Rania Salmi

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

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.[11] She participated in the 2021 Aisha Buhari Cup in Nigeria.[12]

International goals

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

References

  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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