Sami Ben Amar (born 2 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward, most recently for League of Ireland Premier Division club Dundalk. He is a former under-17 international for Morocco.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sami Ben Amar | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Nice, France[1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2008 | FC de Carros | ||
| 2008–2012 | Nice | ||
| 2012–2017 | Bastia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Bastia II | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Bastia II (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2017–2021 | Nîmes | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | → Nîmes II (loan) | 50 | (18) |
| 2021 | Dundalk | 13 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Morocco U20 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:55, 14 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 January 2018 | |||
Ben Amar made his professional debut for Nîmes in a 2–0 Ligue 2 loss to Gazélec Ajaccio on 23 January 2018.[2] He signed for League of Ireland Premier Division side Dundalk on the 17th August 2021.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bastia | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Bastia II (loan) | 2016–17 | Championnat National 3 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| Nîmes | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Nîmes II (loan) | 2017–18 | Championnat National 3 | 13 | 7 | — | — | — | 13 | 7 | |||
| 2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | 20 | 6 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | |||||
| 2020–21 | Championnat National 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 50 | 18 | — | — | — | 50 | 18 | |||||
| Dundalk | 2021 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 77 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 21 | ||