Amel Salah
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 April 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Nîmes, France[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Le Puy Foot | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017 | Montpellier | ||
| 2017–2018 | Nîmes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | FC Tarascon | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | Le Puy Foot | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Algeria U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2023– | Algeria | 3 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 April 2024 | |||
Amel Salah (Arabic: أمل صالح; born 23 April 2002) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Division 3 Féminine club Le Puy Football 43 Auvergne and the Algeria national team.[2]
Trained in Nîmes, Salah went through the Montpellier training academy in the under-15 category before playing at the national level in the U19 category. She then joined Tarascon in 2019, where she established herself at the senior level.[3]
In August 2023, she signed with Division 3 Féminine club Le Puy Football 43 Auvergne.[4] She played a decisive role in the Coupe de France and was named the heroine of the day for making two crucial saves that helped Le Puy qualify and eliminate Division 1 side Reims.[5]
International career
Salah is a former Algeria youth international and has played for the under-20 team. She made the final squad that represented Algeria in the 2019 African Games.[6] later that year, she was also selected for the 2019 UNAF U-20 Women's Tournament in Morocco.[7]
She received her first call-up to the senior team in September 2023 for the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Uganda.[2][8][9] She made her debut for the team on 24 February 2024 in a 2–0 win against Burkina Faso.[10]
