Medhi Amine El Mouttaqi Benatia (born 17 April 1987) is a Moroccan footballer who plays for German club Bayern Munich and the Morocco national team as a centre back. He began his career at Marseille, spending his time loaned out to Tours and Lorient before joining Clermont in 2008. Two years later he joined Udinese, spending three seasons there before transferring to Roma. After helping them finish as Serie A runners-up in his only campaign there, he was signed by Bayern for €26 million, winning the Bundesliga in his first season.