player · international archive · 2011
Mehdi BENATIA
Be the first in the stands
Moroccofull name Medhi Benatia · Photo: Антон Зайцев · CC BY-SA 3.0
Archive goals
1
for Morocco
Matches scored in
1
every one opens its match page below
Tournaments
1
all in the African Cup of Nations qualification
Career span
2011
one date in the record: 2011-06-04
Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Medhi Amine El Mouttaqi Benatia is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He last served as the sporting director of Ligue 1 club Marseille. Benatia is well known for his tenures throughout France, Italy, and Germany, he represented Morocco at the international level, making 66 international appearances, and most notably captained them to their first World Cup in twenty years. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-07-17
In the line-ups
19 appearances in recorded line-ups · 2009–2019The archive holds 19 team sheets naming Mehdi BENATIA in Morocco's starting line-up, from 2009-06-07 to 2019-06-23.
19 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
Every goal
from the international archive · 1 goal in 1 match · 1 tournament · 2011
AlgeriaHonours
11 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updatedMarquee honours
Bundesliga×2
2014–15, 2015–16
Serie A×3
2016–17 – 2018–19
| Team honours11 | ||||
| Bundesliga | ×2 | 2014–15, 2015–16 | Bayern Munich | |
| Serie A | ×3 | 2016–17 – 2018–19 | Juventus | |
| Coppa Italia | ×2 | 2016–17, 2017–18 | Juventus | |
| DFB-Pokal | ×1 | 2015–16 | Bayern Munich | |
| Qatar Emir Cup | ×1 | 2019–20 | Al-Duhail | |
| Qatar Stars League | ×1 | 2019–20 | Al-Duhail | |
| Supercoppa Italiana | ×1 | 2018 | Juventus | |
| Individual honours17 | ||||
| Player of the year · 3 | ||||
| A.S. Roma Player of the Season | 2013–14 | |||
| El Heddaf Arab Footballer of the Year | 2015 | |||
| Globe Soccer Awards Best Arab Player of the Year | 2014 | |||
| Teams of the season · 10 | ||||
| CAF Team of the Year | ×4 | 2013–2018 | ||
| European Sports Media's European Team of the Season | 2013–14 | |||
| France Football Africa Team of the Year | 2017 | |||
| Goal Africa Team of the Year | 2018 | |||
| IFFHS All-time Morocco Men's Dream Team | ||||
| Qatar Stars League Team of the Year | 2019–20 | |||
| Serie A Team of the Year | 2013–14 | |||
| More honours · 4 | ||||
| Mars d'Or (Best Moroccan Player) | ×2 | 2013, 2014 | ||
| "Gran Galà del calcio AIC" Best Central Defender | 2014 | |||
| IFFHS CAF Men's Team of the Decade 2011–2020 | ||||
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