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.

Rania Salmi
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Morocco
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking
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

Club career

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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

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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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Entrainements à Maâmoura de L'Equipe Nationale Féminine". Royal Moroccan Football Federation (in French). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Promoted: Sporting Club Casablanca". Instagram. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ^ غيدَّى, سعيد (19 September 2022). "الفقيه بنصالح: اندماج أطلس 05 للفتيات مع الرجاء البيضاوي والرئيس يشرح الأسباب لـ2m.ma". 2M.ma (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Morocco (Women) 2021/22". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ^ "رانيا السالمي لاعبة سبورتينغ الدارالبيضاء أفضل لاعبة لشهر أبريل". Facebook. 18 May 2022.
  6. ^ "رانيا السالمي: المنافسة في السعودية صارت قوية. - دي ام سي سبورت | منصة". DMC Foot (in Arabic). 4 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  7. ^ Duret, Sebastien (15 January 2018). "Coupe du Monde U20 2018 (Afrique) - Le NIGERIA prend une option, le GHANA obtient le nul au CAMEROUN" (in French). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  8. ^ Sebastián, Rubén (5 August 2018). "SELECCIÓN NACIONAL INDIA vs SELECCION NACIONAL MARRUECOS". Cotif Alcudia (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Senegal U20 vs Morocco U20 2-1". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Nigeria U20 vs Morocco U20 5-1". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Match Report of Morocco vs Tunisia - 2020-01-31 - FIFA Friendlies - Women". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Squad List Aisha Buhari Cup Nigeria 2021". Instagram. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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