Karima Benameur Taieb (born 13 April 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and the France national team.

Karima Benameur Taieb
Benameur Taieb with Paris Saint-Germain in 2013
Personal information
Full name Karima Benameur Taieb
Date of birth (1989-04-13) 13 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Bédarieux, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1996–2000 GC Le Bousquet-d'Orb
2000–2002 Entente Orb Gravezon
2002–2004 USB Pays d'Orb
2004–2005 Montpellier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 CNFE Clairefontaine 18 (0)
2007–2009 Saint-Étienne 29 (0)
2009 Rodez 1 (0)
2009–2011 Toulouse 35 (0)
2011–2012 Rodez 14 (0)
2012–2015 Paris Saint-Germain 26 (0)
2015–2019 Paris FC[a] 43 (0)
2019–2022 Manchester City 12 (0)
2022–2023 Olympique Marseille 13 (0)
International career
2005–2006 France U17 7 (0)
2006–2008 France U19 17 (0)
2008 France U20 5 (0)
2016–2019 France B 4 (0)
2007–2018 France 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 March 2019

Club career edit

Benameur Taieb played for Toulouse FC and Rodez AF before joining Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in 2012. Franck Raviot has been her most inspiring coach.[1] In 2015, she moved to French club FCF Juvisy, (later renamed Paris FC[2]) who compete in the Division 1 Féminine.

In 2019 Benameur Taieb made the first international move of her career, signing a one-year contract with English FA WSL side Manchester City.[3]

International career edit

Benameur Taieb was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[4]

Personal life edit

Formerly known as Karima Benameur, Benameur Taieb announced in June 2020 that she would now adopt her mother's surname and sport Taieb on the back of her shirt.[5]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played 28 May 2023.[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[b] League Cup[c] Continental[d] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CNFE Clairefontaine 2005–06 Division 1 6 0 0 0 6 0
2006–07 12 0 0 0 12 0
Total 18 0 0 0 18 0
AS Saint-Étienne 2007–08 Division 1 21 0 1 0 22 0
2008–09 8 0 0 0 8 0
Total 29 0 1 0 30 0
Rodez AF 2009–10 Division 2 1 0 1 0 2 0
Toulouse FC 2009–10 Division 1 13 0 0 0 13 0
2010–11 22 0 1 0 23 0
Total 35 0 1 0 36 0
Rodez AF 2011–12 Division 1 14 0 1 0 15 0
Paris Saint-Germain 2012–13 Division 1 8 0 4 0 12 0
2013–14 16 0 1 0 2 0 19 0
2014–15 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 26 0 5 0 2 0 33 0
FCF Juvisy
(to 2017)
Paris FC
(from 2017)
2015–16 Division 1 11 0 0 0 11 0
2016–17 3 0 1 0 4 0
2017–18 14 0 1 0 15 0
2018–19 15 0 4 0 19 0
Total 43 0 6 0 49 0
Manchester City 2019–20 FA WSL 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2020–21 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2021–22 10 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 15 0
Total 12 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 23 0
Olympique Marseille 2022-23 Division 2 13 0 3 0 16 0
Career total 191 0 22 0 4 0 5 0 222 0
  1. ^ Known as Juvisy till July 2017.
  2. ^ Includes the Women's FA Cup and Coupe de France Féminine
  3. ^ Includes the FA WSL Cup
  4. ^ Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

International edit

As of match played 6 April 2018[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2007 1 0
2011 1 0
2017 1 0
2018 2 0
Total 5 0

Honours edit

Club edit

Paris Saint-Germain F.C.

Runner-up

Manchester City

References edit

  1. ^ uefa.com. "UEFA Women's Champions League - Karima Benameur – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  2. ^ "Le FCF Juvisy Essonne et le Paris FC ne font plus qu'un !". FCF Juvisy. 6 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ "City sign Karima Benameur". MCFC. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Lyon dominate France squad". uefa.com. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  5. ^ "KARIMA BENAMEUR TAIEB PENS NEW DEAL". Manchester City FC. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Karima Benameur profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Equipe de France A - Karima Benameur Taeib" (in French). statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 21 April 2022.

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