Fatima Tagnaout
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Fatima Zahra Tagnaout[2] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 January 1999 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Morocco | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder[2] | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | ASFAR | |||||||||||||
Number | 11 | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2015- | ASFAR | |||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2018- | Morocco | 39 | (4) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 18 July 2022 (UTC) |
Fatima Zahra Tagnaout (Arabic: فاطمة الزهراء تاكناوت;[2] born 20 January 1999) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for ASFAR and the Morocco women's national team.
Club career
Tagnaout has played for ASFAR in Morocco since she was 15.[2] She has won 8 Championships and 6 Throne Cups.
Tagnaout played in the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League which took place in Egypt in 2021. She participated in all of the games. She recorded a goal in the third-place match and provided several assists throughout the tournament. She was named to the Team of the Tournament.[3]
She was chosen by the CAF Awards Committee as a finalist for the African Club Player of the Year 2022[4] but did not win the award.[5]
Morocco hosted the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. AS FAR won the final match at the expense of the defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, with a score of 4-0. Tagnaout scored the first goal on a penalty kick and received a yellow card.[6] Throughout the tournament, Tagnaout had three goals and three assists. She was named Best Player and to the Team of the Tournament.[7]
International career
Morocco U-17
Tagnaout played for the Morocco U-17 women in the African qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[8]
Morocco U-20
Tagnaout played in a number of matches with the Morocco U-20 national team, including African qualifiers for the 2018 U-20 Women's World Cup.[9] After eliminating Senegal in the first round, Morocco lost in the second round to Nigeria. The score was 1-5 and the only goal for Morocco was scored by Tagnaout.
She participated in December 2019 in a UNAF U-20 Tournament in Algeria[10] where she played two matches against Burkina Faso[11] and Algeria.[12]
National Team
Tagnaout has capped for Morocco at senior level.[13][1] She was first called up to play for the national team in 2018.[14] She registered her first two international goals on 31 January 2020 in a friendly against Tunesia.[15] In September 2021, she participated in the Aisha Bukhari cup, during which she scored a goal against Cameroon in the 78th minute.[16]
She was chosen by Reynald Pedros to play in the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. She participated in all matches and was awarded the title of Woman of the Match for the match against Senegal.[17] Morocco finished as runners-up.[18]
She was selected as part of Morocco's 2023 Women's World Cup squad.[19] She started all three games of the group stage.[20]
Career statistics
International goals
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 31 January 2020 | Stade Municipal de Témara, Temara, Morocco | Tunisia | 3–1 | 6–3 | Friendly | [21] |
2 | 4–2 |
Honours
AS FAR
- Moroccan Women's Championship (8): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023[22]
- Moroccan Women Throne Cup (7): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022[23]
- CAF Women's Champions League (1): 2022; third place: 2021[24]
Morocco
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2022[18]
- UNAF Women's Tournament: 2020[25]
Individual
- CAF Women's Champions League Best Player: 2022[7]
- CAF Women's Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2021, 2022[3][7]
- IFFHS CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022[27]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c d e "Effectif : Football - Dames". ASFAR (in French). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ a b "CAF TSG releases the Best XI of TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League". CAF Online. 21 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "CAF AWARDS 2022 : LES FINALISTES DES CATÉGORIES FÉMININES CONNUES". Africa Top Sports. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "CAF Awards: le trio final de chaque catégorie dévoilé, plusieurs nommés marocains". Le 360 Sport. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "FAR Rabat Women 4-0 Mamelodi Sundowns Women". CAF Online. 13 November 2022. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ a b c Anouar, Souad (14 November 2022). "Fatima Tagnaout Crowned Best Player at CAF Women's Champions League". Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "هزيمة مذلة للمنتخب المغربي النسوي لأقل من 17 سنة أمام غانا". Akhbarona. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Coupe du Monde U20 2018 (Afrique) - Le NIGERIA et le GHANA décrochent leurs qualifications pour la France". Footo Feminin.
- ^ "Tournoi UNAF U20 en Algérie : participation de la sélection marocaine". Federation Royale Marocaine De Football (in French). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Tournoi féminin UNAF U20 : victoire du Maroc face au Burkina Faso (1-0)". Federation Royale Marocaine de Football. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Tournoi féminin UNAF U20 : nul blanc entre le Maroc et l'Algérie". Federation Royale Marocaine de Football (in French). 26 December 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "سيدات المغرب يفزن على موريتانيا بخماسية بدورة اتحاد شمال افريقيا" (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "سيدات المغرب يفزن على موريتانيا بخماسية بدورة اتحاد شمال افريقيا". UNAF Online. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Morocco 6-3 Tunisia". Leballonrond. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Cameroon vs Morocco [0-1] Aisha Buhari Cup 2021 I Women's International Friendly". Youtube. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "CAN Féminine. Maroc-Sénégal: Fatima Tagnaout désignée «Woman of the match»". Le 360 Sport (in French). 9 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ a b Edwards, Piers (23 July 2022). "Wafcon 2022: South Africa beat Morocco to finally land first title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ Zouiten, Sara (19 June 2023). "Morocco Unveils Squad List for 2023 Women's World Cup". Morocco World News. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Fatima Tagnaout". ESPN. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Match Report of Morocco vs Tunisia - 2020-01-31 - FIFA Friendlies - Women". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ https://m.le360.ma/sport/ar/page.php?link=https://ar.sport.le360.ma/ldc-afrique/145192
- ^ https://snrtnews.com/article/84491
- ^ https://aujourdhui.ma/sports/ligue-de-champions-feminine-lasfar-sacree-championne-apres-avoir-fait-tomber-sundowns
- ^ "2020 UNAF Women's Tournament: Morocco crowned champions after 2-0 win over Algeria". Soka 25 East. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "CAF announces TotalEnergies Women's AFCON 2022 Best XI". CAF. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "IFFHS Women's CAF Team 2022". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.