Nabil Bentaleb

What I respect most about Nabil Bentaleb is the arc of his career and his choice of allegiance. Born in Lille in 1994, the 187 cm defensive midfielder broke through at Tottenham, then journeyed through Schalke, Newcastle and Angers before returning to his hometown club in 2023. Though born in France, he chose to represent Algeria, an honest expression of identity I find compelling. I'm a sucker for the homecoming narrative, the player who circles the continent only to pull on the shirt of the city that raised him. He's the unglamorous engine in midfield, the kind who earns trust through work rather than flash, and that wins my admiration.

Name (English)

Nabil Bentaleb

Name (Japanese)

ナビル・ベンタレブ

Reading

なびる・べんたれぶ

Born

November 24, 1994 (age 31)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dog

Origin

Lille, Nord, France

Height

187 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nabilbentaleb/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabil%20Bentaleb
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%96
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15410320

Tags

• Nord
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.