Soufian Benyamina

Soufian Benyamina
Benyamina with Viktoria Berlin (2022)
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-03-02) 2 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth East Berlin, East Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Greifswalder FC
Number 90
Youth career
MSV Normannia 08 Berlin
0000–2007 Hertha BSC
2007–2009 Union Berlin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Carl Zeiss Jena 18 (3)
2010–2013 VfB Stuttgart II 98 (28)
2012–2013 VfB Stuttgart 2 (0)
2013–2014 Dynamo Dresden 4 (0)
2014Preußen Münster (loan) 17 (6)
2014–2015 Wehen Wiesbaden 35 (7)
2015–2018 Hansa Rostock 70 (18)
2018–2020 Pogoń Szczecin 25 (2)
2019 Pogoń Szczecin II 3 (2)
2020–2021 VfB Lübeck 24 (3)
2021–2022 Viktoria Berlin 23 (5)
2022– Greifswalder FC 60 (37)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 September 2024

Soufian Benyamina (born 2 March 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greifswalder FC.

Personal life

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His older brother Karim is also professional footballer and is currently playing for Berliner AK 07 and the Algerian national team.[1]

Career

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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,[2] where he played twenty three games and scored four goals in the A Jugend Bundesliga Nord/Nordost in the 2008–09 season.[citation needed] He left Union Berlin in July 2009 and signed for Carl Zeiss Jena.[3] Here played his first professional match in the 3. Liga on 29 July 2009 against SV Sandhausen[4] and scored on 25 October 2009 his first goal against SpVgg Unterhaching.[5] On 14 June 2010, he left Carl Zeiss Jena and signed for VfB Stuttgart II.[6] He signed in Stuttgart a three years contract and played first for the 3. Liga team.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

Career statistics

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As of match played 1 July 2022[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Carl Zeiss Jena 2009–10 3. Liga 18 3 18 3
VfB Stuttgart II 2010–11 3. Liga 35 7 35 7
2011–12 33 9 33 9
2012–13 30 12 30 12
Total 98 28 0 0 98 28
VfB Stuttgart 2012–13 Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dynamo Dresden 2013–14 2. Bundesliga 4 0 0 0 4 0
Preußen Münster 2013–14 3. Liga 17 6 0 0 17 6
Wehen Wiesbaden 2014–15 3. Liga 32 7 1 0 33 7
2015–16 3 0 3 0
Total 35 7 1 0 0 0 36 7
Hansa Rostock 2015–16 3. Liga 15 3 0 0 15 3
2016–17 20 4 0 0 20 4
2017–18 25 11 1 0 26 11
Total 60 18 1 0 0 0 61 18
Pogoń Szczecin 2018–19 Ekstraklasa 15 2 15 2
2019–20 10 0 1 0 11 0
Total 25 2 1 0 0 0 26 2
VfB Lübeck 2020–21 3. Liga 24 3 0 0 0 0 24 3
Viktoria Berlin 2021–22 3. Liga 23 5 0 0 0 0 23 5
Career total 306 72 3 0 0 0 309 72

References

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  1. ^ "GANZ WIE DER GROßE BRUDER" (in German). FC Carl Zeiss Jena. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Benyamina, Soufian" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Die Hoffnungsträger der Aufsteiger" (in German). bundesliga.de. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2012.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Pinto behält vom Punkt die Nerven" (in German). kicker.de. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Unterhaching wahrt den Anschluss an Spitzengruppe" (in German). kicker.de. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Soufian Benyamina wechselt zum VfB Stuttgart" (in German). OTZ.de. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  7. ^ "FCC ab Montag im einwöchigen Trainingslager" (in German). FC Carl Zeiss Jena. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Dynamo Dresden verpflichtet Soufian Benyamina" [Dynamo Dresden signs Soufian Benyamina] (in German). Dynamo Dresden. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Dresden verleiht Benjamina nach Münster" [Dresden loans out Benjamina to Münster] (in German). DFL. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  10. ^ "F.C. Hansa Rostock verpflichtet Stürmer Soufian Benyamina". fc-hansa.org (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  11. ^ Soufian Benyamina at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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