Dalil Benyahia
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-04-21) 21 April 1990
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 IK Sirius
Youth career
1996–2001 Vendelsö IK
2001–2007 Brommapojkarna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Brommapojkarna 2 (0)
2008 Vejle 0 (0)
2009–2011 Brommapojkarna 58 (3)
2012–2014 Sirius 31 (4)
International career‡
2007 Sweden U19 3 (0)
2010 Algeria U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Dalil Benyahia (born 21 April 1990 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former Algerian-Swedish footballer who last played for IK Sirius.

Career

Benyahia was born in Stockholm, Sweden.

In 2004, Benyahia was chosen as the player of the tournament at the Nike Cup in Sweden and represented the country in a week-long high performance training session at Manchester United. In 2006, he was given a one-week trial by Chelsea FC. The following year, he also received a 10-day trial with Ajax Amsterdam.

On 14 July 2008, Benyahia signed a 3-year contract with Vejle BK after impressing on trial.[1] He returned to IF Brommapojkarna in 2009, and was released in 2011.

On 2 August 2012, after some time as a free agent, Benyahia was reunited with former Brommapojkarna coach Kim Bergstrand, signing a 2+1⁄2-year contract with IK Sirius.[2]

He retired from professional football after the 2014 season.[3]

International career

On 29 September 2010, Benyahia was called up to the Algerian Under-23 national team for a friendly against Qatar.[4] On 12 October, he made his debut starting in the game, with Algeria winning 1–0.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Dalil Benyahia permanent til Vejle
  2. ↑ "Sirius värvningsbomb: "En klasspelare" – Upsala Nya Tidning". 2 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Han tog Eddahri till Sirius – Upsala Nya Tidning". 6 March 2018.
  4. ↑ EN U23 : 25 joueurs convoqués par Aït Djoudi
  5. ↑ "EN Olympique : Algérie 1-0 Qatar". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2010.


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