Salma Amani

Salma Amani
سلمى أماني
Amani with Morocco in 2022
Personal information
Full name Salma Abdulkarim Lahcen Amani[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-28) 28 November 1989[2]
Place of birth Rabat, Morocco[2]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position Midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
Wydad
Number 28
Youth career
1994–2003 SC Brest 2
2003–2004 AS Brestoise
2004–2005 FC Lorient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 CNFE Clairefontaine 32 (0)
2007–2011 Stade Briochin 51 (8)
2011–2017 Guingamp 122 (37)
2017–2019 Fleury 37 (5)
2019–2020 Issy 18 (9)
2020–2021 Dijon 15 (0)
2021–2022 US Saint-Malo 25 (6)
2022–2023 Metz 21 (6)
2023–2024 Al-Ittihad 8 (4)
2024–2025 Brooklyn FC 10 (1)
2025– Wydad 0 (0)
International career
2004–2005 France U17
2012– Morocco
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
2022 Morocco
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 August 2025

Salma Abdulkarim Lahcen Amani (Arabic: سلمى عبد الكريم لحسن أماني; born 28 November 1989) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Moroccan Women's Championship D1 club Wydad AC and the Morocco national team. She also holds French citizenship.

Early life

Amani was born in Rabat. She left her parents and Morocco at the age of eight months to settle in France with her brothers in the city of Brest, where she grew up and was educated by her grandparents.[3]

Club career

Amani started playing football at the age of 5 at SC Brest 2, with her twin brother Salam, playing with boys until the age of 13. Amani then played with AS Brestoise for a year, and then at Lorient.

International career

Amani capped for Morocco at senior level during the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification (first round).[4]

Career statistics

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 February 2020 El Kram Stadium, El Kram, Tunisia  Tanzania 2–1 3–2 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament
2. 20 February 2020  Mauritania 1–0 5–0
3. 7 April 2022 Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco  Gambia 4–0 6–1 Friendly
4. 6–1
5. 11 June 2022  Congo 5–0 7–0
6. 6–0

See also

References

  1. ^ Salma Amani at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b c d "Salma Amani". Footofeminin.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ Amani, Salma. "Enfance de Salma Amani". www.footdelles.com.
  4. ^ "Competitions - African Women Championship, Cameroon 2016 - Match Details". CAF. Retrieved 20 August 2020.