Hatem Ben Arfa is a French footballer who plays for Premier League club Hull City, on loan from Newcastle United, and for the France national football team. He plays as a winger and an attacking midfielder. Ben Arfa has been described as "one of the best-rated talents in France", but has been criticised by the media and players alike for lacking discipline. Ben Arfa started his career throughout various clubs in the �le-de-France region, having trained at AC Boulogne-Billancourt and Versailles. In 1999, he was selected to attend the Clairefontaine academy. Ben Arfa spent three years at the academy and, upon leaving, signed with Lyon, where he won four Ligue 1 titles. In his early career at Lyon, he played as a centre forward, but moved into a winger role during the 2007?08 season. In the summer of 2008, Ben Arfa signed with rivals Marseille for ?11 million through a move which required the intervention of the Ligue de Football Professionnel. With Marseille, he won the 2009?10 league title, his fifth overall, as well as the Coupe de la Ligue in 2010. 

March 7th, 1987 in Clamart (Age 37)