He started the match, but was substituted out in the second half as Madrid won 3–2. He topped the league with 20 goals, scored four goals in the Champions League, one in the Coupe de la Ligue and totaled six goals in six Coupe de France matches, helping Lyon win their first ever double. "[314] Benzema drew some criticism for these comments, as well as for his reluctance to sing the French national anthem, "La Marseillaise", before each match with the national team. Benzema was called up to the senior team for the first time under manager Paul Le Guen during the break leading up to the second half of the season. [272] At UEFA Euro 2012, Benzema started the team's opening match against England, which ended in a 1–1 draw. Real Madrid's attacking trio of Bale, Benzema and Cristiano, dubbed "BBC", finished the season with 97 goals. [217] His lone other appearance in the competition was in a 1–0 group stage win over Spain as France went on to win the tournament defeated the same team in the final. Benzema expressed gratitude at winning the award, stating, "It is a pleasure to win an individual trophy. Benzema described the call-up as "a reward", while also stating "I am pleased, of course, me and my family. [329], In October 2020, controversy arose when it was discovered that Benzema, among a few other prominent French footballers liked a threatening Instagram post by ex-MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov calling for "the Almighty to disfigure the face of this creature", referring to President of France Emmanuel Macron. [155] On 24 March, Benzema scored two goals in a league win over Real Sociedad. He also turned provider for the second consecutive match assisting on a goal by Sami Khedira. [122] For his performances during the campaign, particularly during the second half, Benzema was praised by Mourinho, club officials Florentino Pérez and Emilio Butragueño, as well as national team manager Laurent Blanc. [135] After going scoreless in three consecutive league matches, he scored his third league goal of the campaign against Rayo Vallecano in a 4–2 win. Over the course of the two matches, Benzema scored one goal, which came in the first match, a 4–0 win. Dat heeft een openbaar aanklager in Frankrijk bekendgemaakt. [73] He scored the lone goal in the club's 1–0 win, scoring in the 87th minute. [45] For his efforts that season, he was named the Ligue 1 Player of the Year, selected to the Team of the Year and awarded the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur for being the league's top scorer. In the match, he started and assisted on the opening goal of the match, scored by Mesut Özil. [253], In November 2008, Benzema, among several other young players in the team, was accused of being insolent during the team's campaign at the European Championship. [174] He scored the winning goal in Real Madrid's 2–1 away victory against Ludogorets Razgrad in the Champions League after coming on as a second-half substitute. [162] On 18 December 2012, one day before his 25th birthday, his fine form saw him earn the award for best French footballer of 2012, for the second year running. [105] In late November, Benzema was inserted into the starting eleven following a severe back injury to Higuaín, along with the team's lack of senior strikers. As a result of his early goals, Lyon club president Jean-Michel Aulas quelled the many transfer rumors surrounding Benzema by placing a €100 million price tag on the striker. [176] In 2014, Benzema won France Football's award for French Player of the Year for the third time; only Thierry Henry has won this award on more occasions. [317][318] Benzema was alleged to have had a sexual rendezvous with a prostitute when she was 16 years of age, an act Benzema denied through his lawyer. [19] Ahead of the 2004–05 season, Benzema was promoted to the club's reserve team, which was playing in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. On his 22nd birthday, he scored in a 6–0 home win against Real Zaragoza. [145] Three days after his record-breaking goal, for his performances during the 2011 calendar year, Benzema was named the France Football French Player of the Year, beating out Barcelona defender Eric Abidal and Lyon goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. Benzema was called up to the team for the competition and played in all four matches, scoring a tournament-high five goals as France were crowned champions of the tournament. [150][151] The 4–2 aggregate win advanced Real Madrid to the quarter-finals where the club faced Barcelona. [163] On 2 March 2013, Benzema opened the scoring against Barcelona in the league game at the Santiago Bernabéu. Benzema made his debut in the competition on 9 June 2008 in the team's opening