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Karim Benzema is one of the most famous and successful footballers in this century. He has been targeted by some people for his inconsistency at certain moments of his career but he shut them down with his talent and class. He has been constantly performing at the highest levels and has won numerous records and trophies, his fans know a lot about him and constantly follow him on various platforms but still, there are a lot of things that you might not know, some of them are as follows.
- He started his career as a ball boy at Lyon’s senior team games after he was signed by Bron Terraillon when he was 8 years old.
- He won the U-17 European Championship while playing for France in 2004, he played along with Samir Nasri, Hatem Ben Arfa, etc who all became professional footballers as well.
- He always clear about what he was speaking and didn’t hesitate to speak his mind to senior players in his squad.
- He was compared to Zinedine Zidane when he won the French Player of the year award.
- He joined a clinic to lose weight in 2011 as he was being Criticised for his poor performance and he did lose the weight and scored 32 goals in all competitions that season.
- He has scored the fasted goal in El Clasico history which he scored in 21 seconds after kickoff in the 2011 season.
- He’s the French top scorer in Spain, he has scored more goals than Zinedine Zidane, who is at second number with 40 goals.
- His brothers are also footballers, they play in the sixth division of France with Valux-le-Velin.
- He has been involved in various conspiracies that include sexual relations with an underaged prostitute and blackmailing his French national teammate Mathieu Valbuena, which he denied clearly legally.
He had seen many ups and downs while playing but he is loved by every fan and his game depicts his class and his passion to win every title his team competes for. His never-giving-up attitude with unbelievable skills helped him in being such a great player.