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| Full name | Justin Bengui João | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 July 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montbéliard, France[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Villefranche | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2022 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lyon B | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Lyon | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | → Jedinstvo Ub (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | → RWDM Brussels (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | France U17 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U18 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | France U19 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | France U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Justin Bengui João (born 9 July 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
Club career
[edit]Born in Montbéliard, Bengui started his career at Villefranche and remained there until 2016, when he joined the youth side of Lyon.[2] On 28 July 2021, despite interests from Bayern Munich,[3] he decided to sign his first professional contract with Lyon for a period of three seasons.[4]
In 2022, he was part of the Lyon team that won the Coupe Gambardella, being the substitute goalkeeper for Mathieu Patouillet.[5] At the same year, he made his senior debut with Lyon's reserves in a 0–4 Championnat National 2 defeat against Lyon La Duchère[6]
On 14 July 2023, Bengui appeared with Lyon's first team for the first time, playing in a in the friendly game against De Treffers.[7]
On 20 January 2025, Bengui joined Jedinstvo Ub in Serbia on loan.[8]
On 23 July 2025, Bengui was loaned to Lyon's sister club RWDM Brussels on a one-season loan deal.[9]
International career
[edit]Bengui represented France at youth level, and is also eligible to represent Angola. In July 2024, he was named in France U19's squad for the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[10] As the starter goalkeeper for the team, he appeared in 4 games during the tournament, including the final against Spain, where France was defeated by the score of 0–2.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 1 February 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon B | 2021–21 | CFA | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | CFA | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | CFA | 8 | 0 | — | — | 3[a] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Lyon | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2026–27 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jedinstvo Ub (loan) | 2024–25 | Serbian SuperLiga | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| RWDM Brussels (loan) | 2025–26 | Challenger Pro League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in Premier League Cup
Honours
[edit]France U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2024[12]
France U20
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Justin BENGUI JOAO". fff.fr. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Villefranche-sur-Saône. Justin Bengui Joao : de l'académie du FCVB à l'équipe de France U16". Le Progrès. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Bengui Joao, Jacquet, Housni : trois Français à découvrir au Tournoi Maurice-Revello (Foot)". L'Équipe. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "OL : premier contrat professionnel pour Justin Bengui Joao". Olympique & Lyonnais. 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "OL - Le groupe lyonnais pour la finale de Gambardella contre le SM Caen". Ouest-France. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Nat 2 : l'OL s'incline lors du derby contre La Duchère (0-4)". Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "Football : la maturité de Justin Bengui Joao". Le Progrès. 15 July 2023.
- ↑ "Репрезентативац Француске стаје на гол Јединства" [The French national team player stands in the goal of Jedinstvo] (in Serbian). FK Jedinstvo Ub. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ↑ "Justin Bengui prêté au RWDM Brussels" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "LA LISTE POUR L'EURO". French Football Federation (in French). 2024-07-15.
- ↑ "Euro U19 (H) : L'équipe de France échoue en finale de l'Euro U19 face à l'Espagne". L'Équipe. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ "2024 Under-19 EURO final highlights, report: Spain 2-0 France". UEFA. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "La France surclasse l'Arabie saoudite et remporte le Tournoi Maurice-Revello pour la 14e fois". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2025-08-24.
External links
[edit]- Justin Bengui at Soccerway
- 2005 births
- Footballers from Montbéliard
- Living people
- French sportspeople of Angolan descent
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- FK Jedinstvo Ub players
- RWDM Brussels players
- Championnat National 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Challenger Pro League players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- 21st-century French sportsmen