Benstiti is best known for his managerial career in
women's football, which started in 2001 as he was appointed
Olympique Lyonnais' manager. Under Benstiti Olympique won four championships in a row between 2007 and 2010 and reached the
2010 Champions League's final, lost to
Turbine Potsdam on penalties. However, he left the position after the 2010 season. In September 2011 he signed for the
Russian national team and months later he also took charge of Russian champion
WFC Rossiyanka, replacing
Vera Pauw and
Tatiana Egorova respectively. In July 2012 he left both positions and returned to France for personal reasons. He then signed for Paris Saint-Germain. On 22 December 2016, Chinese club
Dalian Quanjian officially signed Benstiti as their new manager.
OL Reign On 17 January 2020, Benstiti was appointed the head coach of
Reign FC. He resigned on 2 July 2021; Benstiti was later named in the
Yates Report for abusive behavior regarding
weight-shaming players.
Algeria women's NT On 2022, he signed as a manager with the
Algerian women's national team. ==References==