Nicolas Benezet

Nicolas Benezet (* February 24, 1991 in Montpellier ) is a French football player.

Club career

Benezet began playing football in his home town of Montpellier, where he joined in childhood the youth of the local professional club Montpellier HSC. From there, he moved in 2004 to the juniors of nearby rivals Olympique Nîmes. In Nîmes, he was appointed at age 19 for the first time in the second division team and was in a 0-0 draw against FC Istres just that on 15 October 2010 his professional debut, where he appeared as a substitute in the 59th minute; henceforth he first came into regular substitutions before becoming the remainder of the season for regular players. Even if he had to accept relegation to the third tier at the end of 2010/ 11, he was at the same time equipped with a contract for the first team. In the third division, he was able to maintain its position as a service provider and had in this way share of the direct re-emergence in 2012.

With nine goals in the 2012/13 season the midfielder held the climber in the top half of the table and at the same time aroused the interest of several top division; to the interested parties included, among other things, Girondins Bordeaux, OGC Nice, SC Bastia, as well as his home club Montpellier HSC. The award of a change in the summer 2013, however, went to the FC Evian Thonon Gaillard, who had fought in the preseason against relegation from the top flight; for a transfer fee in the amount of one and a half million euros has been overdue.

National

During the preparation phase of the U-20 World Cup 2011 Benezet was in the squad of the French U -20 team, for whom he debuted on June 2, 2011, when a 4-1 win against Mexico in the 67th minute it into play came. Although he played two more games, but he did not made ​​it into the final squad and was subsequently appointed no other time in a French Jugendelf.