Mehdi Benatia

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Mehdi Benatia
Personal information
Full name	Mehdi El Mouttaqui Benatia
Date of birth	April 17, 1987 (1987-04-17) (age 21)
Place of birth	Évry, Essonne, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FC Lorient
Number	17
Youth clubs
?-2002 2002-2003 2003-2006	INF Clairefontaine EA Guingamp Olympique Marseille
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-2007 2007-	Tours FC (loan) FC Lorient (loan)	29 (0)
National team
	France U 19 Morocco U23
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mehdi Benatia (born April 17, 1987 in Évry, Essonne, France) is a Moroccan football defender.

In 2006-07, he was loaned to Tours FC by Olympique Marseille and had a good season in a team that was relegated.This year, he is loaned again, this time at FC Lorient

[edit] External links

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

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