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Soufian Benyamina
	Benyamina with Viktoria Berlin (2022)
Personal information
Date of birth	2 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	East Berlin, East Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Greifswalder FC
Number	90
Youth career
	MSV Normannia 08 Berlin
0000–2007	Hertha BSC
2007–2009	Union Berlin
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2010	Carl Zeiss Jena
2010–2013	VfB Stuttgart II
2012–2013	VfB Stuttgart
2013–2014	Dynamo Dresden
2014	→ Preußen Münster (loan)
2014–2015	Wehen Wiesbaden
2015–2018	Hansa Rostock
2018–2020	Pogoń Szczecin
2019	Pogoń Szczecin II
2020–2021	VfB Lübeck
2021–2022	Viktoria Berlin
2022–	Greifswalder FC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 September 2024

Soufian Benyamina (born 2 March 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greifswalder FC.

Personal life

His older brother Karim is also professional footballer and is currently playing for Berliner AK 07 and the Algerian national team.^[1]

Career

Benyamina began his career in the youth side with MSV Normannia 08 Berlin. He was later scouted by Hertha BSC. After few years with Hertha BSC, he joined rival Union Berlin,^[2] where he played twenty three games and scored four goals in the A Jugend Bundesliga Nord/Nordost in the 2008–09 season.^{[citation needed]} He left Union Berlin in July 2009 and signed for Carl Zeiss Jena.^[3] Here played his first professional match in the 3. Liga on 29 July 2009 against SV Sandhausen^[4] and scored on 25 October 2009 his first goal against SpVgg Unterhaching.^[5] On 14 June 2010, he left Carl Zeiss Jena and signed for VfB Stuttgart II.^[6] He signed in Stuttgart a three years contract and played first for the 3. Liga team.^[7]

On 8 December 2012, Benyamina made his Bundesliga debut for the first team of VfB Stuttgart in a 3–1 home victory against Schalke 04.

On 1 July 2013, he moved to Dynamo Dresden.^[8] After an unsuccessful half-season, in which Benyamina made only four appearances for Dynamo, the club loaned him to 3rd division club Preußen Münster in the winter transfer window.^[9] At the end of the season he left Dynamo permanently, signing for SV Wehen Wiesbaden.

In August 2015, Benyamina signed for 3. Liga club Hansa Rostock on a three-year deal.^[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 July 2022^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Carl Zeiss Jena	2009–10	3. Liga	18	3	—		—		18	3
VfB Stuttgart II	2010–11	3. Liga	35	7	—		—		35	7
	2011–12		33	9	—		—		33	9
	2012–13		30	12	—		—		30	12
	Total		98	28	—		0	0	98	28
VfB Stuttgart	2012–13	Bundesliga	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Dynamo Dresden	2013–14	2. Bundesliga	4	0	0	0	—		4	0
Preußen Münster	2013–14	3. Liga	17	6	0	0	—		17	6
Wehen Wiesbaden	2014–15	3. Liga	32	7	1	0	—		33	7
	2015–16	3. Liga	3	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		35	7	1	0	0	0	36	7
Hansa Rostock	2015–16	3. Liga	15	3	0	0	—		15	3
	2016–17		20	4	0	0	—		20	4
	2017–18		25	11	1	0	—		26	11
	Total		60	18	1	0	0	0	61	18
Pogoń Szczecin	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	15	2	–		–		15	2
	2019–20	Ekstraklasa	10	0	1	0	–		11	0
	Total		25	2	1	0	0	0	26	2
VfB Lübeck	2020–21	3. Liga	24	3	0	0	0	0	24	3
Viktoria Berlin	2021–22	3. Liga	23	5	0	0	0	0	23	5
Career total			306	72	3	0	0	0	309	72

References

^ "GANZ WIE DER GROßE BRUDER" (in German). FC Carl Zeiss Jena. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^ "Benyamina, Soufian" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^ "Die Hoffnungsträger der Aufsteiger" (in German). bundesliga.de. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Pinto behält vom Punkt die Nerven" (in German). kicker.de. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^ "Unterhaching wahrt den Anschluss an Spitzengruppe" (in German). kicker.de. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^ "Soufian Benyamina wechselt zum VfB Stuttgart" (in German). OTZ.de. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^ "FCC ab Montag im einwöchigen Trainingslager" (in German). FC Carl Zeiss Jena. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^ "Dynamo Dresden verpflichtet Soufian Benyamina" [Dynamo Dresden signs Soufian Benyamina] (in German). Dynamo Dresden. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ "Dresden verleiht Benjamina nach Münster" [Dresden loans out Benjamina to Münster] (in German). DFL. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
^ "F.C. Hansa Rostock verpflichtet Stürmer Soufian Benyamina". fc-hansa.org (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2018.
^ Soufian Benyamina at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2018.