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Sakina Karchaoui
Personal information
Full name Sakina Karchaoui
Date of birth (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Salon-de-Provence, France
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Montpellier
Number 7
Youth career
2007–2009 US Miramas
2009–2012 Montpellier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Montpellier 106 (3)
International career‡
2012 France U17 6 (1)
2013–2015 France U19 13 (1)
2016 France U20 7 (1)
2016– France 29 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2019

Sakina Karchaoui (born 26 January 1996) is a French footballer who plays as a left back for Division 1 Féminine club Montpellier and the France national team.

Early life

Born in Salon-de-Provence, in the Provence region of France, Karchaoui was raised in the nearby town of Miramas by her Moroccan parents.[1] She began playing football in her neighborhood with boys.[1] After two years at local club, US Miramas, she joined Montpellier.[1]

Club career

Montpellier

Karchaoui earned her first cap for the senior Montpellier in November 2012 during a 6–0 win over Vendenheim.[2] During the 2013–14 Division 1 Féminine season, Karchaoui made six appearances for the club, tallying a total of 475 minutes on the pitch.[2] Montpellier finished in fourth place with a 15–6–1 record.[2] The following season, she made 12 appearances with 9 starts. The club finished the 2014–15 season in fourth place with a 13–4–5 record.[2] During the 2015–16 season, Karchaoui started in 19 of the 20 matches in which she appeared. In November 2015, she scored her first goal in a 4–0 win against Rodez.[3] Montpellier finished in third place during the regular season with a 15–3–5 record.[2]

International career

Karchaoui earned her first cap with the France women's national football team in April 2016.[4][5][6] She was later selected for the 2016 Rio Olympics.[1] At the tournament, she started in the team's group-stage match against New Zealand resulting in a 3–0 win, and the quarter-final match against Canada women's national soccer team where the team was eliminated in a 1–0 loss.[1][2]

In March 2017, she helped France defeat the United States 3–0 to win the 2017 SheBelieves Cup for the first time.[7]

Honours

International

France

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Rising star Karchaoui seeking more days in the sun". FIFA. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "S. Karchaoui". Soccer Way. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Montpellier HSC v Rodez 4–0". Eurosport. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Karchaoui, première réussie". Foot d'Elles. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Foot/France – Forfait de Sakina Karchaoui, Marion Torrent appelée pour la tournée américaine". Le Matin. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Dali, Agard et Karchaoui remplacent Georges, Boulleau et Lavogez". France Football. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  7. ^ Dure, Beau (7 March 2017). "USA women suffer worst defeat in a decade as France win SheBelieves Cup". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Trophées UNFP : Cavani, Jardim, Mbappé... Le palmarès complet". RTL. Retrieved 28 May 2017.


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