Sakina Karchaoui
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sakina Karchaoui | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Salon-de-Provence, France | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2009 | US Miramas | ||
| 2009–2013 | Montpellier | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2020 | Montpellier | 116 | (6) |
| 2020– | Lyon | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | France U17 | 6 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | France U19 | 13 | (1) |
| 2016 | France U20 | 7 | (1) |
| 2016– | France | 38 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 November 2020 | |||
Sakina Karchaoui (born 26 January 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Division 1 Féminine club Olympique Lyonnais 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]
Lyon
On 24 June 2020, fourteen-time defending league champions Lyon announced the signing of Karchaoui for 2020–21 season.[4]
International career
Karchaoui earned her first cap with the France women's national football team in April 2016.[5][6][7] 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.[8]
Honours
International
- France
Individual
References
- ^ a b c d e "Rising star Karchaoui seeking more days in the sun". FIFA. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "S. Karchaoui". Soccer Way. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Montpellier HSC v Rodez 4–0". Eurosport. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "SIGNATURE : SAKINA KARCHAOUI S'ENGAGE AVEC L'OL JUSQU'EN 2021 !". Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Karchaoui, première réussie". Foot d'Elles. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Foot/France – Forfait de Sakina Karchaoui, Marion Torrent appelée pour la tournée américaine". Le Matin. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Dali, Agard et Karchaoui remplacent Georges, Boulleau et Lavogez". France Football. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ Dure, Beau (7 March 2017). "USA women suffer worst defeat in a decade as France win SheBelieves Cup". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Trophées UNFP : Cavani, Jardim, Mbappé... Le palmarès complet". RTL. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD AWARDS 2020 - THE WINNERS". IFFHS. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
External links
- Sakina Karchaoui – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Sakina Karchaoui – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Sakina Karchaoui at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Montpellier player profile
- Sakina Karchaoui on X
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- 1996 births
- French footballers
- Montpellier HSC (women) players
- Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players
- French women's footballers
- France women's international footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- French people of Moroccan descent
- People from Salon-de-Provence
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of France
- Women's Olympic footballers of France
- Division 1 Féminine players
- Sportspeople from Bouches-du-Rhône
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- French women's football biography stubs