Sakina Karchaoui

Sakina Karchaoui
Personal information
Full name Sakina Karchaoui
Date of birth (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996
Place of birth Salon-de-Provence, France
Height 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Montpellier
Number 7
Youth career
2007–2009 US Miramas
2009–2012 Montpellier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Montpellier 56 (1)
National team‡
2012 France U17 6 (1)
2013–2015 France U19 13 (1)
2016– France 20 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 May 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 April 2018

Sakina Karchaoui (born 26 January 1996), is a French footballer who plays for the France women's national football team and Montpellier in the Division 1 Féminine.

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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Rising star Karchaoui seeking more days in the sun". FIFA. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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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