Rania Salmi Explained

Rania Salmi
Birth Date:1998 10, df=y
Birth Place:Morocco
Height:1.67m
Currentclub:Al Ahli SFC
Youthclubs1:Wydad AC
Years1:2018–2021
Clubs1:Atlas 05
Years2:2021–2023
Clubs2:SC Casablanca
Years3:2023–
Clubs3:Al-Ahli
Years4:2023–2024
Clubs4:→ Wydad AC
Nationalyears1:2017–2019
Nationalteam1:Morocco U20
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalyears2:2017–
Nationalteam2:Morocco
Nationalcaps2:12
Nationalgoals2:1

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.

Club career

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. She participated in the 2021 Aisha Buhari Cup in Nigeria.[11]

International goals

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entrainements à Maâmoura de L’Equipe Nationale Féminine. Royal Moroccan Football Federation. 20 October 2020. fr. 18 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Promoted: Sporting Club Casablanca . 15 August 2023 . Instagram.
  3. Web site: غيدَّى . سعيد . 19 September 2022 . الفقيه بنصالح: اندماج أطلس 05 للفتيات مع الرجاء البيضاوي والرئيس يشرح الأسباب لـ2m.ma . https://web.archive.org/web/20230505085924/https://2m.ma/ar/news/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%B3-05-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%84%D9%802m-ma-20220919 . 5 May 2023 . 15 August 2023 . 2M.ma . ar.
  4. Web site: Morocco (Women) 2021/22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221103233949/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro-wom2022.html . 3 November 2022 . 15 August 2023 . RSSSF.
  5. Web site: 18 May 2022 . رانيا السالمي لاعبة سبورتينغ الدارالبيضاء أفضل لاعبة لشهر أبريل. . Facebook.
  6. Web site: 4 August 2023 . رانيا السالمي: المنافسة في السعودية صارت قوية. - دي ام سي سبورت منصة . 15 August 2023 . DMC Foot . ar.
  7. Web site: Coupe du Monde U20 2018 (Afrique) - Le NIGERIA prend une option, le GHANA obtient le nul au CAMEROUN. fr. 15 January 2018. Sebastien. Duret. 18 June 2021.
  8. Web site: SELECCIÓN NACIONAL INDIA vs SELECCION NACIONAL MARRUECOS. es. Rubén. Sebastián. Cotif Alcudia. 5 August 2018. 18 June 2021.
  9. Web site: Senegal U20 vs Morocco U20 2-1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201129120153/https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/09/30/africa/caf-u20-womens-championship/senegal-u20/morocco-u20/2476108/ . 29 November 2020 . 15 August 2023 . Soccerway.
  10. Web site: Nigeria U20 vs Morocco U20 5-1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206070258/https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/11/18/africa/caf-u20-womens-championship/nigeria-under-20/morocco-u20/2565202/ . 6 February 2021 . 15 August 2023 . Soccerway.
  11. Web site: Squad List Aisha Buhari Cup Nigeria 2021 . 15 August 2023 . Instagram.
  12. Web site: Match Report of Morocco vs Tunisia - 2020-01-31 - FIFA Friendlies - Women. Global Sports Archive. 17 June 2021.