Zineb Redouani

Zineb Redouani
Redouani with Morocco in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Meknes, Morocco
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
AS FAR
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Raja Aïn Harrouda
2020– AS FAR
International career
2017–2020 Morocco U20 17 (6)
2018– Morocco 42 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Morocco
UNAF U-20 Women's Tournament
Winner 2019 Morocco
UNAF Women's Tournament
Winner 2020 Tunisia
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Silver medal – second place 2022 Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:50, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Zineb Redouani (Arabic: زينب رضواني; born 12 June 2000) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a defender for AS FAR and the Morocco women's national team.

Club career

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Redouani first played with Rijah Ain Harrouda[2] before joining AS FAR in 2020.[3] She has won two Championships and two Throne Cups. She was part of the team which competed in the 2021 Women's Champions League.[4]

Redouani participated in AS FAR's championship-winning campaign in the 2022 Women's Champions League. During the second game against Green Buffaloes F.C., she received a straight red card after an VAR review of her foul on Natasha Nanyangwe.[5]

International career

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Morocco U–20

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Redouani played with the Morocco U-20s at the 2019 African Games in Rabat where Morocco won the bronze medal. She recorded a goal off a penalty kick in the third place match against Algeria.[6] In the same year, she won the 2019 UNAF U-20 Women's tournament in Tangier with the team.

Senior team

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Redouani was called up for the first team in 2018.[7] She has capped for Morocco at senior level during the Aisha Buhari Cup.[3] She played in the UNAF Women's Tournament organized in Tunis in February 2020, which Morocco won.

2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

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Redouani with Morocco at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

She was part of the 26-woman squad who participated in the 2022 African Cup of Nations. Redouani started the final, which Morocco lost 2–1 to South Africa.[8] She was injured and replaced by her teammate at AS FAR, Ghazlan Shahiri. As a result of being runners-up, Morocco won their first qualification for the Women's World Cup.

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Redouani started all three games of the group stage at the 2023 Women's World Cup.[9] She scored an own goal in Morocco's opening match in which they lost 6–0 to Germany.[10]

Honours

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AS FAR

Morocco U20

Morocco

Individual

  • Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022[12]
  • IFFHS CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "REDOUANI Zineb". cnom.org.ma (in French). Moroccan National Olympic Committee. 12 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Stage de préparation de l'équipe nationale des Lionnes U20". Maghress (in French). 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b Babatunde, Oyediji Oluwaseun (16 September 2021). "Aisha Buhari Tournament: Morocco stun Cameroon in the clash of the Lionesses". KICK442. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Zineb Redouani". Global Sports Archive. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  5. ^ "CAF WCL: Buffaloes suffer first defeat in Morocco". ZamFoot. 3 November 2022. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Jeux africains-2019/Football: L'équipe nationale féminine U20 remporte la médaille de bronze". MSport. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  7. ^ "L'Equipe nationale disputera deux matchs amicaux face à l'Algérie". Maghress. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  8. ^ Edwards, Piers (23 July 2022). "Wafcon 2022: South Africa beat Morocco to finally land first title". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Zineb Redouani". ESPN. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Morocco's Zineb Redouani scores an own goal in 79' | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". Fox Sports. 24 July 2023. Archived from the original on 27 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  11. ^ https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/fr/articles/can-feminine-2022-programme-resultats-classements [bare URL]
  12. ^ "CAF announces TotalEnergies Women's AFCON 2022 Best XI". CAF. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  13. ^ "IFFHS Women's CAF Team 2022". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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