Saudi Arabia forward from Al-Ittihad Football Club Karim Benzema purchased a painting by the artist Pablo Picasso “Portrait of a Bearded Man.” The footballer announced it on his account on the social network
“Welcome home,” Benzema wrote.
The French publication RMC Sport clarifies that the painting was exhibited in the New York gallery of an American art dealer in 2025 Hi Nahmad. The cost of the canvas is unknown.
Benzema is 38 years old and previously played for Spanish Real Madrid and French Lyon. As part of the Madrid club, the striker won the Spanish championship four times, the national cup three times and the Champions League five times. In 2022, Benzema received the Ballon d’Or, the award for the best footballer in the world according to the French magazine France Football. With Real Madrid he played 648 matches in which he scored 354 goals and is second in the list of the club’s top scorers.
Benzema played for the French national team from 2007 to 2022 and played 97 matches in which he scored 37 goals. In 2021 the attacker, together with the national team, won the Nations League; at the 2022 World Cup, Benzema and the French team won silver medals.
