Karim Benzema currently wears a pair of X Crazyfast+. The striker used to wear the adidas F50 adizero before making the logical switch to the X in 2015. He is one of the few stars who gets to wear some of the special/limited releases for the adidas speed boots. With his 2022 Ballon d’Or win, he receives a commemorative signature pair that showcases a white base with golden spiral graphics all over the upper, and a chrome finish on the soleplate towards the heel to complete the regal look.
X Crazyfast+ Solar Energy
If you’re wondering what’s that boot Benzema wore sometime early 2024, it was the Solar Energy adidas X Crazyfast+. That was the laced boot that had a translucent, cutout upper, carried a predominantly bright yellow colourway with black adidas striping on the sides of the forefoot. The white soleplate had an orange plastic insert visible through the angular cutouts on the forefoot and mid. The yellow with black somehow jived with Al Ittihad’s kit colours too.
X Crazyfast+ Crazyrush
Benzema moved to the Saudi Pro League for the 2023/24 season. And he spent a significant time wearing the season-opening Crazyrush X Crazyfast+. The boot was marked by the predominantly white look, designed with black stripes and volt accents.
Karim Benzema Signature-2022 Ballon d’Or adidas X Speedportal.1
Attitude is gold. Family is gold. 𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗩𝗘 is gold. 👑#BallonDor @realmadrid @Benzema pic.twitter.com/Qo6QucIOEb
— adidas Football (@adidasfootball) October 18, 2022
Recent Benzema Boot History
Here are some of the boots the French national has worn these past few seasons:
Champions Code X Speedflow.1
Dedicated to the knockout stages of the 2021/22 UCL, the aqua-to-purple colourway with silver star outlines applied on the previous X Speedflow.1 was a regular on Benzema’s feet en route to winning it all. Even in the 2022/23 season, the striker can not seem to part with this title-winning boots.
UCL Pack F50 Ghosted Prime
Benzema debuted a remake of the F50 adiZero 2011 and its lightweight Sprintskin upper outfitted with the modern Carbitex Speedframe outsole. He wore this during the group stage of the abovementioned UCL season.
Memory Lane Futbolemotion F50 Ghosted
Benzema was one of the six players to wear the retail-led Memory Lane F50 Ghosteds. He chose the black with gold model coming from Futbolemotion, which added a honeycomb all-over graphic to represent the goal net.
Superspectral X Ghosted.1
As hot as the hot pink of his X Ghosted was his recall to the French squad for the Euro 2021, where he remained influential for the team despite their R16 exit.
