Soufian Benyamina (born 2 March 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for Greifswalder FC.

Personal life

His older brother

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is also professional footballer and is currently playing for

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and the Algerian national team.

Career

Benyamina began his career in the youth side with MSV Normannia 08 Berlin. He was later scouted by

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. After few years with Hertha BSC, he joined rival

Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as Union Berlin (), is a professional Football in Germany, German football club based in Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweide was fo ...

, where he played twenty three games and scored four goals in the A Jugend Bundesliga Nord/Nordost in the 2008–09 season. He left Union Berlin in July 2009 and signed for Carl Zeiss Jena. Here played his first professional match in the

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on 29 July 2009 against

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and scored on 25 October 2009 his first goal against

SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching () is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league ...

. On 14 June 2010, he left Carl Zeiss Jena and signed for

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. He signed in Stuttgart a three years contract and played first for the 3. Liga team. On 8 December 2012, Benyamina made his

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debut for the first team of

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in a 3–1 home victory against

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

. On 1 July 2013, he moved to

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, is a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

. After an unsuccessful half-season, in which Benyamina made only four appearances for Dynamo, the club loaned him to 3rd division club

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in the winter transfer window. At the end of the season he left Dynamo permanently, signing for

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The club was previously known as ''SV Wehen'' but added ''Wiesbaden'' to its name during the summer of 2007. They left their previous ground, the Taunusstein, t ...

. In August 2015, Benyamina signed for 3. Liga club

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from ...

on a three-year deal.

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