Quentin Bena

French footballer (born 1998)
Quentin Bena
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-11) 11 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Poitiers, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo București
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2013 Châtellerault
2013–2017 Chamois Niortais
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2022 Chamois Niortais B 63 (1)
2017–2022 Chamois Niortais 41 (1)
2022– Dinamo București 34 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2023

Quentin Bena (born 11 May 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga I club Dinamo București. Bena made his senior debut for Niort in April 2017 having signed for the club as a youth player from Châtellerault four years previously.

Playing career

Bena was born in Poitiers and played junior football for Coussay-les-Bois, Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé,[1] Pleumartin and Châtellerault.[2] After Châtellerault won an under-15s tournament in Jaunay-Clan in June 2013, during which he scored a goal and made an assist in the final,[1] Bena joined the youth setup at Chamois Niortais.[3] Over the next four years, he progressed through the ranks at the club, representing Niort at the under-17 and under-19 levels, and playing for the reserve team in the Championnat de France Amateur 2.[4] Originally playing as a forward as a junior, he became a defensive midfielder during his time at Niort.[1]

Towards the end of the 2016–17 season with Niort already assured of a mid-table finish, Bena began to become involved in the first-team squad. He eventually made his Ligue 2 debut on 21 April 2017, coming on as a substitute for the injured Laurent Agouazi in a 1–3 defeat away at AC Ajaccio.[2] He made his first start for the senior team the following week, playing in an unfamiliar left-back position in the 0–3 defeat to Reims at the Stade René Gaillard.[5] He went on to make two further appearances during the remainder of the season, and was rewarded for his breakthrough into the first-team with a three-year professional contract, which he signed on 9 May 2017.[6]

Bena left Niort at the end of the 2021–22 season,[7] having made 48 appearances for the club in all competitions.

In August 2022, he joined Romanian side Dinamo București,[8] playing for the first time in their history in the Liga II. During the 2022-2023 season, he was a squad player, appearing in a total of 17 games, 8 of them in the starting eleven.[9] He played a full 180 minutes in the promotion play-off games against FC Arges Pitesti, which Dinamo won 8-5 on aggregate,[10][11] promoting back to Liga I after just one season in the lower division. In the first leg of the promotion play-off, Bena scored his first goal for the club, through a header after a corner kick in the 15th minute.[12]

For the 2023-2024 season, he remained with Dinamo București to play in Liga I. After the 1-1 draw at home against Petrolul Ploiești on 26 August 2023, he was selected in the Liga I team of the week.[13]

Personal life

Born in France, Bena is of Congolese descent.[14]

Career statistics

As of matches played 22 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chamois Niortais B 2015–16 National 3 9 0 — — 9 0
2016–17 19 1 — — 19 1
2017–18 14 0 — — 14 0
2018–19 3 0 — — 3 0
2019–20 2 0 — — 2 0
2020–21 2 0 — — 2 0
2021–22 14 0 — — 14 0
Total 63 1 — — 63 1
Chamois Niortais 2016–17 Ligue 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2017–18 4 0 0 0 1[a] 0 5 0
2018–19 23 1 2 0 1[a] 0 26 1
2019–20 5 0 0 0 3[a] 0 8 0
2020–21 5 0 0 0 — 5 0
2021–22 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 41 1 2 0 5 0 48 1
Dinamo București 2022–23 Liga II 17 0 3 0 2[b] 1 22 1
2023–24 Liga I 17 0 2 0 — 19 0
Total 34 0 5 0 2 1 41 1
Career total 138 2 7 0 7 1 152 3
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in League Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Liga I promotion play-off

References

  1. ^ a b c Simon Vuillemin (21 January 2015). "Portrait Quentin Bena". chamoisniortais.fr. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Ça se corse pour Bena". La Nouvelle République. 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Châtellerault inscrit son nom au palmarès". La Nouvelle République. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Premier contrat pro avec les Chamois pour Quentin Bena". La Nouvelle République. 10 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Niort - Reims: 0–3". La Nouvelle République. 28 April 2017. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Quentin Bena signe professionnel". chamoisniortais.fr. 9 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Départ de 5 joueurs". Chamois Niortais FC. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Dinamo a făcut două transferuri după înfrângerea cu Oțelul". digisport.ro (in Romanian). 17 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Matches Q. Bena - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Dinamo București vs. Argeș 29 May 2023 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Argeș vs. Dinamo București 3 June 2023 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Dinamo București vs. Argeș 29 May 2023 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Superliga - Echipa etapei a 7-a". lpf.ro. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Quentin Bena ouvre la porte ! - Leopard Leader Foot". Leopard Leader Foot.

External links

  • Quentin Bena – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
  • Quentin Bena at Soccerway
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FC Dinamo București – current squad