| Armelle Khellas | |
| Full Name: | Armelle Khellas Aït-Sahed[1] |
| Birth Date: | 25 June 2001[2] |
| Birth Place: | Vaulx-en-Velin, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Grenoble Foot 38 |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Youthyears1: | 2007–2010 |
| Youthclubs1: | FC Vaulx-en-Velin |
| Youthyears2: | 2010–2020 |
| Youthclubs2: | Olympique Lyonnais |
| Years1: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Albi-Marssac |
| Caps1: | 19 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs2: | SS Lazio |
| Caps2: | 11 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2023– |
| Clubs3: | Grenoble Foot 38 |
| Caps3: | 12 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2020–2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | Algeria U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam2: | Algeria |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 16 March 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 7 April 2024 |
Armelle Khellas Aït-Sahed (ar|أرميل خلاص آيت ساهد; born 25 June 2001) is a French-born Algerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Division 3 Féminine club Grenoble Foot 38 and the Algeria national team.
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]
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]
| 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 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | ||