Karim Benzema was one of the hottest goalscorers in soccer until his move to Saudi Arabia in the last summer transfer window. The Frenchman had just won everything with Real Madrid and even secured the 2022 FIFA Ballon d’Or award over Sadio Mane and Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, which was his best season ever.
Karim Benzema’s popularity has been challenged since his move to Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Pro League, where he’s been sometimes reported to be unhappy and willing to move back to Europe. In the wake of yesterday’s Valentine’s Day, we throw it back to when the Real Madrid star scored a perfect hat-trick on 2023 Valentine’s Day.
Karim Benzema’s hattrick on V-Day last year
Having been born in France, Karim Benzema understands a thing or two about romance and didn’t hesitate to show it in an exciting way last year when he sent the internet into a frenzy. The former Real Madrid striker celebrated the special day by sending flowers to three significant women in his life. Benzema sent exotic flowers to his partner and two ex-wives.
A Twitter account with the name Madrid Xtra posted this information on Twitter. “Benzema, on Valentine’s Day, sent flowers to his current partner, second wife, and first wife,” the post read, with accompanying pictures of these three women holding and posting the flowers on their respective Instagram pages.
The amazing gesture didn’t seem to bring him much luck as far as his performance for the rest of his career in Europe is concerned. Benzema struggled with injury problems in his last season at the club, scoring just a few goals in his final moments as a Real Madrid player before his shocking decision to ditch Real Madrid for more money in the Saudi Pro League, even though he’s claimed his decision was more than financial gains.
Benzema spotted with ex-girlfriend during vacation
Karim Benzema spent his mid-season break from the Saudi Pro League away from the club or anything soccer-related as he jetted to an African island to spend some time with his ex-wife Chloe De Launay.
The pair was spotted in Mauritius enjoying the time of their lives on an island in the country, with the French striker seeming happy to be in his ex-wife’s company despite being in a relationship with an American woman and model, Jordan Ozuna, who gave birth to the striker’s fourth child last year.
Benzema and Chloe have two children together; Mela and Nouri. He also has a child named Ibrahim with Cora Gauthier, another ex-girlfriend.
