Salma Amani
Moroccan footballer (born 1989)
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Salma Abdulkarim Lahcen Amani (Arabic: سلمى عبد الكريم لحسن أماني; born 28 November 1989) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Moroccan Women's Championship D1 club Wydad AC and the Morocco national team. She also holds French citizenship.
Full name
Salma Abdulkarim Lahcen Amani[1]
Date of birth
28 November 1989[2]
Height
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Salma Abdulkarim Lahcen Amani[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1989[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rabat, Morocco[2] | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder[2] | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Wydad | |||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–2003 | SC Brest 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | AS Brestoise | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | FC Lorient | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | CNFE Clairefontaine | 32 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Stade Briochin | 51 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Guingamp | 122 | (37) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Fleury | 37 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Issy | 18 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Dijon | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | US Saint-Malo | 25 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Metz | 21 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Al-Ittihad | 8 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Brooklyn FC | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2025– | Wydad | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | France U17 | |||||||||||||
| 2012– | Morocco | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 August 2025 | ||||||||||||||
Early life
Club career
Amani started playing football at the age of 5 at SC Brest 2, with her twin brother Salam, playing with boys until the age of 13. Amani then played with AS Brestoise for a year, and then at Lorient.
International career
Amani capped for Morocco at senior level during the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification (first round).[4]
Career statistics
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 February 2020 | El Kram Stadium, El Kram, Tunisia |  Tanzania | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament |
| 2. | 20 February 2020 |  Mauritania | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 3. | 7 April 2022 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco |  Gambia | 4–0 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 6–1 | |||||
| 5. | 11 June 2022 |  Congo | 5–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 6. | 6–0 | |||||
