| Youssef Aït Bennasser | |
| Fullname: | Youssef Aït Bennasser |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Toul, France |
| Height: | 1.84 m[1] |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Samsunspor |
| Clubnumber: | 6 |
| Youthyears1: | 2013–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Nancy |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Nancy |
| Caps1: | 33 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2016–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Monaco |
| Caps2: | 13 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs3: | → Nancy (loan) |
| Caps3: | 26 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs4: | → Caen (loan) |
| Caps4: | 27 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Clubs5: | → Saint-Étienne (loan) |
| Caps5: | 13 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs6: | → Bordeaux (loan) |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs7: | Adanaspor |
| Caps7: | 45 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | Samsunspor |
| Caps8: | 50 |
| Goals8: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Morocco U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016– |
| Nationalteam2: | Morocco |
| Nationalcaps2: | 23 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 10 November 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 08:54, 10 December 2021 (UTC) |
Youssef Aït Bennasser (born 7 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Samsunspor. Born in France, he represents Morocco at international level.
Aït Bennasser is a youth exponent from AS Nancy. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 3 August 2015 against Tours FC.[2] He scored the first senior goal of his career on 28 November 2015 as Nancy beat Le Havre 3–1 in a home of Stade Marcel Picot victory.
On 31 January 2019, the last day of the 2018–19 winter transfer window, Aït Bennasser departed Monaco on loan for the third time, joining the club's league rivals AS Saint-Étienne on loan until the end of the season.[3]
The Moroccan midfielder signed a two-year contract with Turkish club Adanaspor, which is in the TFF First League.[4]
Despite being born and raised in France, Aït Bennasser joined the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. He played two matches for the Morocco national under-17 football team in 2013.[5]
He made his debut for the senior Morocco national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Albania.[6] In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nancy | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| Nancy (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 4 | |||
| Caen (loan) | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| Monaco | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Saint-Étienne (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Bordeaux (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 124 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 5 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2016 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 0 | ||