Annahita Zamanian
French footballer (born 1998)
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Annahita Le Loc’h Zamanian Bakhtiari (Persian: آناهیتا زمانیان بختیاری, born 19 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Parma. Born in England to an Iranian father and a French mother, Zamanian holds both British and French citizenship; she represented France internationally at youth level.
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Zamanian with Paris Saint-Germain in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Annahita Le Loc’h Zamanian Bakhtiari[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Parma | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Göteborgs DFF | 35 | (88) |
| 2016–2018 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg | 34 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | Paris Saint-Germain | 7 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Juventus | 51 | (5) |
| 2023 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | Sassuolo | 11 | (2) |
| 2024 | Sampdoria | 9 | (0) |
| 2025– | Parma | 4 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | France U16 | 3 | (1) |
| 2014 | France U17 | 1 | (1) |
| 2018 | France U20 | 12 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | France U23 | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 August 2022 | |||
Early and personal life
Zamanian was born in London to an Iranian father and French mother from Brittany,[2] and moved to Sweden when she was four years old. Despite living most of her life in Sweden, she does not have a Swedish passport.[2] She holds French and British citizenships.[2] She has played for the French U-16 and U-17 teams.[3][4]
Zamanian is fluent in English, French, Persian, Swedish, and Italian.[2][5]
Club career
Zamanian started her senior career representing Göteborgs DFF. After playing for Kopparbergs/Göteborg in the Damallsvenskan, Zamanian began playing for Paris Saint-Germain in 2018.[6] She has featured for PSG in the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase.[7]
On 2 January 2020, Zamanian joined Serie A champions Juventus.[8] She renewed her contract in June 2020 after a successful start to the season, which included a goal in her debut match on 12 January 2020.[9] On 25 June 2020, Juventus became league champions.[10]
In January 2023, Zamanian joined Fiorentina on loan until the end of the season.[11] She made her debut for Fiorentina on 28 January 2023 against Pomigliano and scored her first goal for the club in the following match against Sampdoria while being subsequently named in the league's team of the week for her performance.[12][13]
Zamanian moved to Sassuolo for the 2023–24 season, helping them finish in fourth position, and was transferred to Sampdoria at the start of the 2024–25 campaign.[14]
International career
Zamanian played for the France women's national under-20 football team at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[15]
Club statistics
- As of 24 April 2022[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kopparbergs/Göteborg | 2016 | Damallsvenskan | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2017 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 38 | 5 | ||||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2018–19 | Division 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| Juventus | 2019–20 | Serie A | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| 2021–22 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Total | 39 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 80 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 13 | ||
Honours
Juventus[10]
