Farid Benstiti

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Farid Benstiti
Personal information
Benstiti in October 2013
Full name	Farid Benstiti
Date of birth	(1967-01-16)16 January 1967
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1984–1989	Olympique Lyonnais	18	(1)
1989–1990	Cercle Dijon	8	(2)
1990-1992	Lyon-Duchère
1992–1993	Avenir Lembeek
1993–1995	Sète
1995–1997	Lyon-Duchère
1998–1999	Vaulx-en-Velin
1999–2000	Gap
Teams managed
2001–2010	Olympique Lyonnais (w)
2011–2012	Russia (w)
2012	Rossiyanka (w)
2012–	Paris St.-Germain (w)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Farid Benstiti is a French football coach, currently in charge of Paris Saint-Germain in the Division 1 Féminine.

As a player Benstiti was a midfielder. He started his career in 1984 for Olympique Lyonnais. In 1989 he moved to Cercle Dijon, and he subsequently played for AS Lyon-Duchère, FC Sète and Avenir Lembeek in the French and Belgian third tiers, and Vaulx-en-Velin and Gap FC in lower categories. He retired in 2000 at 33.

Benstiti is best known for his managerial career in women's football, which started in 2001 as he was appointed Olympique Lyonnais' manager. Under Benstiti Olympique won four championships in a row between 2007 and 2010 and reached the 2010 Champions League's final, lost to Turbine Potsdam on penalties. However, he left the position after the 2010 season. In September 2011 he signed for the Russian national team and months later he also took charge of Russian champion WFC Rossiyanka, replacing Vera Pauw and Tatiana Egorova respectively. In July 2012 he left both positions and returned to France for personal reasons.^[1] He then signed for Paris Saint-Germain.^[2]

References

↑ Benstiti leaves Russia and Rossiyanka. UEFA, 04/07/12
↑ PSG women's summer refit. UEFA, 16/08/12

v t e Paris Saint-Germain Féminines – current squad

1 Kiedrzynek 2 Dali 3 Boulleau 4 Amaro 5 Delannoy 7 Horan 8 Debonne 9 Akherraze 10 Bresonik 11 Houara 13 Krahn 14 Hamraoui 15 Kaabachi 16 Benameur 17 Kaci 20 Pizzala 24 Bayle 27 Heath 28 Cruz 29 Asllani 30 Pons Manager: Benstiti

Persondata
Name	Benstiti, Farid
Alternative names
Short description	Football player and manager
Date of birth	16 January 1967
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Date of death
Place of death

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