Selim Benachour

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Selim Benachour
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Benachour playing for Málaga in 2010
Personal information
Full name Selim Benachour
Date of birth (1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Oldham Athletic (under-18s manager)
Youth career
Clairefontaine[1]
1995–2001 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Paris Saint-Germain 28 (1)
2002 → Martigues (loan) 28 (1)
2003 → Troyes (loan) 9 (2)
2005–2006 Vitória Guimarães 25 (4)
2006–2008 Rubin Kazan 23 (3)
2008–2009 Al Qadsia 25 (3)
2009–2010 Málaga 22 (0)
2011–2012 Marítimo 33 (5)
2012–2014 APOEL 38 (3)
2015 Mumbai City 11 (1)
2016–2018 FC Martigues 15 (2)
Total 257 (25)
National team
2002–2010 Tunisia 44 (2)
Teams managed
2016–2018 FC Martigues (youth)
2018 Club Africain (assistant)
2018–2019 Foresta Suceava
2020 Olimpia Grudziądz
2020– Oldham Athletic (under-18s manager)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Selim Benachour (Arabic: سليم بن عاشور, Salīm bin ʻĀshūr‎; born Slim Ben-Achour on 8 September 1981) is a retired Tunisian professional footballer, who predominantly played as a attacking midfielder. He is currently under-18s manager at Oldham Athletic.

Club career[]

Paris Saint-Germain[]

Born and brought up in Paris, Selim Benachour learned to ply his trade at the Paris Saint-Germain academy. Benachour began his professional club career with Paris Saint-Germain in 2001 and stayed in the club until 2005.

After his two loan transfers, he went back to PSG after this, playing on and off for them over the next two seasons. Overall he earned 28 caps for his childhood club, scoring one goal.

With PSG, he appeared in 28 league matches and scored a goal,[2] alongside winning the Coupe de France in 2004.[3]

Out on loan from PSG[]

He was given twice on loan from Paris Saint-Germain to Martigues in 2002 and Troyes in 2003. He was sent to Championnat de France amateur (4th tier) club Martigues on a season long loan spell. He played regularly for the Martigues first team, scoring one goal in 28 appearances. Next season he was sent on loan to Ligue 2 side ES Troyes AC, who had just narrowly avoided bankruptcy and were just trying to survive for the time being. Benachour had trouble getting into their team, making 9 appearances over the season, scoring twice.[4]

Vitoria[]

In 2005, he left France and moved to Portugal, signing with Vitória Guimarães, where he enjoyed one successful season at the club.

Rubin Kazan[]

The next season, he signed a contract with the Russian side Rubin Kazan, where he played for two seasons and appeared in 23 league matches, scoring 3 goals. He was in Kazan's 2006 La Manga Cup winning squad.

Al Qadsia[]

After two seasons with Kazan, he moved to Kuwait and signed for Kuwaiti Premier League side Al Qadsia and played there until 2009. With Qadsia, he won the 2008–09 Kuwaiti Premier League.

Malaga[]

In 2009, he signed with the Spanish La Liga side Málaga. On 13 September 2010 he was not registered to play in La Liga and was released by the club, with one year still left on his contract.[5]

Maritimo[]

On 21 January 2011, he returned to Portugal and signed a contract with the Marítimo until the end of the 2011–2012 season.[6]

APOEL[]

On 16 June 2012, Benachour signed a two-year contract with the Cypriot club APOEL.[7] On 23 August 2012, he scored his first goal with APOEL in a Europa League play-off round match against Neftchi Baku in Dalga Arena, equalising the score in the 83rd minute, in a match which ended with 1–1 draw.[8] He became a champion with APOEL after helping his club to win the 2012–13 Cypriot First Division. During the 2013–14 season, he appeared in two 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage matches for APOEL and won all the titles in Cyprus, the Cypriot League,[9][10] the Cypriot Cup[11][12] and the Cypriot Super Cup.[13][14]

Mumbai City[]

On 28 July 2015, he signed for Indian Super League club Mumbai City FC managed by his former teammate Nicolas Anelka.[15][16][17] With Mumbai, he appeared in 11 matches with 3 assists and 1 goal,[18] as the club finished 6th in the 2015 Indian Super League season.

Martigues[]

After the end of his stint with Mumbai, he came back to France in 2016 and signed with Championnat National 2 side FC Martigues. From 2016 to 2018, he appeared in 15 league matches with Martigues, scoring 2 goals.

International career[]

He was widely considered one of Tunisia's best players, an elegant playmaker with range of passing and great vision, and played for Tunisia's national squad in the 2002 World Cup. However, he was not included in the squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, in which Tunisia national football team were knocked out in the first round. He was part of the national squad, that emerged as the champions of the 2004 African Cup of Nations, defeating Morocco.[19][20]

Sources suggest he turned down the chance to play for the France national football team in favour of the Tunisia national football team.

