Omar Benzerga (; born 13 March 1990) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career On 14 June 2010, Benzerga signed a four-year contract with Ligue 2 side FC Nantes, joining on a free transfer from Lille OSC. On 31 July 2010, Benzerga made his professional debut, starting for Nantes in their Coupe de la Ligue game against Boulogne. A week later, on 9 August 2010, he made his league debut for Nantes in the opening game of the 2010–11 Ligue 2 season against Le Mans starting the game before being subbed off in the 67th minute. On 16 June 2012, he was fired by his club Nantes and banned for three years by the French Football Federation. International career Benzerga played for the France U17 national team participating in the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship where France reached the semi-finals. He started all four of France's games at the competition. In September 2009, Benzerga was called up to the Algerian U23 national team for a ten-day training camp in Beaucaire, France. He was called up again for another training camp in Algiers in December 2009. References External links 1990 births Living people People from Châtellerault Sportspeople from Vienne French sportspeople of Algerian descent Algerian footballers French footballers Footballers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine Association football midfielders Algeria under-23 international footballers France youth international footballers Ligue 2 players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players SO Châtellerault players Lille OSC players FC Nantes players JSM Béjaïa players Royal Excel Mouscron players JS Saoura players ASM Oran players Algerian expatriate footballers French expatriate footballers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium