Nabil Bentaleb

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Nabil Bentaleb
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Bentaleb playing for Tottenham Hotspur in 2014
Personal information
Full name Nabil Bentaleb[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-24) 24 November 1994 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Lille, France
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 6
Youth career
2001–2004 AJS Wazemmes
2004–2009 Lille
2009 Mouscron
2010–2012 Dunkerque
2012–2013 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Tottenham Hotspur 46 (0)
International career‡
2012 France U19 1 (0)
2014– Algeria 17 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:53, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:55, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Nabil Bentaleb (born 24 November 1994) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Algeria national team.

Bentaleb made his senior international debut in March 2014 and has represented Algeria at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. As of April 2015, he has won 16 international caps and scored 2 goals.

Club career

Early career

Born in Lille to Algerian parents, Bentaleb started his career at the academy of local side, Lille.[4] However he was released from the academy at the age of 15 and then went to Belgium to play for Mouscron.[4] Bentaleb then went on trial with Birmingham City before eventually signing into the academy of Tottenham Hotspur in January 2012.[4] During the 2012–13 season Bentaleb broke into the under-21 side at Tottenham and scored four goals in fourteen matches, including a winning goal against Arsenal's Academy.[5] His performance that season earned him a new four-year contract at Tottenham Hotspur until 2018.[5]

Tottenham Hotspur

On 22 December 2013, Bentaleb was selected into the 18-man first-team squad for Tottenham Hotspur in a Premier League match against Southampton.[6] He made his professional debut in that match when he came on as a sub in the 50th minute for Mousa Dembélé, Tottenham won the match 3–2.[6] His first start for Spurs came in the North London derby against Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup on 4 January.[7] Bentaleb scored his first goal for the club on 17 December 2014 in the fifth round of the Football League Cup against Newcastle United.[8]

On 1 March 2015, Bentaleb started for Tottenham in the 2015 Football League Cup Final, a match they lost 2–0 to Chelsea.[9] On 6 July, he signed a new five-year contract, which runs until 2020.[10]

International career

On 14 November 2012, Bentaleb made his debut for France U19 in a friendly match, coming on as a half time substitute in a 3–0 loss to Germany U19.

Despite having represented France, he has been courted by the Algerian Football Federation,[11] and some sources said he already accepted.[12] In January 2014, Tottenham Hotspur manager Tim Sherwood suggested that The English Football Association were also interested.[13] However, Bentaleb would not meet the requirements to play for England under the unique rules set out in the Home Nations agreement. The Home Nations agreement requires that players engage in a minimum of five years of education before the age of 18 within the territory of the relevant association and do not offer national team eligibility through residency.[14]

On 15 February 2014, Bentaleb pledged his international future to Algeria.[15] A few days later, he was called up by Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodžić for a friendly match against Slovenia.[16] He made his debut on 5 March, playing the full game in a 2–0 win over Slovenia.[17] He scored his first goal for his country against Romania on 4 June 2014 at the Stade de Genève in Switzerland.[18]

In June 2014, Bentaleb was named in Algeria's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[19] He started in midfield for the team's opening match of the tournament – a 2–1 defeat by Belgium in Belo Horizonte on 17 June.[20] He also played the full ninety minutes for Les Fennecs in their two other Group H matches; a 4–2 defeat of South Korea and a 1–1 draw with Russia. However, he was an unused substitute during the team's 2–1 defeat to Germany in the round of 16.[21]

On 15 December 2014, Bentaleb was named in Algeria's 23-man squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 February 2016.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tottenham Hotspur 2013–14[23] Premier League 15 0 1 0 0 0 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 20 0
2014–15[23] Premier League 26 0 0 0 3 1 6[lower-alpha 1] 0 35 1
2015–16[23] Premier League 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
Career total 46 0 5 0 3 1 11 0 65 1
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 13 June 2015.[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Algeria 2014 9 1
2015 8 2
Total 17 3

References

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  2. ↑ Nabil Bentaleb – UEFA competition record
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  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Nabil Bentaleb at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

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