Karim Benzema was born on 19 December 1987 in Lyon. A French footballer, Benzema is a striker who spent fourteen seasons at Real Madrid after beginning at Olympique Lyonnais. At Madrid he formed part of a celebrated forward line with Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, and won the Champions League five times and the Spanish league several times. After Ronaldo left he became the team's main scorer, and he was awarded the Ballon d'Or in 2022. For France he played in the 2014 World Cup, and returned to the national team in 2021 after an absence of more than five years, following a legal case. He later moved to Saudi Arabia.
Before and after
- 8 December 1987Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
- from 8 December 1987 to 13 September 1993First Intifada
- 9 December 1987Creation of Windows 2.0
- 10 December 1987Rise of Hamas
- 19 December 1987Birth of Karim Benzema
- 1988Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 1988Founding of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- 1988Publication of The Alchemist
- 1988Rise of anti-globalization movement
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- 16 November 1945Founding of UNESCO
- 7 April 1948Founding of World Health Organization
- 4 April 1949Founding of NATO
- 1959HIV/AIDS
- 1 November 1993Founding of European Union
- 2015Rise of Wikipedia Asian Month
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