Karim Benzema: Current Club, Height, Wife, Nationality, Net Worth, Children, Parents, Siblings, Age, Facebook, Instagram, News, Occupation, Wikipedia, Podcast.

Early Life & Education

Benzema was born in the city of Lyon, France and he started his football career with local club Bron Terraillon at the age of eight years. at the club, benzema was nicknamed Coco by friend and after scoring two goals in an under-10 match against the lyon youth academy, began attracting attention from the biggest club in the city.
In 1996, he joined Olympique Lyonnais, and subsequently came through the club’s youth academy. Benzema made his professional performance in the 2004-2005 season and appeared occasionally in his first three seasons as Lyon won three titles in that span. In the 2007-2008 season, Benzema became a starter and had a breakthrough year scoring over 30 goals as Lyon won its seventh straight league title. For his performances, he was named the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Ligue 1 Player of the Year and named to the organization’s Team of the Year. Benzema was also the league’s top scorer and given the Bravo Award by Italian magazine Guerin Sportive. After another season at Lyon, in July 2009, Benzema moved to Real Madrid in a transfer fee worth over EUR35 million ($50 million) and signed a six-year contract. After struggling to establish himself in his debut season with the club, in the ensuing two seasons, Benzema reached prominence, scoring 32 goals en route to helping Real Madrid win the Copa del Rey in 2011 and the 2011-2012 edition of La Liga. He has been named French Player of the Year three times for his performances in 2011, 2012 and 2014. His most impressive season was 2008-09, when he won the Ligue 1 Player of the Year award, the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur for being the league’s top scorer, the Bravo Award for being the most outstanding young footballer in Europe and was shortlisted by France Football for the Ballon d’Or award, eventually won by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Karim Benzema is Real Madrid’s second-best goal-scorer and best assist provider. At the beginning of his career, he realized that talent was not enough and sought help to get in shape.

Personal Life

Karim Benzema is married to Cora Gauthier. Benzema has two children named Ibrahim and Melia from two women, Cora Gauthier and Chloe de Launey. his parents Hafid benzema and Wahida Djebbara are from Algerian but base in troublesome bron eastern part of France. he is the sixth child of his parents. he was born into a disciplinary family; his father played a great role in his upbringing which he stopped him from playing in the troublesome neighborhood.

His younger brothers Gressy and Sabri are also footballers.
The former plays at the amateur level with Vaulx-le-Velin in the Division d’Honneur, the sixth division of French football, while the latter plays in the youth academy of a club in the family’s hometown of Bron.

On 3rd February 2014, his then-girlfriend Chloé de Launay gave birth to their daughter Mélia in Madrid.
On 5th May 2017, his girlfriend Cora Gauthier gave birth to their son Ibrahim.
Benzema is a Muslim and he always observes fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
He has spoken about his faith saying: “My faith helps me to be focused every day. It brings me benefits and it’s my strength for me, my family, as well as for my work – for literally everything.”

Since evolving internationally, Benzema has participated in numerous advertising campaigns. He was chosen as an ambassador of the American video game publisher Electronic Arts for the FIFA series. He has signed several sponsorship contracts, notably with the Korean automobile manufacturer Hyundai, the French telephone operator SFR and its subsidiary BuzzMobile, the French bank LCL and the sports betting company bwin. Benzema is sponsored by Adidas.
In 2017, his documentary film Le K Benzema was released.
In 2020, Benzema started his own YouTube channel, uploading videos of his everyday life, as well as interviews and fan Q&As.

On 6 December 2006, he told RMC about his possible selection for the Algerian team: “It’s my parents’ country, it’s in my heart. But well, from a sporting perspective, it’s true I’ll play in the French team. I’ll always be available for the French team . It’s more for the sporting side, because Algeria is my country, you see, my parents come from there. France, on the other hand … it’s more of a sport thing, that’s it.” Benzema drew some criticism for these comments, as well as for his reluctance to sing the French national anthem, “La Marseillaise”, before each match with the national team.

On 18th April 2010, French television channel M6 reported that four members of the French national team were being investigated for their roles as clients in a prostitute ring operated inside of a Paris nightclub, with some of the women possibly being underage. The players were eventually revealed to be Franck Ribéry, Sidney Govou, Hatem Ben Arfa and Benzema.
Benzema was alleged to have had a sexual rendezvous with a prostitute when she was 16 years of age, an act Benzema denied through his lawyer.
On 20 July, Benzema was questioned by Paris police and indicted on the charge of “solicitation of a minor prostitute”. In November 2011, prosecutors asked for the cases against Ribéry and Benzema to be dropped, saying that the players were not aware that the escort, identified as Zahia Dehar, was 16 years old.
However, the case did go on to trial. In January 2014, the judge in the case dropped the charges against both Ribery and Benzema saying there was lack of sufficient evidence that the pair knew the prostitutes were underaged.

On 4th November 2015, Benzema was arrested by French police for his alleged part in blackmailing fellow France international player Mathieu Valbuena over the alleged recording of a sex-tape on a mobile phone.
During the investigation over the blackmail plot, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stated, “A great athlete should be exemplary. If he is not, he has no place in the France team. There are so many kids, so many youngsters in our suburbs that relate to great athletes. They wear the blue jersey, the colours of France, which are so important in these moments.
On 10th December 2015, the president of the FFF Noël Le Graët announced the provisional suspension of the striker from the French team until a new development in the affair.
On 17th February 2016, the judicial review was lifted by the investigating judge who allowed Benzema to get in touch again with Valbuena. On 11th July 2017, the Court of Cassation issued a judgment in which it invalidated a decision of the Court of Appeal of Versailles, which had validated the procedure by which Benzema had been indicted for complicity of attempted blackmail.
This decision was made on the basis of contesting the legality of the phone calls recording by the police, and the judgement did not disprove the veracity of the blackmail attempt on Valbuena by Benzema.
On 7th January 2021, the public prosecutor’s office in Versailles announced that Benzema would face trial for his alleged involvement in the blackmail attempt.
On 24th November 2021, Benzema was found guilty of conspiring to blackmail Valbuena with a sex tape.
The judge gave him a one-year suspended sentence and fined him €75,000. His lawyers said they will appeal his conviction.
He will be definitively sentenced in this case in June 2022, after having abandoned the appeal procedure.

In March 2020, during an Instagram livestream with YouTuber Mohamed Henni, Benzema made controversial remarks about French player Olivier Giroud, who replaced Benzema in the France national team.
He called Giroud “karting” while he referred to himself as “Formula 1”.