Yohan Benalouane
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yohan Benalouane | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leicester City | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2000 | FC Tricastin | ||
| 2000–2001 | Racing Blondel Bollène | ||
| 2001–2005 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Saint-Étienne B | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Saint-Étienne | 66 | (2) |
| 2010–2012 | Cesena | 26 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Parma | 25 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Atalanta | 44 | (1) |
| 2015– | Leicester City | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2008 | France U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:00,12'April 2017 (UTC). |
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Yohan Benalouane (Arabic: يوهان بن علوان; born 28 March 1987) is a French born Tunisian footballer who plays as a defender for Leicester City.
After a particularly poor performance in a 2–0 loss against Bologna in December 2010, Benalouane was substituted. On leaving the pitch, and being jeered by Cesena supporters, he stormed past the bench and headed straight down the tunnel. He later publicly apologised for his behaviour.
In the summer of 2012, Benalouane was loaned to Parma, making his move permanent in July 2013 in a co-ownership deal. He signed a five-year contract with the Serie A outfit. On 3 January 2014, he joined Atalanta on a loan deal.
After a successful loan deal, Benalouane was bought outright by La Dea in June 2014.
On 3 August 2015, Benalouane joined Premier League side Leicester City on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be €8 million. On 31 January 2016, he joined Italian club ACF Fiorentina on loan until the end of the season, but did not play for the club due to injury. In June 2016, Benalouane filed an appeal with the Lega Serie A over unpaid wages from Fiorentina, whose sporting director claimed Leicester had deceived them over the player's fitness. He played only four league games (all as a subsititute) in the 2015–16 Premier League season, when Leicester became champions, making him ineligible for a winner's medal (minimum five league games required).
Following the close of the transfer window, Benalouane was excluded from Leicester City's finalised squad for the 2016-17 Premier League season. Benalouane spent most of the season playing for the reserves, but returned to the first team in January 2017 following the departures of Luis Hernández and Jeff Schlupp. He played his first senior game of the 2016-17 season in a 3-1 FA Cup fourth-round replay win over Derby County on 8 February 2017.
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