Sami Ben Amar
{{short description|Moroccan footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sami Ben Amar
| fullname =
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|3|2}}
| birth_place = Nice, France{{cite web|url=http://www.lanouvellegazette.be/sport/football/joueur/76048/sami-ben-amar|title=Ben Amar (Sami Ben Amar) - Football - Sudinfo.be|website=www.lanouvellegazette.be}}
| height = 1.85 m
| currentclub = Bourgoin-Jallieu
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = 2004–2008
| youthclubs1 = FC de Carros
| youthyears2 = 2008–2012
| youthclubs2 = Nice
| youthyears3 = 2012–2017
| youthclubs3 = Bastia
| years1 = 2016–2017
| clubs1 = Bastia II
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2016–2017
| clubs2 = → Bastia II (loan)
| caps2 = 8
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2017–2021
| clubs3 = Nîmes
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2017–2021
| clubs4 = → Nîmes II (loan)
| caps4 = 50
| goals4 = 18
| years5 = 2021
| clubs5 = Dundalk
| caps5 = 13
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2022–2023
| clubs6 = US Mondorf-les-Bains
| caps6 = 7
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2023
| clubs7 = Lyon La Duchère
| caps7 = 14
| goals7 = 4
| years8 = 2023–2024
| clubs8 = AS Cagnes-Le Cros
| caps8 = 7
| goals8 = 4
| years9 = 2024–
| clubs9 = Bourgoin-Jallieu
| caps9 = 18
| goals9 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2017
| nationalteam1 = Morocco U20
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 23 November 2024
| nationalteam-update = 27 January 2018
}}
Sami Ben Amar (born 2 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National 3 club Bourgoin-Jallieu. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ligue1.com/ligue2/feuille_match/83778|title=Ligue1.com - French Football League - Domino's Ligue 2 - Season 2017/2018 - Week 19 - Gazélec FC Ajaccio / Nîmes Olympique|website=www.ligue1.com}} He signed for League of Ireland Premier Division side Dundalk on the 17th August 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dundalkfc.com/new-signing-sami-ben-amar/|title=NEW SIGNING: SAMI BEN AMAR|first=Gavin|last=McLaughlin|date=17 August 2021|website=Dundalk Football Club}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/derby-joy-on-emotional-night-for-drogheda-as-dundalk-fall-into-drop-zone-40772697.html|title=Derby joy on emotional night for Drogheda as Dundalk fall into drop zone|website=independent}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/patrick-hoban-on-form-as-dundalk-crush-st-mochta-s-1.4658216|title=Patrick Hoban on form as Dundalk crush St Mochta’s|website=The Irish Times}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/4/u20/matchs/2563/2017-11-08/maroc-france|title=Match - Maroc - France - FFF|publisher=}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played on 18 May 2024}}{{soccerway|sami-ben-amar/456817|accessdate=23 August 2021}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de France & FAI Cup}} !colspan="2"|League Cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de la Ligue & League of Ireland Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Bastia
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |
| Bastia II (loan)
|8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Nîmes
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018–19
|rowspan="3"|Ligue 1 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20
|2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |
| 2020–21
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | |
| rowspan="5"|Nîmes II (loan)
|13 | 7 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 7 | |||
| 2018–19
|rowspan="2"|Championnat National 2 |20 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 6 | |||
| 2019–20
|11 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21
|6 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 2 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!50 | 18 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 50 | 18 | |||
| Dundalk
|2021 |13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 16 | 2 | ||
| US Mondorf-les-Bains
|7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 7 | 1 | ||
| Lyon La Duchère
|14 | 4 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 14 | 4 | |||
| AS Cagnes-Le Cros
|7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 7 | 4 | ||
| FC Bourgoin-Jallieu
|12 | 3 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 12 | 3 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!117 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 33 |
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References
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External links
- {{LFP|ben-amar-sami}}
- {{Soccerway|sami-ben-amar/456817}}
- {{Lequipe|62827}}
- [http://s649503158.onlinehome.fr/effectif/fiche-joueur.php?id=243555 Foot Occitanie Profile]
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Category:Footballers from Nice
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Moroccan men's footballers
Category:Morocco men's youth international footballers
Category:French men's footballers
Category:French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
Category:Nîmes Olympique players
Category:Championnat National 2 players
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:League of Ireland players
Category:Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
Category:US Mondorf-les-Bains players
Category:Luxembourg National Division players
Category:Lyon-La Duchère players
Category:FC Bourgoin-Jallieu players