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Rating By Competition
17.0835.63
Lyon Logo
Real Madrid Logo
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Highlights
RMA
4.9
RMA
Real Madrid
ABI
ABI
Athletic Bilbao
SpainES104 Jun 23
RMA
6.6
RMA
Real Madrid
RVA
RVA
Rayo Vallecano
SpainES124 May 23
VAL
VAL
Valencia
RMA
5.8
RMA
Real Madrid
SpainES121 May 23
MCI
MCI
Manchester City
RMA
3.5
RMA
Real Madrid
EuropeCL17 May 23
RMA
5.5
RMA
Real Madrid
MCI
MCI
Manchester City
EuropeCL09 May 23
RMA
6.3
RMA
Real Madrid
OSA
OSA
Osasuna
SpainES06 May 23
RMA
9.5
RMA
Real Madrid
ALM
ALM
Almeria
SpainES129 Apr 23
RMA
6.0
RMA
Real Madrid
CVI
CVI
Celta Vigo
SpainES122 Apr 23
CHE
CHE
Chelsea
RMA
4.9
RMA
Real Madrid
EuropeCL18 Apr 23
CAD
CAD
Cadiz
RMA
8.9
RMA
Real Madrid
SpainES115 Apr 23
RMA
8.2
RMA
Real Madrid
CHE
CHE
Chelsea
EuropeCL12 Apr 23
RMA
4.6
RMA
Real Madrid
VIL
VIL
Villarreal
SpainES108 Apr 23
BAR
BAR
Barcelona
RMA
9.3
RMA
Real Madrid
SpainES05 Apr 23
RMA
9.6
RMA
Real Madrid
RVA
RVA
Real Valladolid
SpainES102 Apr 23
BAR
BAR
Barcelona
RMA
5.1
RMA
Real Madrid
SpainES119 Mar 23
RMA
7.6
RMA
Real Madrid
LIV
LIV
Liverpool
EuropeCL15 Mar 23
RBE
RBE
Real Betis
RMA
5.2
RMA
Real Madrid
SpainES105 Mar 23
RMA
4.2
RMA
Real Madrid
BAR
BAR
Barcelona
SpainES02 Mar 23
RMA
6.3
RMA
Real Madrid
AMA
AMA
Atletico Madrid
SpainES125 Feb 23
RMA
8.9
RMA
Real Madrid
ELC
ELC
Elche
SpainES115 Feb 23

Karim Mostafa Benzema (French pronunciation: ​[kaʁim mɔstafa bɛnzema]; born 19 December 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Real Madrid and the France national team. Known for his aerial ability, workrate, playmaking and finishing, Benzema is considered to be one of the best strikers in the world. Born in Lyon, Benzema began his senior career with hometown club Olympique Lyonnais in 2005, contributing sporadically to three Ligue 1 title wins. In 2008, he was named the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Player of the Year and in the Team of the Year as he finished as the league's top goalscorer and won his fourth title and first Coupe de France. After struggling to establish himself in his debut season, Benzema eventually reached prominence at Real Madrid and has won 13 trophies, including three La Liga titles, two Copas del Rey, and four UEFA Champions League titles, and ranks as the club's fifth all-time top goalscorer, as well as their all-time top assist provider. While at Real Madrid, Benzema has also been named French Player of the Year three times. A French international, Benzema won the 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and made his senior debut for France in 2007, at age 19. 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. He scored his first goal in a friendly against Austria, and ranks as his nation's tenth all-time top goalscorer. Benzema was controversially left out of the squad for the 2010 World Cup, and has not played for France after being implicated in a publicised scandal involving blackmail in 2015. As is customary with new players arriving at Lyon, the young striker had to stand up and speak to his new teammates, which at that time included the likes of Michael Essien, Sylvain Wiltord, Florent Malouda and Eric Abidal. On 24 August, Benzema netted two goals in Real Madrid's 4–0 victory over Norwegian club Rosenborg in an annual friendly tournament organized for the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy. Due to Mourinho preferring Ronaldo and Higuaín as his forwards, Benzema began the campaign as a substitute coming off the bench in the team's opening league match of the season against Mallorca. 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. Prior to the start of the 2011–12 season, Benzema, taking the advice of compatriots Blanc and Zidane, ventured to Merano, Italy, to attend a high performance clinic where he underwent treatment to reduce his weight. He is a member of the group, commonly known in France as the Génération 1987, a youth class that produced current internationals Hatem Ben Arfa, Jérémy Ménez and Samir Nasri, alongside himself. Benzema was the last of the four to make his youth international debut under coach Philippe Bergeroo and officially joined the team ahead of the 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Championship that was played on home soil. In December 2006, the striker was approached by former federation president Hamid Haddadj and then-national team coach Jean-Michel Cavalli, but turned down the invitation citing his desire to continue his international career with France. Benzema scored his goal when he side-footed home after a huge scramble in the Ukrainian penalty box, although he was shown on television replays to be offside by almost one metre when the ball took a final touch off Mathieu Valbuena's chest. Benzema had four minutes earlier been denied a legitimate goal, the offside flag wrongly raised when he turned in Ribéry's low cross into the net with his torso a metre from the Ukrainian goal-line.

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