Soufian Benyamina
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Soufian Benyamina
| image = 2022-05-21 VSG Altglienicke gegen FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin (Finale AOK-Landespokal Berlin 2021-22) by Sandro Halank–161.jpg
| caption = Benyamina with Viktoria Berlin (2022)
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|03|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = East Berlin, East Germany
| height = 1.89 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Greifswalder FC
| clubnumber = 90
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = MSV Normannia 08 Berlin
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2007
| youthclubs2 = Hertha BSC
| youthyears3 = 2007–2009
| youthclubs3 = Union Berlin
| years1 = 2009–2010 | clubs1 = Carl Zeiss Jena | caps1 = 18 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2010–2013 | clubs2 = VfB Stuttgart II | caps2 = 98 | goals2 = 28
| years3 = 2012–2013 | clubs3 = VfB Stuttgart | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2013–2014 | clubs4 = Dynamo Dresden | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2014 | clubs5 = → Preußen Münster (loan) | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 6
| years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs6 = Wehen Wiesbaden | caps6 = 35 | goals6 = 7
| years7 = 2015–2018 | clubs7 = Hansa Rostock | caps7 = 70 | goals7 = 18
| years8 = 2018–2020 | clubs8 = Pogoń Szczecin | caps8 = 25 | goals8 = 2
| years9 = 2019 | clubs9 = Pogoń Szczecin II | caps9 = 3 | goals9 = 2
| years10= 2020–2021 | clubs10= VfB Lübeck | caps10= 24 | goals10= 3
| years11= 2021–2022 | clubs11= Viktoria Berlin | caps11= 23 | goals11= 5
| years12= 2022– | clubs12= Greifswalder FC | caps12= 70 | goals12= 39
| club-update = 1 January 2025
}}
Soufian Benyamina (born 2 March 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greifswalder FC.
Personal life
His older brother Karim is also professional footballer and is currently playing for Berliner AK 07 and the Algerian national team.{{cite web | url = http://www.fc-carlzeiss-jena.de/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=6807&type=&menuid=73&topmenu=301 | title = GANZ WIE DER GROßE BRUDER | language = German | publisher = FC Carl Zeiss Jena | date = 2 July 2009 | accessdate = 8 December 2012}}
Career
Benyamina began his career in the youth side with MSV Normannia 08 Berlin. He was later scouted by Hertha BSC. After few years with Hertha BSC, he joined rival Union Berlin,{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/3liga/vereine/3-liga/2009-10/carl-zeiss-jena-36/58419/spieler_benyamina-soufian.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090729075132/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/3liga/vereine/3-liga/2009-10/carl-zeiss-jena-36/58419/spieler_benyamina-soufian.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 29 July 2009 | title = Benyamina, Soufian | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 8 December 2012}} where he played twenty three games and scored four goals in the A Jugend Bundesliga Nord/Nordost in the 2008–09 season.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} He left Union Berlin in July 2009 and signed for Carl Zeiss Jena.{{cite web | url = http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga2/news/2008/index.php?f=0000131665.php | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120720164813/http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga2/news/2008/index.php?f=0000131665.php | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 July 2012 | title = Die Hoffnungsträger der Aufsteiger | language = German | publisher = bundesliga.de | date = 23 July 2009 | accessdate = 8 December 2012 }} Here played his first professional match in the 3. Liga on 29 July 2009 against SV Sandhausen{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/sandhausen-gegen-jena-2009-liga-938793/analyse | title = Pinto behält vom Punkt die Nerven | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 8 December 2012 | date = 29 July 2009}} and scored on 25 October 2009 his first goal against SpVgg Unterhaching.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/unterhaching-gegen-jena-2009-liga-938911/analyse | title = Unterhaching wahrt den Anschluss an Spitzengruppe | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 8 December 2012 | date = 25 October 2009}} On 14 June 2010, he left Carl Zeiss Jena and signed for VfB Stuttgart II.{{cite web | url = http://www.otz.de/startseite/detail/-/specific/Soufian-Benyamina-wechselt-zum-VfB-Stuttgart-1701935100 | title = Soufian Benyamina wechselt zum VfB Stuttgart | language = German | publisher = OTZ.de | date = 11 June 2010 | accessdate = 8 December 2012 | archive-date = 1 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100701145429/http://www.otz.de/startseite/detail/-/specific/Soufian-Benyamina-wechselt-zum-VfB-Stuttgart-1701935100 | url-status = dead }} He signed in Stuttgart a three years contract and played first for the 3. Liga team.{{cite web | url = http://www.fc-carlzeiss-jena.de/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=7826&type=&menuid=74&topmenu=301 | title = FCC ab Montag im einwöchigen Trainingslager | language = German | publisher = FC Carl Zeiss Jena | date = 13 June 2010 | accessdate = 8 December 2012}}
On 8 December 2012, Benyamina made his Bundesliga debut for the first team of VfB Stuttgart in a 3–1 home victory against Schalke 04.
