Anissa Lahmari
Moroccan footballer (born 1997)
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Anissa Lahmari (Arabic: أنيسة لحماري; born 17 February 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Moroccan Women's Championship D1 club AS FAR. Born in France, she plays for the Morocco national team.
 Lahmari with Morocco in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 February 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Saint-Cloud, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | AS FAR | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 92 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | AC Boulogne-Billancourt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Issy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Issy-Les-Moulineaux | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2016 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Paris Saint-Germain | 17 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Reading (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Paris FC (loan) | 21 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Soyaux (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Soyaux | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Guingamp | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Soyaux | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Guingamp | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Levante Las Planas | 25 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Levante UD | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | AS FAR | 1 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | France U16 | 3 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | France U17 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | France U19 | 13 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | France B | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Algeria | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Morocco | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Lahmari is a youth academy graduate of Paris Saint-Germain. She made her senior debut for the club on 22 March 2015 by scoring a goal in a 2–0 away win against Glasgow City in the quarter-finals of UEFA Women's Champions League.[1] However, she struggled to find playing time at the capital club in following seasons and was loaned out to Reading, Paris FC and Soyaux.[2] She announced her departure from Paris Saint-Germain in May 2019 after contract expiration.[3]
On 30 August 2023, Lahmari joined Spanish club Levante Las Planas.[4] In July 2024, she joined Levante UD.[5]
On 28 August 2025, Lahmari joined Moroccan record-winning club AS FAR. In January 2026, she played in the semifinal of the inaugural FIFA Women's Champions Cup against Arsenal.
International career
France youth
Lahmari played for France youth teams in European competitions. She represented France at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[6] She also won the 2019 Turkish Women's Cup with the France under-23 team.[7]
Algeria
In February 2023, Lahmari was called up to the Algeria national team by coach Farid Benstiti.[8] In April 2023, she made her debut in a 4–0 win in a friendly match against Tanzania.[9]
Morocco
In June 2023, Lahmari was included in the 28-player preliminary squad of Morocco for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[10] She was later named in the final squad which was announced on 11 July.[11] On 3 August 2023, she scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Colombia which helped her country to reach the knockout phase of the World Cup, an effort that also earned her the player of the match award.[12] Following her remarkable performance, Lahmari was nominated for the 2023 African Women's Footballer of the Year Award.
Lahmari was part of the Moroccan squad at the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
Personal life
Lahmari was born in Saint-Cloud to an Algerian father and a Moroccan mother.[13][14]
Honours
AS FAR
- Moroccan Women's Championship: 2025–26
- Moroccan Women's Throne Cup: 2024–25
- UNAF Women's Champions League: 2025
- CAF Women's Champions League: 2025[15]
France B
Morocco
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2024[17]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2014–15 | D1F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2015–16 | D1F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2016–17 | D1F | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| 2018–19 | D1F | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| Total | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 8 | ||
| Reading (loan) | 2017 | FA WSL | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Paris FC (loan) | 2017–18 | D1F | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | |
| Soyaux (loan) | 2018–19 | D1F | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Soyaux | 2019–20 | D1F | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
| Guingamp | 2020–21 | D1F | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |
| Soyaux | 2021–22 | D1F | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
| Guingamp | 2022–23 | D1F | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | |
| Career total | 112 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 130 | 16 | ||
International
- As of match played 30 May 2024[19]
- Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lahmari goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 3 August 2023 | Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth, Australia |  Colombia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 2 | 26 October 2023 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco |  Namibia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualification |
