Imane Saoud (Arabic: إيمان سعود, born 6 June 2002) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Women's Super League club Servette and the Morocco women's national team.
 Saoud representing Morocco in 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 June 2002[1] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco[2] | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[3] | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Servette FC Chênois | |||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Vendenheim | 35 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Basel | 43 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Servette | 32 | (9) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | France U16 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | France U17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | France U20 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Morocco | 26 | (5) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2023.[4][5] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2021. | ||||||||||||||
Club career edit
Saoud has played for FC Vendenheim in France and for Basel in Switzerland.[1] She currently plays for Servette.
Saoud played for Basel during the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons. She played 43 games and scored 9 goals.[6][7][8] She moved to Servette on a three-year contract in August 2022 where she plays with her Morocco teammate Élodie Nakkach.[9][10]
She recorded her first goal in her first match with Servette, a friendly on 3 August 2022 against Olympique Lyonnais.[11] She played her first official match of the season in the preliminary round of the Champions League where she came in as a substitute in the 56th minute against Paris.[12] She played her first league match of the season on 27 August 2022 where she provided two assists against Young Boys.[13] She recorded her first goal of the season on 5 November 2022 when she opened the scoring against Young Boys.[14] She scored 5 goals during the 2022/23 season.[6]
International career edit
Saoud began her international career with the French youth team. She participated in qualifiers for the U-17 European Championship.[15]
In February 2021, she received her first call-up to the Morocco national team for training.[16] Saoud made her senior debut for Morocco on 10 June 2021 in a 3–0 friendly home win over Mali.[17] During this game, she scored her first international goal.
Saoud was part of the 26-woman squad chosen by Reynald Pedros to compete at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations,[18] where Morocco finished second and qualified for the World Cup.
In preparation for the 2023 Women's World Cup, Saoud was selected to attend an October 2022 training camp in Spain where Morocco faced Poland and Canada. She featured in Morocco's 0-4 loss to Canada.[6] She was not chosen as part of Morocco's World Cup squad.[19]
International goals edit
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 11 June 2021 | Morocco |  Mali |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 22 February 2022 | Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola, Malta |  Moldova |
1–0 | 4–0 | 2022 Malta International Women's Football Tournament |
| 3. | 7 April 2022 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco |  Gambia |
2–0 | 6–1 | Friendy |
| 4. | 31 October 2023 | Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco |  Namibia |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2024 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 5. | 5 December 2023 |  Uganda |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Imane Saoud at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Imane Saoud". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Frauen". FC Basel (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Imane Saoud". Footofeminin.fr. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Imane Saoud". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "20. Imane Saoud". leballonrond (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Women's Super League Championship". AWSL. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Statistiques et résultats". Association Suisse de Football (in French). Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Anouar, Souad (3 August 2022). "Morocco's Atlas Lioness Imane Saoud Joins Swiss Club Servette FCCF". Morocco World News. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Servette FCCF [Women] » Squad 2022/2023". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Servette FCCF". Twitter (in French). 4 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Paris FC 3 -0 Servette FCCF" (in French). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Servette FCCF 6-0 FC Yverdon Feminin". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "SERVETTE CHÊNOIS VS. YOUNG BOYS 3 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "France U17 vs North Macedona U-17 7-0". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Squad List: Women's National Football Team" (PDF). FRMF. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Match Report of Morocco vs Mali". Global Sports Archive. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Wafcon 2022: Squads for tournament in Morocco". BBC Sport. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Zouiten, Sara (19 June 2023). "Morocco Unveils Squad List for 2023 Women's World Cup". Morocco World News. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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