Amel Majri

Amel Majri (born 25 January 1993) is a French-Tunisian professional footballer, who currently plays in the French First Division for Olympique Lyon,[3] with whom she has also played the Champions League with, and won.[4] She is naturally a midfielder, but has been playing as a left-back for Lyon in recent seasons. She also plays for the France national team.

Amel Majri
Majri with Lyon in 2019
Personal information
Full name Amel Majri[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993
Place of birth Monastir, Tunisia
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Winger / Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Lyon 118 (32)
National team‡
2012 Tunisia U20
2014– France 55 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 April 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 November 2019

Early life

Majri was born in Monastir, Tunisia and moved to France at the age of 1 alongside her twin sister, Rachida, and her mother, Hafsia. They settled in Vénissieux in the residential area of Minguettes, located in the suburbs of Lyon. She returns to Tunisia every summer.[5]

She began playing football in Tunisia at the age of 4 with her uncle. She perfected her technique using tennis balls and spent her summers on the beaches of Tunisia playing beach football. In France, she played five-a-side pick up games with boys in her neighbourhood until the age of 12, and at school. Upon seeing her play in the schoolyard, her primary school teacher insisted that she join a club, something Majri was initially against. Eventually, she joined l'AS Minguettes where she was the only girl on her team. Two years later, she was recruited by Olympique Lyonnais aged 14.[6]

Personal life

Majri is a Muslim. She became married in 2012.[7]

Club statistics

As of 6 August 2018

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyon[8] 2010–11 4110--51
2011–12 31102162
2012–13 904142173
2013–14 1103020160
2014–15 20853302811
2015–16 1745371298
2016–17 1862180287
2017–18 1934393329
2018–19 15931542314
Career total 116323213411118956

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 May 2014Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon, France Hungary4–04–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
227 October 2015Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine Ukraine
0–3
0–3
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
311 April 2016Stade Nungesser, Valenciennes, France Ukraine4–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
43 August 2016Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Colombia4–04–02016 Summer Olympics
54 October 2019Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France Iceland4–04–0Friendly
69 November 2019Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux, France Serbia1–06–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
72–0
85–0
Correct as of 9 November 2019[9]

Honours

Club
Lyon

National Team

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 List of Players" (PDF). fifa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. 2015 World Cup
  3. Profile in Lyon's web
  4. Profile in UEFA's website
  5. "Amel Majri : "ado, je savais que je devais en faire deux fois plus que les mecs"" (in French). Paris Match. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  6. "Mondial féminin : Tunisie, Minguettes et jumelles...Aux origines d'Amel Majri" (in French). Le Parisien. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. "Amel Majri : "ado, je savais que je devais en faire deux fois plus que les mecs"" (in French). Paris Match. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  8. "La Carriere de Amel Majri". StatsFootoFeminin. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  9. "Equipe de France A – Amel Majri". footofeminin.fr. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  10. "Trophées UNFP : Amel Majri élue meilleure joueuse" (in French). Retrieved 19 May 2016.


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