Farid Benstiti

Farid Benstiti
	Benstiti in October 2013
Personal information
Full name	Farid Benstiti
Date of birth	16 January 1967 (age 59)
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1989	Lyon
1989–1990	Cercle Dijon
1990–1992	Lyon-Duchère
1992–1993	Avenir Lembeek [nl]
1993–1995	Sète
1995–1997	Lyon-Duchère
1998–1999	FC Vaulx-en-Velin
1999–2000	Gap
Managerial career
2001–2010	Lyon (women)
2011–2012	Russia (women)
2012	Rossiyanka
2012–2016	Paris Saint-Germain (women)
2017–2019	Dalian Quanjian
2020–2021	OL Reign
2022–	Algeria (women)
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Farid Benstiti (born 16 January 1967) is a French-Algerian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He currently manages the Algeria women's national team. He has also managed clubs such as Olympique Lyonnais, Paris Saint-Germain, Dalian Quanjian and OL Reign.

Playing career

Benstiti started his playing 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.

Managerial career

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]

On 22 December 2016, Chinese club Dalian Quanjian officially signed Benstiti as their new manager.^[3]

OL Reign

On 17 January 2020, Benstiti was appointed the head coach of Reign FC.^[4] He resigned on 2 July 2021;^[5] Benstiti was later named in the Yates Report for abusive behavior regarding weight-shaming players.^[6]

Algeria women's NT

On 2022, he signed as a manager with the Algerian women's national team.

References

↑ Benstiti leaves Russia and Rossiyanka. UEFA, 04/07/12
↑ PSG women's summer refit. UEFA, 16/08/12
↑ "权健新赛季超10亿投资足球女足聘世界名帅执教". Sina Sports. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
↑ "FARID BENSTITI APPOINTED HEAD COACH OF REIGN FC". Reign FC. 17 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
↑ "FARID BENSTITI RESIGNS AS HEAD COACH OF OL REIGN". OL Reign. 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
↑ Evans, Jayda (14 December 2022). "NWSL's Joint Investigation Team finds leaguewide systemic abuse, includes offenses by OL Reign". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[1] Benstiti leaves Russia and Rossiyanka. UEFA, 04/07/12

[2] PSG women's summer refit. UEFA, 16/08/12

[3] "权健新赛季超10亿投资足球女足聘世界名帅执教". Sina Sports. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

[4] "FARID BENSTITI APPOINTED HEAD COACH OF REIGN FC". Reign FC. 17 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

[5] "FARID BENSTITI RESIGNS AS HEAD COACH OF OL REIGN". OL Reign. 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[6] Evans, Jayda (14 December 2022). "NWSL's Joint Investigation Team finds leaguewide systemic abuse, includes offenses by OL Reign". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

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