Sofian Benzouien

Sofian Benzouien (born 11 August 1986) is a retired footballer. Born in Belgium, he has represented Morocco at international level.

Sofian Benzouien

Personal information
Full name	Sofian Benzouien
Date of birth	(1986-08-11) 11 August 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Youth career
	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2006	Heusden-Zolder	43	(3)
2006–2007	Brussels	5	(0)
2007	Racing Santander B
2007–2009	Perugia	4	(0)
2009–2010	Eupen	27	(1)
2010–2019	F91 Dudelange	114	(39)
2019–2020	Swift Hesperange	0	(0)
International career
2008	Morocco	1	(0)
Managerial career
2019–2022	Swift Hesperange (sporting director)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

A Morocco youth international at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, Benzouien had played in youth and reserve teams of Anderlecht, Beringen-Heusden-Zolder and Brussels. In January 2007, he left for Spanish side Racing de Santander B (reserve team of Racing de Santander)^[1]

In August 2007, he joined Perugia of Serie C1.^[2] After just played 4 matches in 2007–08 season, and nil in 2008–09 season, he canceled his contract with club in mutual consent.^[3]

In January 2009, he joined Eupen at Belgian Second Division. In July 2010, he signed for F91 Dudelange in the Luxembourg National Division.^[4][5] He played for Dudelange until the end of the 2018–19 season.

International career

A U20 internationals of Morocco, Benzouien was call-up to Morocco U23 for a friendly match, to prepare for 2008 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament.^[6]

Later career

In the summer of 2019, Benzouien moved to Luxembourger second-division club Swift Hesperange, where he took over as sporting director and was also available to the team for one more season as a stand-by player. The club parted ways with Benzouien in September 2022.^[7]