Wissam Ben Yedder
French footballer (born 1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wissam Ben Yedder (born 12 August 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the France national team.
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Full name | Wissam Ben Yedder | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1990-08-12) 12 August 1990 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sarcelles, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Monaco | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2000–2007 | Garges-les-Gonesse | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Saint-Denis | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | UJA Alfortville | 23 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Toulouse II | 20 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2016 | Toulouse | 156 | (63) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Sevilla | 91 | (38) | ||||||||||||||
2019– | Monaco | 158 | (93) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2010 | France (futsal) | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2012 | France U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018– | France | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:27, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:12, 28 December 2022 (UTC) |
Having begun his career at amateurs UJA Alfortville, Ben Yedder joined Toulouse in 2010. He totalled 71 goals in 174 games for them, surpassing André-Pierre Gignac as their greatest league scorer of the 21st century. He moved to Sevilla for €10 million in 2016, and scored 70 goals in 138 games in three seasons. A €40 million transfer to Monaco followed in 2019, and he was Ligue 1 top scorer in his first season back.
At international level, Ben Yedder represented France at under-21 level, and at futsal. He made his full international debut for France in March 2018.