Ghizlane Chebbak
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| Date of birth | 22 August 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al Hilal SFC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Rachad Bernoussi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Raja Aïn Harrouda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Wydad AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Raja CA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | CM Laâyoune | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Misr Lel Makkasa SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2024 | ASFAR | 92 | (188) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Levante Badalona | 38 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Al Hilal SFC | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007– | Morocco | 93 | (32) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of June 12, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ghizlane Chebbak (Arabic: غزلان الشباك; born 22 February 1990) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al Hilal SFC and the Morocco women's national team. She was named the player of the tournament in the 2022 Africa Women's Cup of Nations. She is the daughter of Larbi Chebbak, a player for the Morocco men's national team in the 1970s.
In 2025, Ghizlane became the first Moroccan player and the second African player to win FIFPRO Best XI award.[2] She was also named the 2025 African Women’s Player of the Year, becoming the first Moroccan recipient of the award.[3]
Chebbak began her career with the club Ain Sebaa. Then, she joined Rachad Bernoussi. She first played with Wydad AC[4] and then with Raja CA[5] and then to the Municipal Club of Al-Ayoun.[6][7] She played on the streets, with a boys' club, and began competing in senior women's football at the age of 13.[8]
In early 2011, Chebbak played with the Morocco women's national team in a friendly match against Egypt in Cairo. She scored a brace and Morocco won 2-1.[9] Her performance drew interest from the leaders of the Egyptian club Misr Lel Makkasa SC. She joined the club during the 2010/11 season where she competed in the Egyptian Premier League. Her experience was cut short due to political instability in Egypt after the January 25 revolution.[10]
After a little experience in Egypt, she returned to Morocco to play for Al Nassim (Sidi Moumen)[11] before joining AS FAR in 2012.[10]
Chebbak has won the Moroccan Women's Championship 10 times and the Moroccan Women Throne Cup 9 times with AS FAR. During the 2013-14 season, she was the top scorer in the league with 54 goals in 20 matches, a club record.[6] She has been the top scorer in the league five times: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2023. She has also been named "Player of the Year in Morocco" three times.[10]
Chebbak participated in the first edition of the CAF Women's Champions League which took place in Egypt in November 2021. AS FAR finished third. Chebbak played in all matches. She did not score any goals, but provided three assists.[12]
AS FAR won the CAF Women's Champions League in 2022 with a 4–0 victory over titleholders Mamelodi Sundowns.[13] However, Chebbak did not play any matches due to injury.
On 14 November 2023, Chebbak was nominated for the 2023 African Player of the Year and 2023 Interclub Player of the Year by CAF.[14]
In 2024, Chebbak signed for Levante Badalona in Spain's Liga F.[15] She was the first Moroccan to move from a domestic club to a European club.[8]
International career
Chebbak has played with the Morocco national team since 2007.[10] She played her first game on March 8, 2008 in a friendly against France in Casablanca. Morocco lost 6-0. It was the first match the French team had ever played in Africa.[16]
Chebbak is Morocco's most capped player. She served as Morocco's captain at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, where they finished second, and the 2023 Women's World Cup.[17] She was the top scorer at 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations tournament and named both Player of the Tournament and to the Team of the Tournament.[18] She was also named to the IHFSS 2022 Team of the Year.[19] On 9 July 2025, Chebbak scored her first-ever hat trick in the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON 2024), leading Morocco to a thrilling 4–2 victory over DR Congo in the group stage.[20][21] Her standout performance not only secured the Atlas Lionesses' second win of the tournament but also marked a historic personal milestone in her WAFCON career.[22]
Personal life
Chebbak's father, Larbi Chebbak, was also an international footballer and supported her in playing football and her career.[23][24]
Honours
AS FAR
- Moroccan Women's Championship (10): 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Moroccan Women Throne Cup (10): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- UNAF Women's Champions League (1): 2021
- CAF Women's Champions League (1): 2022; third place: 2021, 2023
Morocco
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2022,[25] 2024
- UNAF Women's Tournament: 2020
- Malta International Tournament: 2022
Individual
- African Women's Footballer of the Year: 2025[26]
- Moroccan Women's Championship Best Player (3): 2018, 2020, 2022
- Moroccan Women's Championship Top Scorer (5): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations Best Player: 2022[27]
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2022,[27] 2024[28]
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022,[29] 2024[28]
- CAF Women's Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2023[30]
- IFFHS Women's CAF Best Player of the Year: 2022[31]
- IFFHS CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022[19]
- CAF Women's Africa XI: 2024[32]
- FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11: 2025[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| AS FAR | 2013-14 | Moroccan Women's Championship | 20 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 55 | ||||
| 2014-15 | 19 | 37 | 19 | 37 | ||||||||
| 2015-16 | 18 | 39 | 18 | 39 | ||||||||
| 2016-17 | 14 | 35 | 14 | 35 | ||||||||
| 2017-18 | ||||||||||||
| 2018-19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 | ||||||||||||
| 2020-21 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 23 | ||||||
| Total | 92 | 188 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 106 | 194 | ||||
| Badalona | 2023-24 | Liga F | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | ||||||
| 2024-25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5 | ||||||
| Al Ahli | 2025-26 | Saudi Women's Premier League | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 5 | ||
| Total career | 143 | 195 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 165 | 204 | ||
