| Intro | French association football player |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | France |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1 December 1997, Arles |
| Age: | 22 years |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
Ismaël Bennacer (born 1 December 1997) is an Algerian footballer who currently plays for English club Arsenal and the Algeria national football team.
Club career
Bennacer made his senior Arsenal debut in the Football League Cup fourth round away to Sheffield Wednesday on 27 October 2015, replacing Theo Walcott after 19 minutes, after the latter had already replaced the injured Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in an eventual 3–0 loss.
International career
On 31 July 31 2016, the Algerian Football Federation announced that Bennacer had opted to switch his international allegiance and represent Algeria internationally. He debuted for the Algeria national team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier, a 6–0 win over Lesotho. Bennacer was called up on the 11th of January 2017 to Algeria’s squad for the African Cup of Nations of
2017. to replace Saphir Taïder, who suffered an injury in training.
Personal life
Bennacer was born in Arles, France and is of Algerian and Moroccan descent.