Yassine Benzia

Yassine Benzia ( born September 8, 1994 Saint- Aubin- lès- Elbeuf, France ) is a French football player of Algerian descent who plays for Olympique Lyon as a center forward.

Career

Olympique Lyon

Benzia came in 2010 in the youth academy of Olympique Lyon. He previously played for some smaller clubs. On 27 October 2011 he signed his first professional contract, which is worth for three years.

On 20 May 2012, he made ​​his competitive debut against OGC Nice.

For the 2012/13 season, he was part of the professional squad. In Ligue 1 he came only to brief appearances in the final phase of the Games. He played a bigger role for Lyon in the UEFA Europa League. Against Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona he made on October 4, 2012 his first international game when he came on in the 54th minute for Clément Grenier. In the games of the group stage of the Europa League against Sparta Prague on 22 November 2012, and in the return match against Hapoel Shmona on 6 November 2012, he scored a goal each.

National

From the U- 16, he went through all the junior national teams of France.