Karim Mostafa was born in the family of Wahid and Jebbara Benzema, he is the sixth of nine of their children. Childhood passed in Brones - a poor emigrant quarter of northern Lyon. There Karim also began his career in football - he ran and scored for the team Bron Terreion, where he was spotted by Lyon scouts. Thus, already at the age of nine, he moved to the Academy of “Lions”, in which his stellar ascent to the football Olympus began.
First, Karim was compared with young David Trezeguet for his ability to play in the penalty area and avoiding defenders, and later with one of the “icons” of French football - Zidane himself. (But rather not by position on the field or skills, but because both of them have Kabile roots). Studying at the academy, Karim was not inclined to science, but on the other hand, his talent and perseverance quickly attracted the attention of the main team, in which such football “bison” as Florent Malouda, Sylvain Viltord and John Carew and, of course, Juninho Pernambucano became his partners. For the “weavers” from 2004 to 2009, he played 112 matches and scored 43 goals, becoming the four-time champion of League 1, the owner of the French Cup and Super Cup. Thus, the young striker attracted the views of European giants.
In 2009 Karim moved to Real Madrid, in which at first he did not become a solid base player. But everything changed after the departure of Raul, Higuain and Morata. Karim became the "tip" of the Air Force trio, winning three L.Ch. in a row! Although each new coach, “galacticos” assigned unusual roles for the striker. Benzema began to retreat deep into the field, pulling back the defenders, and thereby free up space for KriRo's breakthroughs, giving assists to partners. Fans do not always remember Benzema with a kind word because of his misses from a meter on an empty goal, but they will always be grateful to his labor goals at the goal of Bavaria and Liverpool. These most important goals were scored thanks to his goal scoring, (as was the case in the last winning draw of L.Ch.) At the moment, the forward has 415 matches in a white T-shirt and 195 goals.
Career in the French team ended for our striker because of the scandal in the "Valbouin case", during which he was accused of blackmail. It’s unfortunate that this summer Karim was not able to raise the World Cup over his head, as his teammate Rafael Varan did. With the national team, Benzema won only at the junior level - in 2004 becoming the European champion, and in 2005 taking the Meridian Cup. By the way, today's stars are also involved in these victories - masters of their craft, and then the youths Samir Nasri, Jeremy Menez and Hatem Ben Arfa. Before the scandal and suspension, Karim managed to play 81 games for the main team, and upset his rivals 27 times.