He made his international debut on 11 January 2002 against Cameroon in a friendly match which ended as their 1-0 defeat.[21] Between 2002 and 2010, he earned 44 caps for Tunisia and scored 2 goals.

Managerial career[]

Overall, he made over 250 appearances at senior level throughout his career before retiring and in 2016, Benachour became the Head Coach at Martigues FC U17, where he won the Provincial Cup and then came runners-up in the league before moving up to the U19 team. Later he joined Foresta Suceava in Romania as manager and guided the club to a 5th place finish.[22]

He then occupied the post of Technical Director as well as briefly the Head Coach role at Olimpia Grudziądz in Poland’s top division.

Moving to England, the UEFA A licence holder Benachour took up the position of under-18s manager at Oldham Athletic in September 2020.[23]

Career statistics[]

International goals[]

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.[24][25]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1 February 2004 Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès  Guinea
1–0
1–1
 2004 African Nations Cup
2. 26 January 2006 Stade de l'Amitié, Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria  South Africa
2–0
2–0
 2006 African Nations Cup

Managerial statistics[]

As of July 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
Foresta Suceava 15 August 2018 8 April 2019 20 8 6 6 040.0 [26]
Olimpia Grudziądz 1 July 2020 31 July 2020 6 0 2 4 000.0 [27]
Total 26 8 8 10 030.8

Honours[]

Country[]

Tunisia
Gold Champions (1): 2004[28]

Club[]

Paris Saint-Germain
Gold Champions (1): 2004[29]
Qadsia
  • Kuwaiti Premier League
Gold Champions (1): 2008–09
APOEL
Gold Champions (2): 2012–13, 2013–14
Gold Champions (1): 2013–14
Gold Champions (1): 2013

Personal life[]

Benachour was born in Paris, France and is multilingual. He speaks fluent French, English, Spanish and Portuguese.

References[]

  1. ^ Lefèvre, Florian (31 December 2016). "Benachour : " C'était un déchirement de ne pas réussir à Paris "" [Benachour: "It was tearing for not succeeding in Paris"]. sofoot.com (in French). Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ^ "BENACHOUR : " C'ÉTAIT UN DÉCHIREMENT DE NE PAS RÉUSSIR À PARIS "". sofoot.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20041216202902/http://www.fff.fr/www/coup/historique/pages/hist2004.shtml Report on French federation site] (PSG 1 – 0 Châteauroux) fff.fr'. Retrieved 24 March 2021
  4. ^ "Selim Benachour, Tunisian football hero joins Mumbai City". the-fan-garage.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. ^ El Málaga Club de Fútbol acuerda con Selim Benachour su desvinculación Archived 16 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine; Málagacf.com, 13.9-2010 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Benachour assina até ao final da época 2011/2012; csmartimo.pt, 21.1–2011 (in Portuguese)
  7. ^ "Προκαταρκτική Συμφωνία με Selim Benachour" (in Greek). APOEL FC. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Neftçi 1–1 APOEL". UEFA. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Sheridan strike hands APOEL Cypriot title". UEFA. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  10. ^ "AEL vs. APOEL 0-1". Soccerway. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  11. ^ ΕΡΜΗΣ ΑΡΑΔΙΠΠΟΥ 0-2 ΑΠΟΕΛ (in Greek). APOEL FC. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  12. ^ "APOEL vs. Ermis 2-0". Soccerway. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  13. ^ "APOEL FC 1-0 APOLLON". APOEL FC. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  14. ^ "APOEL vs. Apollon 1-0". Soccerway. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Benachour joins former team-mate Anelka at Mumbai City". Goal. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  16. ^ "ISL: Mumbai City FC sign Tunisia's Selim Benachour". India Today. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Mumbai City Squad". indiansuperleague.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  18. ^ Selim Benachour with Mumbai City in the Indian Super League indiansuperleague.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021
  19. ^ UEFA.com (14 February 2004). "Tunisia delight in African triumph | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Classement buteurs CAN 2004 Coupe d'afrique des nations 2004 informations, résultats, photos..." coupedafrique.winoo.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  21. ^ Selim Benachour with Tunisia national football team: games and statistics National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 24 March 2021
  22. ^ "Benachour Becomes New Youth Team Manager". oldhamathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  23. ^ Benachour Becomes New Youth Team Manager
  24. ^ "African Nations Cup 2004". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  25. ^ "African Nations Cup 2006". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  26. ^ [1]
  27. ^ [2]
  28. ^ "Tunisia win Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  29. ^ "Résultat et résumé Paris-SG - Châteauroux, Coupe de France, Finale, Samedi 29 Mai 2004". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

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