Karim Benzema is a famous French footballer who now plays in Real Madrid as a striker. What is interesting about his biography and personal life of the athlete?
Soccer player biography
The future famous football player was born on December 19, 1987 in the French city of Lyon. The boy's parents were refugees from Algeria. There were nine children in their family. Money was constantly not enough, so the only way to get into people was to play sports.
Benzema has chosen football since childhood. He enthusiastically played it all day and attended the football section of the local Bron Terralion club. It was there that the scouts of the Lyon football academy noticed him and invited a gifted young man to him. Karim played very successfully on the football field, but he was given great difficulty studying.
However, at the age of 17, the young football player was transferred to the second team of Lyon, where he immediately became the number one star. This could not pass by the head coach of the team, and already the next season Benzema begins at the base of “Lyon”. He instantly succeeds in the best club in the country. In the first eleven matches, Karim scored 11 goals. He is immediately summoned to the French team. And many European clubs are starting to hunt for a promising striker.
But Benzema did not rush to leave Lyon and won the French championship four times. He especially succeeds in the 2007/2008 season, when a football player becomes the best goal-holder of the championship.
In 2009, Real Madrid paid EUR 35 million for the player. Karim still stands for this team. His contract is valid until 2021, and the amount of compensation prescribed in it is about 1 billion euros.
Over the years, as part of the Royal Club, Benzema has almost always been the main striker and managed to become the champion of Spain twice, win the Champions League four times and win several cup tournaments. He was recognized three times as the best football player in France.
Karim spent about 80 matches for the national team of his country. He has participated in several major tournaments, including the World Cup in South Africa and Brazil. But he did not achieve much success with the team.
In 2015, Benzema became the culprit of the scandal involving blackmail by Mathieu Valbuena. For this he was prosecuted, and was also suspended from participating in matches for the French national team. Therefore, he did not succeed in becoming the world champion in 2018. At the same time, in 2017 all charges were dropped.
Now Karim successfully plays for Real Madrid and in the first matches of the new season managed to excel several times. After Cristiano Ronaldo left the team, it was Benzema that was the main striking force of the team.