On 1 July 2013, he moved to Dynamo Dresden.{{cite web|title=Dynamo Dresden verpflichtet Soufian Benyamina|trans-title=Dynamo Dresden signs Soufian Benyamina|language=German|date=5 June 2013|publisher=Dynamo Dresden|url=http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/news/newsdetails/dynamo-dresden-verpflichtet-soufian-benyamina.html|access-date=5 June 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025500/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/verein/news/newsdetails/dynamo-dresden-verpflichtet-soufian-benyamina.html|url-status=dead}} After an unsuccessful half-season, in which Benyamina made only four appearances for Dynamo, the club loaned him to 3rd division club Preußen Münster in the winter transfer window.{{cite web|title=Dresden verleiht Benjamina nach Münster|trans-title=Dresden loans out Benjamina to Münster|language=German|date=7 January 2014|accessdate=9 January 2014|publisher=DFL|url=http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga2/news/2013/dresden-verleiht-benjamina-nach-muenster.php|archive-date=22 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122202527/http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga2/news/2013/dresden-verleiht-benjamina-nach-muenster.php|url-status=dead}} At the end of the season he left Dynamo permanently, signing for SV Wehen Wiesbaden.
In August 2015, Benyamina signed for 3. Liga club Hansa Rostock on a three-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.fc-hansa.de/news/fc-hansa-rostock-verpflichtet-stuermer-soufian-benyamina.html|title=F.C. Hansa Rostock verpflichtet Stürmer Soufian Benyamina|language=German|website=fc-hansa.org|accessdate=29 September 2018}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 1 July 2022|{{soccerway|soufian-benyamina/86172|accessdate=7 March 2018}}}}
| 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"|DFB-Pokal !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Carl Zeiss Jena
|18 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 3 | |||
| rowspan="4"|VfB Stuttgart II
|rowspan="3"|3. Liga |35 | 7 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 7 | |||
| 2011–12
|33 | 9 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 9 | |||
| 2012–13
|30 | 12 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 12 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!98 | 28 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 98 | 28 | ||
| VfB Stuttgart
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dynamo Dresden
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| Preußen Münster
|3. Liga |17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 6 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Wehen Wiesbaden
|rowspan="2"|3. Liga |32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 7 | ||
| 2015–16
|3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | |
| rowspan="4"|Hansa Rostock
|rowspan="3"|3. Liga |15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17
|20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18
|25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 11 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!60 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 18 | |
| rowspan="3"|Pogoń Szczecin
|rowspan="2"|Ekstraklasa |15 | 2 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 15 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20
|10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 11 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
| VfB Lübeck
|3. Liga |24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
| Viktoria Berlin
|3. Liga |23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!306 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 72 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{Soccerway|soufian-benyamina/86172}}
- {{Fussballdaten|benyaminasoufian}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benyamina, Soufian}}
Category:German people of Algerian descent
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Category:Footballers from Berlin
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Oberliga (football) players
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Category:VfB Stuttgart II players
Category:VfB Stuttgart players
Category:Dynamo Dresden players
Category:SC Preußen Münster players
Category:SV Wehen Wiesbaden players
Category:FC Hansa Rostock players
Category:Pogoń Szczecin players
Category:FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin players
Category:Greifswalder FC players
Category:German expatriate men's footballers
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Poland