Rania Salmi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 October 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al Ahli SFC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wydad AC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Atlas 05 | ||
| 2021–2023 | SC Casablanca | ||
| 2023– | Al-Ahli | ||
| 2023–2024 | → Wydad AC | ||
| International career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Morocco U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2017– | Morocco | 12 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rania Salmi (Arabic: رانيا السالمي; born 14 October 1998) is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi club Al Ahli SFC and the Morocco women's national team.
Salmi has trained with Wydad AC. In 2018, she left Wydad to join the club Atlas 05.[1] In 2021, she joined Sporting Casablanca, who were promoted to the first division.[2] Atlas 05 and Sporting Casablanca subsequently merged.[3] With Sporting Casablanca, Salmi was runner-up for the Throne Cup in 2022, losing 0-5 to AS FAR.[4] She was voted the best player in the Moroccan Women's Championship by DMC Sport for the month of April.[5] In 2023, she joined the Saudi Women's Premier League team Al Ahli SFC, joining fellow Morocco-international Ibtissam Jraidi.[6]
International career
Salmi has capped for Morocco at under-20 and senior levels.[7][8] At the U-20 level, she participated in qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA U-20 World Cup. She scored in Morocco's first round victory versus Senegal,[9] but lost to Nigeria in the second round.[10]
She was first called up for Morocco in 2018. She scored her first international goal against Tunisia in a friendly match.[11] She participated in the 2021 Aisha Buhari Cup in Nigeria.[12]
International goals
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 31 January 2020 | Stade Municipal de Témara, Temara, Morocco |  Tunisia | 2–1 | 6–3 | Friendly | [11] |
