Hatem Ben Arfa
Ben Arfa at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hatem Ben Arfa | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Clamart, France | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1996 | ASV Châtenay-Malabry | ||
| 1996–1998 | Montrouge CF 92 | ||
| 1998–1999 | AC Boulogne-Billancourt | ||
| 1999–2000 | FC Versailles | ||
| 1999–2002 | INF Clairefontaine | ||
| 2002–2004 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | Lyon | 64 | (7) |
| 2008–2011 | Marseille | 63 | (9) |
| 2010–2011 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2011–2015 | Newcastle United | 72 | (12) |
| 2014–2015 | → Hull City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Nice | 34 | (17) |
| 2016– | Paris Saint-Germain | 23 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2003 | France U16 | 10 | (7) |
| 2003–2004 | France U17 | 17 | (11) |
| 2005 | France U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | France U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2007 | France U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2007– | France | 15 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:35, 20 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:35, 18 November 2015 (UTC) |
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Hatem Ben Arfa (Arabic: حاتم بن عرفة, French pronunciation: [atɛm bɛnaʁfa]; born 7 March 1987) is a French footballer who plays as a winger and an attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain. He has been described as "one of the best-rated talents in France", but has been criticised by the media and players alike for lacking discipline.
Ben Arfa's career started in the Île-de-France region, where he trained at AC Boulogne-Billancourt and Versailles. In 1999, he was selected to attend the Clairefontaine academy. He spent three years there before leaving for Lyon, where he won four Ligue 1 titles. In his early career at Lyon, he played as a centre forward, but moved into a winger role during the 2007–08 season. In the summer of 2008, Ben Arfa signed with rivals Marseille for €11 million in a move that required the intervention of the Ligue de Football Professionnel. With Marseille, he won the 2009–10 league title, his fifth overall, as well as the Coupe de la Ligue in 2010. After two years at Marseille, Ben Arfa joined English club Newcastle United on loan for the 2010–11 season. The deal was made permanent later in the season.
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