Karim Benzema is a famous French footballer who now plays in Real Madrid as a striker.

What is interesting about his biography and the personal life of an athlete?
Benzema chose football since childhood. He played enthusiastically all day and participated
in the football section of the local club Bron Terralion. There the scouts of the football
academy of Lyon noticed him and invited a gifted young man to their place.
However, at the age of 17, the young footballer was transferred to the second team of Lyon,
where he immediately became the number one star. This could not pass the head coach of the
team, and in the following season Benzema starts at the base of Lyon. He achieves instant
success in the best club in the country. In the first eleven matches, Karim scored 11 goals. He
is immediately called up to the French national team. And many European clubs are starting
to hunt for a promising striker.

But Benzema is in no rush to leave Lyon and has won the French championship four times.
He succeeds especially in the 2007/2008 season, when a footballer becomes the best scorer in
the championship.

In 2009, Real Madrid set €35 million for the player. Karim still plays for this team. His
contract is valid until 2021, and the value of the compensation provided for in it is
approximately 1 billion euros.

Over the years, as part of the Royal Club, Benzema was almost always the main striker and
managed to become the champion of Spain twice, win the Champions League four times and
win several cup tournaments. He was named the best football player in France three times.
Now Karim is successfully playing for Real Madrid and managed to distinguish himself
several times in the first matches of the new season. After the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo
from the team, Benzema is the main striking force of the team.
In 2022 he won the Ballon d'Or.