What is Karim Benzema?
{{Infobox football biography | name = Karim Benzema | image = Karim Benzema wearing Real Madrid home kit 2021-2022.jpg | caption = Benzema with [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] in 2021 | fullname = Karim Mostafa Benzema<ref>{{cite web |url=http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpActa1?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=33786 |title=Acta del Partido celebrado el 20 de marzo de 2016, en Madrid |trans-title=Minutes of the Match held on 20 March 2016, in Madrid |publisher=Royal Spanish Football Federation |access-date=15 June 2019 |language=es }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|19|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2017/pdf/FCWC_2017_Squadlists.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of players: Real Madrid CF |publisher=FIFA |page=5 |date=30 November 2017 |access-date=23 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043355/http://www.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2017/pdf/FCWC_2017_Squadlists.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Lyon]], France | height = 1.85 m<ref>{{cite web|title=Real Madrid C.F. – Karim Benzema|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/en/football/squad/karim-benzema|publisher=[[Real Madrid C.F.]]|access-date=18 November 2017|archive-date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120174627/http://www.realmadrid.com/en/football/squad/karim-benzema|url-status=live}}</ref> | position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]] | currentclub = [[Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]] | clubnumber = 9 | youthyears1 = 1993–1996 | youthclubs1 = AS Des Buers Villeurbanne | youthyears2 = 1996–1997 | youthclubs2 = Bron | youthyears3 = 1997–2005 | youthclubs3 = [[Olympique Lyonnais Reserves and Academy|Lyon]] | years1 = 2004–2006 | clubs1 = [[Olympique Lyonnais Reserves and Academy|Lyon II]] | caps1 = 20 | goals1 = 15 | years2 = 2004–2009 | clubs2 = [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] | caps2 = 112 | goals2 = 43 | years3 = 2009–2023 | clubs3 = [[Real