Selim Benachour

Selim Benachour (Arabic: سليم بن عاشور, Salīm bin ʻĀshūr‎; born Slim Ben-Achour on 8 September 1981) is a Tunisian former footballer, who played as a midfielder. From August 2018, he is the manager of Romanian Liga III side Foresta Suceava.[2]

Selim Benachour
Personal information
Full name Selim Benachour
Date of birth (1981-09-08) 8 September 1981
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
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
2018–2019 Foresta Suceava
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Benachour started his career with Paris Saint-Germain in 2001 and stayed in the club until 2005. He was given twice on loan from Paris Saint-Germain to Martigues in 2002 and Troyes in 2003.

Vitoria

In 2005, he left France and moved to Portugal, signing with Vitória Guimarães, where he enjoyed one successful season at the club. The next season, he signed a contract with the Russian side Rubin Kazan and two years later he moved to Al Qadsia in Kuwait.

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.[3]

Maritimo

On 21 January 2011, he returned to Portugal and signed a contract with the Marítimo until the end of the 2011–2012 season.[4]

APOEL

On 16 June 2012, Benachour signed a two-year contract with the Cypriot club APOEL.[5] 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.[6] 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,[7][8] the Cypriot Cup[9][10] and the Cypriot Super Cup.[11][12]

Mumbai City

On 28 July 2015, he signed for Indian Super League club Mumbai City FC managed by his former teammate Nicolas Anelka.[13]

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 squad that won the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

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

Honours
Paris Saint-Germain
APOEL

Tunisia

Personal info

He is multilingual. He speaks fluently French, English, Spanish, 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 va antrena Foresta Suceava. gazetasv.ro (in Romanian)
  3. 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)
  4. Benachour assina até ao final da época 2011/2012; csmartimo.pt, 21.1–2011 (in Portuguese)
  5. "Προκαταρκτική Συμφωνία με Selim Benachour" (in Greek). APOEL FC. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  6. "Neftçi 1–1 APOEL". UEFA. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  7. "Sheridan strike hands APOEL Cypriot title". UEFA. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  8. "AEL vs. APOEL 0-1". Soccerway. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  9. ΕΡΜΗΣ ΑΡΑΔΙΠΠΟΥ 0-2 ΑΠΟΕΛ (in Greek). APOEL FC. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  10. "APOEL vs. Ermis 2-0". Soccerway. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  11. "APOEL FC 1-0 APOLLON". APOEL FC. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  12. "APOEL vs. Apollon 1-0". Soccerway. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  13. "Benachour joins former team-mate Anelka at Mumbai City". Goal. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  14. "Tunisia win Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
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