Nabil Bentaleb
Bentaleb playing for Tottenham Hotspur in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nabil Bentaleb | ||
| Date of birth | 24 November 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Lille, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Schalke 04 (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | AJS Wazemmes | ||
| 2004–2009 | Lille | ||
| 2009 | Mouscron | ||
| 2010–2012 | Dunkerque | ||
| 2012–2013 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Tottenham Hotspur | 46 | (0) |
| 2016– | → Schalke 04 (loan) | 19 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012 | France U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014– | Algeria | 21 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2016 |
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Nabil Bentaleb (born 24 November 1994) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and the Algeria national team.
Bentaleb made his senior international debut in March 2014 and has represented Algeria at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. As of November 2016, he has won 21 international caps and scored 4 goals.
Born in Lille to Algerian parents, Bentaleb started his career at the academy of local side, Lille. However he was released from the academy at the age of 15 and then went to Belgium to play for Mouscron. Bentaleb then went on trial with Birmingham City before eventually signing into the academy of Tottenham Hotspur in January 2012. During the 2012–13 season Bentaleb broke into the under-21 side at Tottenham and scored four goals in fourteen matches, including a winning goal against Arsenal's Academy. His performance that season earned him a new four-year contract at Tottenham Hotspur until 2018.
On 22 December 2013, Bentaleb was selected into the 18-man first-team squad for Tottenham Hotspur in a Premier League match against Southampton. He made his professional debut in that match when he came on as a sub in the 50th minute for Mousa Dembélé, Tottenham won the match 3–2. His first start for Spurs came in the North London derby against Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup on 4 January. Bentaleb scored his first goal for the club on 17 December 2014 in the fifth round of the Football League Cup against Newcastle United.
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