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Nadir Mohamed Benchenaa (born February 2, 1984, in
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) is a
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footballer of
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n origin. He is a currently a
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.


Career

Benchenaa started his career at
Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...
before joining
Stade Rennais Stade Rennais Football Club (SRFC, ), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais () or simply Rennes,''Rennais'' and ''Stade Rennes'', used by some English-speaking media outlets and journalists, are not grammatically correct names for the club. is ...
in June 2000 for 2.8million SEK. Benchenaa stayed in France for three years, won the Gambardella Cup in 2003, and had a trial with
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during the 2000–01 season, before returning to Hammarby in the summer of 2003 and joining
Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. ...
on loan for the 2005 season. After his loan deal Benchenaa was sold to Assyriska on a two-year contract, of which he only stayed for one before leaving for Gröndals in February 2007. In January 2008 he moved to Germany with
SV Babelsberg 03 SV Babelsberg 03 is a football in Germany, German association football club based in Potsdam-Potsdam-Babelsberg, Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as ''Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903'' and again as ''SG Karl-Marx Babelsbe ...
for six months, before heading to
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in Belgium for another six months before signing for
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in January 2009. Benchenaa returned to Sweden in the summer of 2009, joining Dalkurd with whom he spent a year before once again moving abroad, this time with Algerian
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side
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. Benchenaa has also represented Sweden internationally at U-21 level.


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Dalkurd FF profile
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1984 births Swedish men's footballers Swedish people of Algerian descent Footballers from Stockholm Living people Stade Rennais FC players Hammarby Fotboll players Örgryte IS players SV Babelsberg 03 players Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Swedish expatriates in Belgium WA Tlemcen players Dalkurd FF players Men's association football midfielders Gröndals IK players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Allsvenskan players {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub