarby.html|publisher=kristianstadsbladet.se/|accessdate=18 December 2013}} and joining Örgryte IS on loan for the 2005 season. After his loan deal Benchenaa was sold to Assyriska on a two-year contract,{{cite web|title=Benchenaa clear Assyriska|url=http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/114200.aspx|publisher=svenskafans.com/|accessdate=18 December 2013}} of which he only stayed for one before leaving for Gröndals in February 2007.{{cite web|title=Brewah in - Benchenaa out|url=http://www.assyrianvoice.net/forum/index.php?topic=15982.330;wap2|publisher=assyrianvoice.net/|accessdate=18 December 2013}} In January 2008 he moved to Germany with SV Babelsberg 03 for six months, before heading to Union Royale Namur in Belgium for another six months before signing for Khazar Lankaran in January 2009. Benchenaa returned to Sweden in the summer of 2009, joining Dalkurd{{cite web|title=Football: a sporting barometer of European integration policies|url=http://icss-journal.newsdeskmedia.com/football-a-sporting-barometer-of-European-integration-policies|publisher=icss-journal.newsdeskmedia.com/|accessdate=18 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220021558/http://icss-journal.newsdeskmedia.com/football-a-sporting-barometer-of-European-integration-policies|archive-date=20 December 2013|url-status=dead}} with whom he spent a year before once again moving abroad, this time with Algerian Ligue 1 side WA Tlemcen.{{cite web|title=Whatever {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|happenend}} to?|date=February 2011 |url=http://sambadefensiv.se/tag/nadir-benchenaa/|publisher=sambadefensiv.se/|accessdate=18 December 2013}}
Benchenaa has also represented Sweden internationally at U-21 level.
Career statistics
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100525071503/http://www.laget.se/dalkurd/2147-truppen-do-1-item-691138.html Dalkurd FF profile]
- {{SvFF player|fid=191825|pid=4210}}
- [http://www.stade-rennais-online.com/Nadir-Benchenaa.html Stade-Rennais Profile]
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Category:Swedish men's footballers
Category:Swedish people of Algerian descent
Category:Footballers from Stockholm
Category:Stade Rennais FC players
Category:Hammarby Fotboll players
Category:SV Babelsberg 03 players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
Category:Swedish expatriates in Belgium
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen
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