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Yohan Ben Alouane (Arabic: يوهان بن علوان, also known as Yohan Benalouane; born 28 March 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie C Group A club Novara. Born and brought up in France, Benalouane represented the country as a youth before switching to Tunisia at senior international level.

Yohan Benalouane

Benalouane training with Atalanta in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Yohan Ben Alouane[1]
Date of birth	(1987-03-28) 28 March 1987 (age 35)
Place of birth	Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Novara
Number	29
Youth career
1996–2000	FC Tricastin
2000–2001	Racing Blondel Bollène
2001–2005	Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2007	Saint-Étienne B	2	(0)
2007–2010	Saint-Étienne	66	(2)
2010–2012	Cesena	26	(0)
2012–2014	Parma	25	(1)
2014–2015	→ Atalanta (loan)	44	(1)
2015–2019	Leicester City	16	(0)
2016	→ Fiorentina (loan)	0	(0)
2019–2020	Nottingham Forest	15	(1)
2020–2022	Aris	22	(0)
2022–	Novara	5	(1)
National team‡
2008	France U21[3]	1	(0)
2018–2019	Tunisia	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:38, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Saint-Étienne

Benalouane started out his professional career at a French club Saint-Étienne, playing exclusively for the reserves in 2005 before successfully promoted to the first team in 2007.

Cesena

On 31 August 2010, Benalouane joined Serie A club Cesena for an undisclosed fee.[4] After a particularly poor performance in a 2–0 loss against Bologna in December 2010, Benalouane was substituted. On leaving the pitch, and being jeered by Cesena supporters, he stormed past the bench and headed straight down the tunnel.[5] He later publicly apologised for his behaviour.[6]

Parma/Atalanta

In the summer of 2012, Benalouane was loaned to Parma, making his move permanent in July 2013 in a co-ownership deal. He signed a five-year contract with the Serie A outfit.[7] On 3 January 2014, he joined Atalanta on a loan deal.[8]

Leicester City

On 3 August 2015, Benalouane joined Premier League club Leicester City on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee, reported to be €8 million.[9][10] On 31 January 2016, he joined Italian club ACF Fiorentina on loan until the end of the season,[11] but did not play for the club due to injury.[12] In June 2016, Benalouane filed an appeal with the Lega Serie A over unpaid wages from Fiorentina, whose sporting director claimed Leicester had deceived them over the player's fitness.[12] He played only four league games (all as a substitute) in the 2015–16 Premier League season, when Leicester became champions, making him ineligible for a winner's medal (minimum five league matches required).[13]

Following the close of the transfer window, Benalouane was excluded from Leicester City's finalised squad for the 2016–17 Premier League season.[14] Benalouane spent most of the season playing for the reserves, but returned to the first team in January 2017 following the departures of Luis Hernández and Jeffrey Schlupp. He played his first senior game of the 2016–17 season in a 3–1 FA Cup fourth-round replay win over Derby County on 8 February 2017.[15]

Nottingham Forest

On 18 January 2019 it was announced that Benalouane had become new manager Martin O'Neill's first signing for Nottingham Forest.[16] He made his debut for the club the following day, playing the full 90 minutes of a 0–1 home defeat to Bristol City.[17] He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win over arch-rivals Derby County on 25 February 2019.

Aris

After having his contract cancelled with Forest by mutual consent,[18] Benalouane subsequently joined Super League Greece side Aris until the end of the 2021–22 season.[19]

Novara

On 14 July 2022, Benalouane signed a one-year contract, with an option to extend, with Novara in the Italian third-tier Serie C.[20]

International career

Benalouane was eligible to play either for France (by place of birth) or Tunisia (through parentage). Despite playing once for the French under 21 team, he submitted a transfer request to represent the Tunisian senior team in 2010. However, despite receiving a call-up against Chad in an African Cup of Nations qualifier,[21] he missed the game because he failed to be vaccinated prior to travel to Chad.

In October he refused to join Tunisia for the match against Togo, for which he expected to receive a call-up from Laurent Blanc instead. However, FIFA warned Benalouane that as the paperwork had been completed, he could represent Tunisia only, a refusal to show up may risk a ban in club football.[22] Benalouane refused another call-up in August 2013.[23]

In March 2018, Benalouane was once again called up by Tunisia, and this time he accepted the call up.[24] Benalouane made his debut for Tunisia in a 1–0 victory over Iran on 23 March 2018, playing the full match.[25] He was named in Tunisia's final 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[26]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 July 2020[27]

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Saint-Étienne	2007–08	Ligue 1	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2008–09	Ligue 1	29	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	38	2
	2009–10	Ligue 1	29	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	32	0
	2010–11	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		66	2	2	0	1	0	9	1	78	3
Cesena	2010–11	Serie A	15	0	1	0	—		—		16	0
	2011–12	Serie A	11	0	3	1	—		—		14	1
	2012–13	Serie A	0	0	2	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		26	0	6	1	—		—		32	1
Parma	2012–13	Serie A	21	1	1	0	—		—		22	1
	2013–14	Serie A	4	0	1	0	—		—		5	0
	Total		25	1	2	0	—		—		27	1
Atalanta	2013–14	Serie A	17	0	1	0	—		—		18	0
	2014–15	Serie A	27	1	2	0	—		—		29	1
	Total		44	1	3	0	—		—		47	1
Leicester City	2015–16	Premier League	4	0	2	0	3	0	—		9	0
	2016–17	Premier League	11	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	18	0
	2017–18	Premier League	1	0	3	0	1	0	—		5	0
	Total		16	0	7	0	4	0	2	0	29	0
Fiorentina (loan)	2015–16	Serie A	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Nottingham Forest	2018–19	Championship	14	1	0	0	0	0	—		14	1
	2019-20	Championship	1	0	1	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		15	1	1	0	0	0	—		16	1
Career total			192	5	21	1	5	0	11	1	229	7

International

As of match played 17 July 2019[28]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tunisia	2018	5	0
Total		5	0

References

External links

• Yohan Benalouane at Soccerbase
• Yohan Benalouane at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Yohan Benalouane at FootballDatabase.eu

На других языках

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[de] Yohan Benalouane

Yohan Benalouane (arabisch يوهان بن علوان, DMG Yūhān b. ʿAlwān; * 28. März 1987 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze) ist ein französisch-tunesischer Fußballspieler. Der Innenverteidiger nahm mit der tunesischen Nationalmannschaft an der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018 in Russland teil.

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- [en] Yohan Benalouane

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[es] Yohan Benalouane

Yohan Benalouane (árabe: يوهان بن علوان) (Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Francia, 28 de marzo de 1987) es un futbolista tunecino que juega defensor para el Aris Salónica F. C. de la Superliga de Grecia.[1]

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[fr] Yohan Benalouane

Yohan Benalouane, né le 28 mars 1987 à Bagnols-sur-Cèze (France), est un footballeur international tunisien qui évolue au poste de défenseur central à l'AC Novare.

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[it] Yohan Benalouane

Yohan Benalouane (in arabo: يوهان بن علوان‎; Bagnols-sur-Cèze, 28 marzo 1987) è un calciatore tunisino, difensore dell'Arīs Salonicco.

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[ru] Беналуан, Йоан

Йоа́нн Беналуа́н (араб. يوهان بن علوان‎; родился 28 марта, 1987 года, Баньоль-сюр-Сез, Франция) — тунисский футболист, защитник греческого клуба «Арис» Салоники. Выступал за сборной Туниса, участник чемпионата мира 2018 года.

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