Rania Salmi
Rania Salmi (Arabic: رانيا السالمي; born 14 October 1998) is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a striker for Al Ahli and the Morocco women's national team.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 October 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Morocco | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al Ahly | ||
Youth career | |||
Wydad AC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018-2021 | Atlas 05 | ||
2021-2023 | Sporting Casablanca | ||
2023 | Al Ahly | ||
International career | |||
2017 | Morocco U20 | ||
2018– | Morocco | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Club career
Salmi has trained with Wydad AC. In 2018, she left Wydad to join the club Atlas 05.[1] In 2021, she joined Sporting Casablanca, who were promoted to the first division.[2] Atlas 05 and Sporting Casablanca subsequently merged.[3] With Sporting Casablanca, Salmi was runner-up for the Throne Cup in 2022, losing 0-5 to AS FAR.[4] She was voted the best player in the Moroccan Women's Championship by DMC Sport for the month of April.[5] In 2023, she joined the Saudi Women's Premier League team Al Ahli, joining fellow Morocco-international Ibtissam Jraidi.[6]
International career
Salmi has capped for Morocco at under-20 and senior levels.[7][8] At the U-20 level, she participated in qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA U-20 World Cup. She scored in Morocco's first round victory versus Senegal,[9] but lost to Nigeria in the second round.[10]
She was first called up for Morocco in 2018. She scored her first international goal against Tunisia in a friendly match.[11] She participated in the 2021 Aisha Buhari Cup in Nigeria.[12]
References
- "Entrainements à Maâmoura de L'Equipe Nationale Féminine". Royal Moroccan Football Federation (in French). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- "Promoted: Sporting Club Casablanca". Instagram. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- غيدَّى, سعيد (19 September 2022). "الفقيه بنصالح: اندماج أطلس 05 للفتيات مع الرجاء البيضاوي والرئيس يشرح الأسباب لـ2m.ma". 2M.ma (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- "Morocco (Women) 2021/22". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- "رانيا السالمي لاعبة سبورتينغ الدارالبيضاء أفضل لاعبة لشهر أبريل". Facebook. 18 May 2022.
- "رانيا السالمي: المنافسة في السعودية صارت قوية. - دي ام سي سبورت | منصة". DMC Foot (in Arabic). 4 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- Duret, Sebastien (15 January 2018). "Coupe du Monde U20 2018 (Afrique) - Le NIGERIA prend une option, le GHANA obtient le nul au CAMEROUN" (in French). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- Sebastián, Rubén (5 August 2018). "SELECCIÓN NACIONAL INDIA vs SELECCION NACIONAL MARRUECOS". Cotif Alcudia (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- "Senegal U20 vs Morocco U20 2-1". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- "Nigeria U20 vs Morocco U20 5-1". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- "Match Report of Morocco vs Tunisia - 2020-01-31 - FIFA Friendlies - Women". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- "Squad List Aisha Buhari Cup Nigeria 2021". Instagram. Retrieved 15 August 2023.