Amir Selmane Ramy Bensebaïni (Arabic: أمير رامي بن سبعيني; born 16 April 1995) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Algeria national team.
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Full name | Amir Selmane Ramy Bensebaïni[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-04-16) 16 April 1995 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Constantine, Algeria | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back, centre-back | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |||||||||||||||
Number | 25 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2013 | Paradou AC | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Paradou AC | 32 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | → Lierse (loan) | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Montpellier (loan) | 22 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2016 | → Montpellier II (loan) | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Rennes | 79 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Rennes II | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 81 | (18) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | Algeria U23 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017– | Algeria | 50 | (6) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:37, 11 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:56, 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Constantine, Bensebaïni began his career at Paradou AC, joining the youth team in 2008 and making his senior debut in 2013.[3] In the summer of 2013, Bensebaïni went on trial with Porto and was later handed a two-week trial by English Premier League side Arsenal, during which he played in two friendlies with the under-21 team against Luton Town and Colchester.[4]
In June 2014, Bensebaïni was loaned out by Paradou for one season to Belgian Pro League club Lierse.[5] He made his full debut on 3 August in a league match against Club Brugge, coming as a 94th-minute substitute for Wanderson.[6] Bensebaïni made 23 league appearances During the course of the season, scoring 1 goal, but could not help Lierse avoid relegation.
In June 2015, Bensebaïni was loaned out again by Paradou, this time to French club Montpellier for the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season.[7]
On 5 July 2016, he signed a four-year contract with Rennes.[8]
On 14 August 2019, Bensebaïni signed a four-year deal to join Borussia Mönchengladbach[9] for 8 million euros to become the most expensive Algerian defender. He made his debut for the team in the Bundesliga as a starter during a win against 1. FC Köln.[10] On 10 November he scored his first goal with his new club against Werder Bremen. In the same game he was sent off with a red card.[11] He scored twice in a 2–1 win against defending Bundesliga champions Bayern München on 7 December 2019.[12]
On 19 July 2015, Bensebaïni made his debut for Algeria national under-23 football team in a 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifying match against Sierra Leone.
In November 2015, Bensebaïni was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for a pair of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Tanzania.[13]
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lierse (loan) | 2014–15 | Belgian Pro League | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||
Montpellier (loan) | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | |
Rennes | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |
2017–18 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 39 | 3 | ||
Total | 79 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 98 | 3 | ||
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 26 | 5 | |
2020–21 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 2 | 33 | 7 | |||
2021–22 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 6 | ||||
2022–23 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 6 | ||||
Total | 81 | 18 | 7 | 4 | — | 11 | 2 | 99 | 24 | |||
Career total | 205 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 251 | 30 |
Algeria | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
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2017 | 8 | 0 |
2018 | 8 | 2 |
2019 | 14 | 1 |
2020 | 4 | 1 |
2021 | 7 | 1 |
2022 | 9 | 1 |
Total | 50 | 6 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 1 June 2018 | Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers, Algeria | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
2. | 12 October 2018 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
3. | 14 November 2019 | ![]() | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
4. | 9 October 2020 | Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
5. | 2 September 2021 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | ![]() | 3–0 | 8–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
6. | 8 June 2022 | National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
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