Selim Benachour

International goals

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.

Overall, he made over 250 appearances at senior level throughout his career before retiring and in 2016, Benachour became the head coach at Martigues FC U17, where he won the Provincial Cup and then came runners-up in the league before moving up to the U19 team. Later he joined Foresta Suceava in Romania as manager and guided the club to a fifth-place finish. He then occupied the post of technical director as well as briefly the head coach role at Olimpia Grudziądz in Poland's top division. Moving to England, the UEFA A licence holder Benachour took up the position of under-18s manager at Oldham Athletic in September 2020. He became caretaker first team head coach of Oldham Athletic on 24 November 2021, following the departure of Keith Curle.

Paris Saint-Germain

Born and brought up in Paris, Selim Benachour learned to play his trade at the Paris Saint-Germain academy. Benachour began his professional club career with Paris Saint-Germain in 2001 and stayed in the club until 2005. After his two loan transfers, he went back to PSG after this, playing on and off for them over the next two seasons. Overall he earned 28 caps for his childhood club, scoring one goal. With PSG, he appeared in 28 league matches and scored a goal, alongside winning the Coupe de France in 2004.

Out on loan from PSG

He was given twice on loan from Paris Saint-Germain to Martigues in 2001–2002 and Troyes in 2003. He was sent to French Division 2 club Martigues on a season long loan spell. He played regularly for the Martigues first team, scoring one goal in 28 appearances. Next season he was sent on loan to Ligue 2 side ES Troyes AC, who had just narrowly avoided bankruptcy and were just trying to survive for the time being. Benachour had trouble getting into their team, making 9 appearances over the season, scoring twice.

Vitoria

In 2005, he left France and moved to Portugal, signing with Vitória Guimarães, where he enjoyed one successful season at the club.

Rubin Kazan

The next season, he signed a contract with the Russian side Rubin Kazan, where he played for two seasons and appeared in 23 league matches, scoring 3 goals. He was in Kazan's 2006 La Manga Cup winning squad.

Al Qadsia

After two…

Benachour played for France national teams at youth level from under-15 to under-20. In June 2001, after playing the Toulon tournament with Raymond Domenech as a coach, he refused to play the under-20 World Cup for France. He made his international debut on 11 January 2002 against Cameroon in a friendly match which ended as their 1–0 defeat. Between 2002 and 2010, he earned 44 caps for Tunisia and scored 2 goals. He was widely considered one of Tunisia's best players, an elegant playmaker with range of passing and great vision, and played for Tunisia's national squad at the 2002 World Cup. However, he was not included in the squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, in which Tunisia were knocked out in the first round. He was part of the national squad that emerged as the champions of the 2004 African Cup of Nations, defeating Morocco.