Francis Benali information

Francis Benali
MBE
Personal information
Full name	Francis Vincent Benali
Date of birth	30 December 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth	Southampton, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Full back
Youth career
1985–1988	Southampton
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–2004	Southampton
2001	→ Nottingham Forest (loan)
2006–2008	Eastleigh
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis Vincent Benali MBE (born 30 December 1968) is an English football coach and former professional player.

As a player, he was a full back who notably spent most of his career in the Premier League with Southampton, during a sixteen-year spell he notched up a total of 373 appearances in all competitions, scoring just once. He was named as one of "Southampton's Cult Heroes," in a book by Jeremy Wilson in October 2006.^[3] He also played for Nottingham Forest on loan in 2001 and later finished his career with a two-year spell at non-league side Eastleigh.

Following his retirement, Benali has coached at Southampton's academy as well as with semi-professional side Romsey Town. He is also noted for his charity work and co-founded a football management agency with former teammate Matt Le Tissier. Benali was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to cancer patients in the UK.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Francis Benali". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
^ Wilson, Jeremy (19 October 2006). Southampton's Cult Heroes: Saints' 20 Greatest Icons. ASIN 1905449011.
^ "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N16.
^ "New Year Honours: Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes and Baroness Sue Campbell recognised". BBC Sport. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
^ Yandell, Chris (27 December 2019). "Francis Benali made an MBE after netting huge amount for Cancer Research UK". Daily Echo. Southampton. Retrieved 28 December 2019.

[Hugman-1] "Francis Benali". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

[2] Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

[3] Wilson, Jeremy (19 October 2006). Southampton's Cult Heroes: Saints' 20 Greatest Icons. ASIN 1905449011.

[4] "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N16.

[5] "New Year Honours: Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes and Baroness Sue Campbell recognised". BBC Sport. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.

[6] Yandell, Chris (27 December 2019). "Francis Benali made an MBE after netting huge amount for Cancer Research UK". Daily Echo. Southampton. Retrieved 28 December 2019.

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Personal information
Full name	Francis Vincent Benali^[1]
Date of birth	(1968-12-30) 30 December 1968 (age 55)^[1]
Place of birth	Southampton,^[1] England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)^[2]
Position(s)	Full back
Youth career
1985–1988	Southampton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–2004	Southampton	311	(1)
2001	→ Nottingham Forest (loan)	15	(0)
2006–2008	Eastleigh	22	(0)
Total		348	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals