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Quentin Bena
French footballer (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Quentin Bena (born 11 May 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or a defensive midfielder for Championnat National club Châteauroux.
Bena made his senior debut for Niort in April 2017 having signed for the club as a youth player from Châtellerault four years previously.
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Bena was born in Poitiers and played junior football for Coussay-les-Bois, Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé,[1] Pleumartin and Châtellerault.[2] After Châtellerault won an under-15s tournament in Jaunay-Clan in June 2013, during which he scored a goal and made an assist in the final,[1] Bena joined the youth setup at Chamois Niortais.[3] Over the next four years, he progressed through the ranks at the club, representing Niort at the under-17 and under-19 levels, and playing for the reserve team in the Championnat de France Amateur 2.[4] Originally playing as a forward as a junior, he became a defensive midfielder during his time at Niort.[1]
Towards the end of the 2016–17 season with Niort already assured of a mid-table finish, Bena began to become involved in the first-team squad. He eventually made his Ligue 2 debut on 21 April 2017, coming on as a substitute for the injured Laurent Agouazi in a 1–3 defeat away at AC Ajaccio.[2] He made his first start for the senior team the following week, playing in an unfamiliar left-back position in the 0–3 defeat to Reims at the Stade René Gaillard.[5] He went on to make two further appearances during the remainder of the season, and was rewarded for his breakthrough into the first-team with a three-year professional contract, which he signed on 9 May 2017.[6]
Bena left Niort at the end of the 2021–22 season,[7] having made 48 appearances for the club in all competitions.
In August 2022, he joined Romanian side Dinamo București,[8] playing for the first time in their history in the Liga II. During the 2022-2023 season, he was a squad player, appearing in a total of 17 games, 8 of them in the starting eleven.[9] He played a full 180 minutes in the promotion play-off games against FC Arges Pitesti, which Dinamo won 8-5 on aggregate,[10][11] promoting back to Liga I after just one season in the lower division. In the first leg of the promotion play-off, Bena scored his first goal for the club, through a header after a corner kick in the 15th minute.[12]
For the 2023-2024 season, he remained with Dinamo București to play in Liga I. After the 1-1 draw at home against Petrolul Ploiești on 26 August 2023, he was selected in the Liga I team of the week.[13] He was released by Dinamo on 2 July 2024.
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Personal life
Born in France, Bena is of Congolese descent.[14]
Career statistics
- As of matches played 17 August
- Appearances in League Cup
- Appearances in Liga I promotion play-off
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