Kheira Hamraoui

Kheira Hamraoui (born 13 January 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil side Club América.

Kheira Hamraoui
Hamraoui with Paris Saint-Germain in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990
Place of birth Croix, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 América
Number 24
Youth career
1999–2004 Roubaix
2004–2006 Leers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Clairefontaine 11 (1)
2007–2008 Hénin-Beaumont 15 (5)
2008–2012 Saint-Étienne 74 (30)
2012–2016 Paris Saint-Germain 67 (10)
2016–2018 Lyon 28 (7)
2018–2021 Barcelona 66 (6)
2021–2023 Paris Saint-Germain 27 (0)
2023– América 0 (0)
International career‡
2006 France U17 8 (0)
2008–2009 France U19 9 (4)
2008 France U20 6 (1)
2012– France 41 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 February 2023

Club career

Youth career

Hamraoui began her football career with Clairefontaine, a renowned football academy for female French youth players.[2]

Division 1 Féminine

Hamraoui has played the majority of her career in the Division 1 Féminine, for clubs including Hénin-Beaumont, Saint-Étienne, and PSG.[3][1] At Saint-Étienne, she was a crucial part of the club's first and only major title win, the 2011 Challenge de France.[4]

Hamraoui signed for Lyon from PSG in 2016 after spending four years with the club.[5] It was here that she won two continental trebles by winning the Champions League twice, winning the Coupe de France Féminine twice, and finishing first in the Division 1 Féminine for two consecutive seasons. In June 2018, she announced her departure from the French league and that she was looking for a new opportunity abroad.[6]

2018–21: Barcelona

She left Lyon in 2018 to sign a two-year contract with Barcelona, her first club venture outside of France.[2]

In her first season with the club, she helped them progress to the semifinals of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time. They played Bayern, and Hamraoui bagged an important away goal in the first leg with a low shot to the bottom left corner. In the return leg at the Mini Estadi, Barcelona increased their aggregate score after a goal scored from a penalty, but Hamraoui found herself getting sent off after receiving a second yellow card. Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate to advance to their first ever UWCL final, but Hamraoui was suspended and was not able to play against her former club.[7] Lyon won the final 4–1.

In her last season with the club, she won the historic treble of Primera División, Champions League and Copa de la Reina.

On 24 June 2021, she announced she was leaving Barcelona, stating on Twitter that "I've reached ALL my objectives with Barcelona... My mission here is over. A new adventure begins."[8]

2021–2023: Return to Paris Saint-Germain

On 15 July, Hamraoui signed a two-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain.

In June 2023 she left PSG as a free agent after her contract ended.

International career

In October 2012 Hamraoui made her debut for the France national team in a friendly game against England.[9]

She was part of the France squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.

Hamraoui has not received a national team call-up since April 2019 and was not selected to the France squad at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Assault incident
Main article: Hamraoui case

On 4 November 2021, Hamraoui was assaulted in the street after two masked men dragged her from a club-issued car, assaulting her with iron bars.[10] Her teammate Aminata Diallo, who was driving the car, was arrested following the incident; she was later released from police custody without any charges.[11][12] During the attack, the masked men who assaulted Hamraoui were reported to have said "so like that, [you] sleep with married men?"[13] On 19 November, Eric Abidal's wife Hayet announced that she had filed for divorce after it came to light that he was having an affair with Hamraoui.[14] However, after further investigation, Diallo was re-arrested in September 2022 on charges of serious bodily harm.[15]

Career statistics

International
As of 18 February 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 201210
201300
2014100
2015120
2016123
201700
201800
201910
202000
202100
202230
202320
Total413
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hamraoui goal.
List of international goals scored by Kheira Hamraoui
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
111 April 2016Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France Ukraine1–04–02017 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
230 September 2016Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris, France Albania2–06–02017 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
34–0

Honours

Saint-Étienne

Paris Saint-Germain

Lyon

Barcelona

Individual

References
  1. "Kheira Hamraoui (profile)" (in French). footofeminin.fr. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. "Hamraoui". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. PSG women's summer refit. UEFA, 16 August 2012
  4. "L'AS Saint-Etienne écrit une belle page de sa jeune histoire". footofeminin.fr. footofeminin.fr. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. "Lyon sign Kenza Dali, Kheira Hamraoui, Jessica Houara and Caroline Seger from PSG". womenssoccerunited.com. womenssoccerunited.com. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. "Kheira Hamraoui quitte l'OL". lequipe.fr. L'Équipe. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. Jiménez, Mayca (13 May 2019). "Kheira Hamraoui se queda sin reencuentro ante el Lyon". as.com. Diario AS. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  8. "Kheira Hamraoui quitte le FC Barcelone".
  9. Hamraoui: "I don't want to make just one appearance". French Football Federation, 17 October 2012
  10. "PSG assault case: Police turn attention to Hamraoui's former partner". MARCA. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  11. Jérôme Lacroix (10 November 2021). "PSG : Kheira Hamraoui agressée, sa coéquipière Aminata Diallo en garde à vue" [PSG: Kheira Hamraoui attacked, her teammate Aminata Diallo in custody] (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  12. "PSG midfielder Diallo released by police". BBC Sport.
  13. ""Alors comme ça, on couche avec des hommes mariés ?" Les dernières révélations après l'agression de la footballeuse du PSG Kheira Hamraoui" ["So how do we sleep with married men?" The latest revelations after the attack on PSG footballer Kheira Hamraoui] (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. 13 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  14. "Hayet Abidal seeking divorce from husband Eric following his relationship with Kheira Hamraoui | Get French Football News". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  15. "Aminata Diallo: Former Paris St-Germain midfielder re-arrested over attack on fellow player". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  16. "Equipe de France A - Kheira Hamraoui" (in French). statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  17. "Chelsea 0-4 Barcelona: Barça surge to first Women's Champions League title". UEFA.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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