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Selma Bacha
Bacha with Lyon in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Left-back, left winger
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 4
Youth career
2008–2009 FC Gerland
2009–2017 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Lyon 64 (3)
International career‡
2016 France U16 9 (2)
2016–2017 France U17 13 (4)
2018–2019 France U19 13 (0)
2017–2020 France U20 15 (0)
2021– France U23 2 (0)
2021– France 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022

Selma Bacha (born 9 November 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left winger for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the France national team.

Early life

Bacha grew up in the Grange Blanche district of Lyon, France. She was introduced to football by her brother at the age of four.[1] She joined the Lyon academy at the age of eight.[2] She is of Algerian and Tunisian descent.[3]

Club career

She continued to progress through the youth ranks at Lyon. In 2013, her performances caught the attention of Sonia Bompastor, a former footballer who was also responsible for Lyon's training centre.[1] She signed a professional contract with Lyon during the 2017–18 season.[4] That same season, Lyon went on to win the Champions League, with Bacha starting in the final.[5] Lyon were to contest the 2019 Champions League final too; Bacha featured in the game as a substitute for Eugénie Le Sommer, coming on in the 82nd minute of the match.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 September 2022[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyon 2017–18 Division 1 Féminine 11 0 6 2 6 0 — 23 2
2018–19 15 0 2 0 7 1 — 24 1
2019–20 6 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 15 0
2020–21 10 0 1 0 5 0 — 16 0
2021–22 19 3 2 0 11 0 — 32 3
2022–23 3 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 4 0
Career total 64 3 15 2 34 1 1 0 114 6
  1. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Championnes

International

As of match played 11 October 2022[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France
2021 2 1
2022 11 0
Total 13 1
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bacha goal.
List of international goals scored by Selma Bacha
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 November 2021 Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp, France  Wales 2–0 2–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

Lyon

France U19

References

  1. ^ a b Roussel, Vincent (5 March 2018). "Selma Bacha, une merveilleuse histoire du temps" (in French). Foot d'Elles. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ Saive, Marion (31 December 2019). "Sonia Bompastor: "Selma Bacha est la meilleure joueuse de sa génération"". Le Progrès (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ rabah, Farid Kada (13 May 2016). "A la découverte de Selma Bacha, Olympique Lyonnais".
  4. ^ "Lyon : L'exemple des championnes de l'OL inspire les plus petites du FC Gerland" (in French). Franceinfo. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Cinq choses à savoir sur Selma Bacha, la surdouée des Bleuettes". L'Équipe (in French). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  6. ^ Hess, Alex (21 August 2020). "Lyon demolish Barcelona to win Women's Champions League – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Selma Bacha". Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Equipe de France A - Selma Bacha". Retrieved 26 November 2021.


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