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*Mehdi Benatia*
Personal information
Full name	Mehdi El Mouttaqui Benatia
Date of birth	April 17, 1987 (age 22)
Place of birth	Évry, Essonne, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Clermont Foot
Number	4
Youth career
?-2002	INF Clairefontaine
2002-2003	EA Guingamp
2003-2006	Olympique Marseille
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2009

Mehdi Benatia (born April 17, 1987 in Évry, Essonne, France) is a Moroccan football defender, who currently playing for French Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot. He was born to a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother and opted to play for Morocco^[1].

[edit] International career

Benatia represented France at the U-18 level but after decided to represent Morocco U-20.

On November 19, 2008 he played his first international match with Morocco, it was a friendly against Zambia at Mohamed V Stadium. he replaced Youssef Rabeh in second half while Morocco had the advantage of three goals to zero.

On June 7, 2009 Mehdi Benatia had his chance to play his first official match against Cameroon in Yaounde and that counts for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

[edit] References

^ http://www.telquel-online.com/379/actu_maroc1_379.shtml

[edit] External links

Mehdi Benatia French league stats at lfp.fr (French)

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