Dear sports fans,
Lyon is one of the most beautiful cities in France and one of the most football-friendly! Several great footballers were born in Lyon and took their first footballing steps there.
Karim Benzema is a native of the city! He lived in a neighborhood that had become a hotbed of crime, on the streets of Bron-Terraillon.
Many of Benzema’s fans have expressed their desire to tour the neighborhoods where he grew up and where he first played club football.
SC Bron-Terraillon is his first club and is a point of interest for many football fans visiting Lyon because of Benzema’s aura.
The French striker who was born on December 19, 1987, never forgets the place where he grew up, because there he was hardened and disciplined from a very young age.
The house where Benzema grew up was less than 100 meters from SC Bron-Terraillon’s facilities.
The big team of the city, Olympique Lyonnais, embraced him, gave him the opportunity to compete at a professional level and by extension his great career at Real Madrid followed.
The first time Olympique Lyonnais spies saw him was in a U10 game where Benzema had scored twice against Olympique Lyonnais.
A visit to the facilities of SC Bron-Terraillon (Address: 8 rue Marcel Cerdan, Bron, France) would be a special experience to see where a top Real Madrid striker started his career.
PHOTO CREDITS: SCBT – Sporting Club Bron Terraillon
