Wissam Ben Yedder
Ben Yedder in training with Toulouse in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Wissam Ben Yedder | ||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Sarcelles, France | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Sevilla | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2007 | Garges-les-Gonesse | ||
| 2007–2009 | Saint-Denis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | UJA Alfortville | 23 | (9) |
| 2010–2013 | Toulouse B | 20 | (14) |
| 2010–2016 | Toulouse | 156 | (63) |
| 2016– | Sevilla | 27 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | France Futsal | 2 | (1) |
| 2012 | France U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 July 2013 |
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Wissam Ben Yedder (born 12 August 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Sevilla FC. He is nicknamed "Benyebut", incorporating but, the French word for a goal.
Having begun his career at amateurs UJA Alfortville, he joined Toulouse in 2010. In 2015, he reached 50 Ligue 1 goals for them, having a year earlier surpassed André-Pierre Gignac as their greatest league scorer of the 21st century. He moved to Sevilla for €9 million in 2016. At international level, Ben Yedder has represented France at under-21 level, and at futsal.
Born in Sarcelles, Île-de-France, of Tunisian descent, Ben Yedder began his career at local UJA Alfortville in the fourth-tier Championnat de France Amateur, before moving to Toulouse FC of Ligue 1 in 2010.
On 16 October 2010, he made his professional debut in a 0–2 home loss to Paris Saint-Germain, replacing Yannis Tafer for the final 29 minutes. He made 13 substitute appearances across his first two seasons, and scored his first goal for Toulouse on 21 April 2012: ten minutes after coming on in place of Paulo Machado, he equalised in an eventual 2–1 loss at Evian.
In the following three Ligue 1 campaigns, Ben Yedder recorded 15, 16 and 14 goals respectively. On 10 August 2012, in the first game of the season, he came on at half time for Pantxi Sirieix and equalised for a 1–1 draw at reigning champions and local rivals Montpellier. In the reverse fixture, the last of the campaign, on 26 May 2013, he scored both goals in a win over Montpellier.
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