match against Romania. [315][316], On 18 April 2010, it was first reported by French television channel M6 that four members of the French national team were being investigated for their roles as clients in a prostitute ring operated inside of a Paris nightclub, with some of the women possibly being underage. [232] In the ensuing round, France were placed in a relatively easy group alongside Scotland, Bulgaria, and Belarus. Included in one of those appearances was his final goal of the season against Athletic Bilbao in a 5–1 win. Karim Benzema scored and provided two assists as Madrid made it five straight wins in all competitions by beating Eibar 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday. There are so many kids, so many youngsters in our suburbs that relate to great athletes. Madrid won the match 3–2. View the profiles of people named Celia Benzema. Karim Benzema 93 - live prices, in-game stats, comments and reviews for FIFA 21 Ultimate Team FUT. [78] After missing the mid-week match against Villarreal, against Tenerife at the weekend, Benzema scored his first double for Madrid in a 3–0 home victory. Karim Benzema PES 2021 Stats. [182] In the semi-final match against América on 15 December, Benzema scored in the last moments of the first half, helping the team to progress in the final by winning 2–0. [211], On 4 October 2020, Benzema scored his 250th goal for Real Madrid in all competitions, in a 2–0 win over Levante UD. It's more sporty, that's it. [101] On 21 September, Benzema made a substitute appearance and scored his first goal of the season in a 3–0 home win against Espanyol. [137] He also assisted on the opener, which was scored by Ronaldo. Karim Benzema added the G-Wagen to his car collection in 2017 Credit: Instagram, @karimbenzema. In 2010, long before Benzema was arrested for blackmailing national teammate Mathieu Valbuena, he had already been confronted by the legal authorities for a different issue. [160] Benzema appeared as a second-half substitute in the match. Op 20 juli 2010 werd Benzema ondervraagd door de Franse politie en aangeklaagd op beschuldiging van het aansporen van een minderjarige prostituee tot het hebben van seks. On 13 March 2008, Benzema extended his contract with Lyon until 2013 with a one-year extension option. [167] On 18 January 2014, he scored his 100th goal for Madrid in a 5–0 victory at Real Betis. [278] He later added a third goal sealing France's 3–0 victory against Honduras. [280] France were later knocked out by Germany in the quarter-final stage of the tournament. [29] Benzema opened the league campaign on a quick note scoring in the team's first match of the season against Nantes. Karim Benzema Love Life is quite similar to that of Anthony Martial, Raheem Sterling and Edinson Cavani. [153] On 12 February, Benzema scored his first league goal in over a month against Levante. [141][142][143] On 10 December 2011, Benzema scored the opener in Madrid's 3–1 defeat to Barcelona in the El Clásico. [286] Directing his frustration at FFF president Noël Le Graët, Benzema later tweeted: "Mr Le Graët, with all due respect, you've lost an opportunity to remain silent. In that match played at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, which France won 6–0, Benzema scored France's sixth and final goal in the 50th minute after turning home Franck Ribéry's left-wing cross. [81] After failing to score a goal in the month of October, in the team's first match in November against Italian club Milan in the Champions League, Benzema scored the opener to give Madrid a 1–0 lead. [237] He featured in qualification matches for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and appeared as a starter and substitute in the first leg and second leg, respectively, of the team's surprising defeat to Israel in the qualifying playoffs. [208] On 1 March, he made his 500th appearance for Real Madrid in a 2–0 home win over Barcelona in El Clásico, becoming the fourteenth player in the club's history to achieve this milestone. Karim Benzema plays for Spanish League team Madrid Chamartin B … Join the discussion or compare with others! Denzel Washington is the favourite actor of Benzema. In addition to his goalscoring, Benzema is known for his willingness and ability to drop into deeper or wider positions, and either link-up play with midfielders, or use his strength and technical ability to hold up the ball with his back to goal to provide assists for teammates, courtesy of his vision, creativity, passing, and eye for the final ball; because of his playing style, he has been described as a "nine and a half" in the media. [250] The newspaper also cited his lack of international experience for his subdued performance. [225] After going scoreless in the