Armelle Khellas
Algerian footballer (born 2001)
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Armelle Khellas Aït-Sahed (Arabic: أرميل خلاص آيت ساهد; born 25 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Division 3 Féminine club Grenoble Foot 38. Born in France, she represents the Algeria national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Armelle Khellas Aït-Sahed[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 2001[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Vaulx-en-Velin, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France[2] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Grenoble Foot 38 | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2010 | FC Vaulx-en-Velin | ||
| 2010–2020 | Olympique Lyonnais | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Albi-Marssac | 19 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | SS Lazio | 11 | (0) |
| 2023– | Grenoble Foot 38 | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020–2021 | Algeria U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Algeria | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 April 2024 | |||
Club career
Khellas began playing football at the age of six at FC Vaulx-en-Velin. She then joined the academy of Olympique Lyonnais, where she completed her development.[3] In June 2020, after spending ten years at the club, she signed with Albi-Marssac in Division 2 Féminine.[4][5]
After two seasons with Albi, she moved to Italy in August 2021, signing with Serie B club SS Lazio.[6][7] She spent one season with the club before returning to France, where she signed with Division 3 Féminine club Grenoble.[8]
International career
Khellas is a former Algerian youth international, having been selected for the Under-20 team by coach Ahmed Laribi in January 2020 to participate in a double confrontation against South Sudan as part of the first qualifying round for the 2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification.[9][10] She was a starter in both matches, which resulted in a 0–5 victory in the first leg in Kampala, and a 4–0 victory in Algiers.[11][12]
In September 2021, Khellas received her first call-up to the senior team to participate in a training camp for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification.[13] In October 2021, she was included in the final squad to participate in the double confrontation against Sudan as part of the 2022 AFCON qualifiers but wasn't capped.[14] In November 2021, she was again called up for two friendly matches against Tunisia.[15] On 25 November 2021, she earned her first cap as a starter in a 1–0 win against Tunisia.[16]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 10 March 2023[17]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Albi-Marssac | 2020–21 | D2F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| SS Lazio | 2022–23 | Serie B | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Grenoble Foot 38 | 2023–24 | D3F | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
International
- As of match played 7 April 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |