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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 November 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Rouen, France | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Le Havre | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2014 | SC Petit-couronne | ||
2014–2018 | Rouen | ||
2018–2022 | Le Havre | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Le Havre B | 6 | (1) |
2022– | Le Havre | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022–2023 | France U18 | 9 | (2) |
2023– | France U19 | 6 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023 |
Mokrane Bentoumi (born 18 June 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Le Havre.[1]
Born in Rouen,[2] Mokrane Bentoumi first played football in Petit-Couronne, before spending time at FC Rouen.[3]
He joined the Le Havre academy in 2018,[4] becoming a regular with the under-19s by the 2021–22 season, during which he was part of the team that beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Coupe Gambardella.[5][6][7]
The following season, whilst still impressing with the under-19,[8][9] Bentoumi became a regular with Le Havre reserve team, scoring his first goal in March 2023, during a 1–0 National 3 win against the Mont-Gaillard team.[10]
He made his professional debut for Le Havre on the 15 May 2023, replacing Josué Casimir at the 80th minute of a 1–0 Ligue 2 away loss to FC Annecy. In a team still trying to consolidate its status as league leader, the young playmaker made a strong impression, even coming close to delivering a decisive assist to Yann Kitala.[2][3][11]
Mokrane Bentoumi holds French and Algerian nationalities.[12][13] He is a youth international for France, first receiving a call with the under-16 in May 2021 for two unofficial games.[14] He later became a full international with France under-18 by September 2022, being selected for the Tournoi de Limoges.[2][3][15]
Bentoumi is described as a compact left-footed playmaker, technically gifted, good at eliminating defenders trough dribles or passes.[2][3]
His footballing profile and origins earned him compassions to Algerian legend Riyad Mahrez.[11]
Et Bentoumi entra en jeu. Appelé pour la première fois à intégrer le groupe des « 18 », au sein duquel aucune place n'avait été faite à Diakité, Confais ou encore Chadli, le jeune Mokrane Bentoumi (17 ans) a également effectué ses premiers pas en Ligue 2. Milieu de terrain de poche (1,69 m), doté d'une qualité technique supérieure à la moyenne, l'international U18, entré en jeu à la 80e, aurait pu, aurait dû être crédité d'une première passe décisive si Kitala n'avait pas raté l'immanquable (90e+5). Vu depuis quelques semaines déjà sous les ordres de Luka Elsner, au centre d'entraînement de Soquence, le natif de Rouen, passé par Petit-Couronne et le FCR, s'inscrit comme le trente-deuxième joueur utilisé cette saison par l'entraîneur havrais.