team's next match against Sierra Leone, Benzema responded by scoring a goal in a shutout victory over Nigeria and netting another double in a 4–1 win against Egypt. Real Madrid's Karim Benzema shoots the ball during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Celta Vigo at the Alfredo Di Stefano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. The players were eventually revealed to be Franck Ribéry, Sidney Govou, Hatem Ben Arfa and Benzema. Karim Benzema werd ervan verdacht seks te hebben gehad met een 16-jarige prostituee, iets wat door Benzema werd ontkend via zijn advocaat. Neil Lennon's Celtic refused to pay £6m to sign Amine Gouiri before he swapped Lyon for Ligue 1 rivals Nice: Could he now join Karim Benzema at Real Madrid? [87], On 5 December, Benzema appeared as a substitute for Rafael van der Vaart and scored the third goal in a 6–0 romp of Almería. Benzema scored again the following weekend in a 2–0 win over Le Mans. [128] The spell at the clinic was ultimately a success after the striker arrived at pre-season 8 kilograms (18 lb) lighter. [118] Despite his form, Benzema appeared in only one of the four highly anticipated matches against El Clásico rivals Barcelona, in which the two clubs met in the league, the 2011 Copa del Rey Final and the Champions League knockout stage. Due to his performance he was named the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Ligue 1 Player of the Year and named to the organization's Team of the Year. [121] He finished the campaign second on the team behind Ronaldo with 26 goals as Real Madrid captured the Copa del Rey giving Benzema his first honour with the club. [113], Following the arrival of Emmanuel Adebayor on loan, Benzema went unused in two consecutive league matches in February 2011. [191] Later on 6 March of the following year, Benzema made his 100th UEFA Champions League appearance by playing in the 2–1 win at Parc des Princes against Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of 2017–18 UEFA Champions League round of 16 as Real Madrid progressed to the next round 5–2 on aggregate. [327] On 17 February 2016, the judicial review was lifted by the investigating judge who allowed Karim Benzema to get in touch again with Mathieu Valbuena. [242] Benzema later told French radio station Radio Monte Carlo "Algeria is my parents' country and it is in my heart, but football-wise, I will only play for the French national team".[243]. [120] It was the only match of the campaign that Real Madrid loss, in which Benzema scored. [23] After making three more appearances as a substitute, on 2 April Benzema made his first professional start in a 1–0 win over Lens. [279] In the second group fixture, he scored and had a penalty saved in a 5–2 defeat of Switzerland, as Les Bleus all but secured qualification to the knockout stage. [226][227] On 19 May 2005, in the team's final match of the season against Slovakia, Benzema scored all four goals in a 4–1 victory. [91][92] Following an injury to Higuaín in early January 2010, Pellegrini inserted Benzema back into the starting lineup. Lyon won the match 2–0 as Benzema provided the assist on the second goal scored by Bryan Bergougnoux. [303][304] As a practicing Muslim, he observes fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. [144] The goal, scored just 21 seconds into the match, was the fastest goal ever scored in a match between the two rivals. The transfer fee was priced at €35 million with the fee rising to as much as €41 million based on incentives. At the start of his career, playing for Lyon, he scored 30 goals in 2007-08 seasons. He scored his three goals in wins over Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luxembourg, and Albania. [63] The bad form resulted in Lyon losing their grip on first-place position and eventually falling out of the title race, thus ending their streak of seven consecutive Ligue 1 titles. [251] He returned to the team in its final group game against Italy and was given a place in the starting lineup. Join Facebook to connect with Celia Benzema and others you may know. In eigen land zal Karim Benzema waarschijnlijk nooit meer voor vol worden aangezien, maar bij Real Madrid is de Franse aanvaller hard op weg uit te groeien tot een legende. He also assisted the team's second goal when his shot rebounded off the post and was fumbled over the goal-line by Honduran goalkeeper Noel Valladares for an own goal, the first World Cup goal given by goal-line technology. However, six minutes later, a Lionel Messi strike gave Barcelona the supercup. Despite only playing with the team during the autumn campaign, he scored a team-high ten goals as the Lyon reserve team finished second in its group.