Sami Ben Amar
Personal information
Full name Sami Ben Amar
Date of birth (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998
Place of birth Nice, France[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Lyon La Duchère
Youth career
2004–2008 FC de Carros
2008–2012 Nice
2012–2017 Bastia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Bastia II 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Bastia II (loan) 8 (1)
2017–2021 Nîmes 6 (0)
2017–2021 → Nîmes II (loan) 50 (18)
2021 Dundalk 13 (1)
2022–2023 US Mondorf-les-Bains 7 (1)
2023– Lyon La Duchère 2 (1)
International career‡
2017 Morocco U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 January 2018

Sami Ben Amar (born 2 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward, most recently for Championnat National 2 club Lyon La Duchère. He is a former under-17 international for Morocco.

Club career

Ben Amar made his professional debut for Nîmes in a 2–0 Ligue 2 loss to Gazélec Ajaccio on 23 January 2018.[2] He signed for League of Ireland Premier Division side Dundalk on the 17th August 2021.[3] He made his debut for the club 3 days later in a 2–1 defeat to Drogheda United in the Louth Derby at Oriel Park.[4] His first goal for the club came on 27 August 2021 when he opened the scoring in a 5–1 win over St Mochta's in the Second Round of the FAI Cup.[5] In August 2022, Ben Amar signed for Luxembourg National Division club US Mondorf-les-Bains.

International career

Ben Amar debuted for the Morocco national under-20 football team in a 1–1 friendly tie with the France U20s on 8 November 2017.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played on 11 February 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bastia 2016–17 Ligue 1 000000—00
Bastia II (loan) 2016–17 Championnat National 3 81———81
Nîmes 2017–18 Ligue 2 300000—30
2018–19 Ligue 1 000000—00
2019–20 201010—40
2020–21 100000—10
Total 601010—80
Nîmes II (loan) 2017–18 Championnat National 3 137———137
2018–19 Championnat National 2 206———206
2019–20 113———113
2020–21 Championnat National 3 62———62
Total 5018———5018
Dundalk 2021 LOI Premier Division 13131——162
US Mondorf-les-Bains 2022–23 Luxembourg National Division 7100——71
Lyon La Duchère 2022–23 Championnat National 2 21———21
Career total 86224110009123

References

  1. ↑ "Ben Amar (Sami Ben Amar) - Football - Sudinfo.be". www.lanouvellegazette.be.
  2. ↑ "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Domino's Ligue 2 - Season 2017/2018 - Week 19 - Gazélec FC Ajaccio / Nîmes Olympique". www.ligue1.com.
  3. ↑ McLaughlin, Gavin (17 August 2021). "NEW SIGNING: SAMI BEN AMAR". Dundalk Football Club.
  4. ↑ "Derby joy on emotional night for Drogheda as Dundalk fall into drop zone". independent.
  5. ↑ "Patrick Hoban on form as Dundalk crush St Mochta's". The Irish Times.
  6. ↑ "Match - Maroc - France - FFF".
  7. ↑ Sami Ben Amar at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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