[20]. [103][104], On 10 November, Benzema scored his second goal of the campaign against Real Murcia in the 2010–11 edition of the Copa del Rey. [128] The striker was impressive in the pre-season scoring eight goals in seven matches. [198] He became only the seventh Real Madrid player to achieve the feat. [30] Three weeks later, on 26 August 2006, Benzema appeared as a substitute and scored two goals in a 4–1 away win over Nice. On 11 July 2017, the Court of Cassation issued a judgment in which it invalidated a decision of the Court of Appeal of Versailles, which had validated the procedure by which Benzema had been indicted for complicity of attempted blackmail. Included in those ten goals were doubles in three straight matches against Málaga, Racing de Santander and Hércules, as well as a goal in the first leg of Madrid's Round of 16 tie against former club Lyon. [218][219], Benzema was a regular starter in the team at under-18 level. [112] Real Madrid later advanced to its 37th Copa del Rey final in club history after beating Sevilla 2–0 in the second leg. [238][239][240][241] Despite still being eligible to represent the under-21 team until 2009, his appearance in the second leg defeat to Israel was Benzema's last with the team and he finished his under-21 career with five appearances and no goals. [263], Following the World Cup, Benzema returned to the national team under the reign of new coach Laurent Blanc. Real Madrid-aanvaller Karim Benzema moet voor de rechter verschijnen vanwege zijn aandeel in een afpersingszaak. [65] He scored his 17th goal the following weekend against Caen in a 3–1 victory moving him into third place among Ligue 1 top scorers. [131], Benzema made his 2011–12 competitive debut for Madrid in the first leg of the 2011 Supercopa de España against Barcelona. Real Madrid news in recent years […] [134] In the team's next league match two weeks later against Getafe, Benzema scored a double in a 4–2 victory. He has since earned over 80 caps, including appearing and scoring in three major tournaments: the 2008 and 2012 editions of the UEFA European Championship and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Benzema scored his first goal at under-18 level in the competition against Poland in the team's final group stage match. The team opened the campaign with two friendly matches against Norway. [93] After failing to score in his first two starts in the absence of Higuaín, against Deportivo La Coruña on 30 January, he scored a double in an important 3–1 away win. [260] On 5 June 2009, Benzema converted the only goal of the match, a penalty shot, in a 1–0 win over Turkey at the Stade de Gerland, his home stadium. In between those clashes, on 23 April 2011, Benzema scored a goal and assisted on another in a 6–3 win over Valencia. On 23 January, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win at home against Mallorca. • Benzema faced French judiciary for being charged with soliciting underage prostitute. Prior to representing France at senior international level, Benzema was courted by the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) who sought for the player to represent Algeria at senior international level. [17], Benzema quickly ascended up the youth categories in the academy. Indeed, Benzema's movement drew defenders away and created space for Ronaldo to make attacking runs into the centre of the area from the left wing, which essentially saw the Frenchman act as a false 9. [75] The goals brought his total tally in the pre-season with Real Madrid to five, making him the joint top scorer alongside fellow striker Raúl. [323], On 4 November 2015, Benzema was arrested by French police for his alleged part in blackmailing fellow France international player Mathieu Valbuena. Zidane was the first to achieve both honorable mentions. [27] On 4 March 2006, Benzema scored his first professional league goal against Ajaccio in a 3–1 win. Voor Karim Benzema is het uitduel met Valencia weer een mooie gelegenheid om te werken aan zijn imponerende statistieken voor Real Madrid. [16][18] At under-16 level, Benzema scored 38 goals in the Championnat National des 16 ans, the domestic league for under-16 youth players in France. Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema could be in line for a shock return to the French national side for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.. [32][33] After appearing regularly during the autumn campaign, on 10 November, Benzema suffered a severe thigh injury. [203] Later, on 6 November, he scored a brace in Real Madrid's 6–0 crushing of Galatasaray, achieving two new milestones: he become the second player after Lionel Messi to score in 15 consecutive Champions League seasons and also the third Real Madrid player to score 50 goals in the competition.