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Fatima Tagnaout
فاطمة تكناوت (Arabic)[1]
Tagnaout with Morocco at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name Fatima Zahra Tagnaout[2]
Date of birth (1999-01-20) 20 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
 AS FAR
Number 7
Youth career
–2015 AJS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2024 AS FAR
2024– Sevilla
2024– AS FAR
International career‡
2015–2016 Morocco U17 3 (0)
2017–2020 Morocco U20 8 (3)
2017– Morocco 50 (7)
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
UNAF Women's Tournament
Winner 2020 Tunisia
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Second place 2022 Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Fatima Zahra Tagnaout (Arabic: فاطمة الزهراء تاكناوت;[2] born 20 January 1999) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga F club Sevilla and the Morocco women's national team.

Early life

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Originally from the Tata region, Tagnaout was born in Casablanca.

After having spent a long time around boys, and playing with the AJS club in Sidi Maârouf,[3] she received offers to participate in detection days in Rabat where she quickly integrated into the AS FAR women's team.

Club career

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Tagnaout has played for AS FAR in Morocco since she was 15.[2] She has won 8 Championships and 6 Throne Cups.

Tagnaout played in the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League which took place in Egypt in 2021. She participated in all of the games. She recorded a goal in the third-place match and provided several assists throughout the tournament. She was named to the Team of the Tournament.[4]

She was chosen by the CAF Awards Committee as a finalist for the African Club Player of the Year 2022[5] but did not win the award.[6]

Morocco hosted the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. AS FAR won the final match at the expense of the defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, with a score of 4-0. Tagnaout scored the first goal on a penalty kick and received a yellow card.[7] Throughout the tournament, Tagnaout had three goals and three assists. She was named Best Player and to the Team of the Tournament.[8]

On 14 November 2023, Tagnaout was nominated for the 2023 African Player of the Year and 2023 Interclub Player of the Year by CAF.[9] A month later, she won the Women's Interclub Player of the Year award.[10]

International career

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Morocco U-17

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Tagnaout played for the Morocco U-17 women in the African qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[11]

Morocco U-20

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Tagnaout played in a number of matches with the Morocco U-20 national team, including African qualifiers for the 2018 U-20 Women's World Cup.[12] After eliminating Senegal in the first round, Morocco lost in the second round to Nigeria. The score was 1-5 and the only goal for Morocco was scored by Tagnaout.

She participated in December 2019 in a UNAF U-20 Tournament in Algeria[13] where she played two matches against Burkina Faso[14] and Algeria.[15]

Senior team

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Tagnaout has capped for Morocco at senior level.[16][1] She was first called up to play for the national team in 2018.[17] She registered her first two international goals on 31 January 2020 in a friendly against Tunesia.[18] In September 2021, she participated in the Aisha Bukhari cup, during which she scored a goal against Cameroon in the 78th minute.[19]

She was chosen by Reynald Pedros to play in the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. She participated in all matches and was awarded the title of Woman of the Match for the match against Senegal.[20] Morocco finished as runners-up.[21]

She was selected as part of Morocco's 2023 Women's World Cup squad.[22] She started all three games of the group stage.[23]

Career statistics

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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 3–1 6–3 Friendly [24]
2 4–2

Honours

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AS FAR

Morocco

Individual

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "المنتخب النسوي .. اللبؤات يؤكدن تفوقهن على مالي". SNRT News (in Arabic). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Effectif : Football - Dames". ASFAR (in French). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ Le Rajaoui, Khalil (26 July 2022). "Fatima Tagnaout avec les garcons de l'AJS". www.flickr.com.
  4. ^ a b "CAF TSG releases the Best XI of TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League". CAF Online. 21 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. ^ "CAF AWARDS 2022 : LES FINALISTES DES CATÉGORIES FÉMININES CONNUES". Africa Top Sports. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  6. ^ "CAF Awards: le trio final de chaque catégorie dévoilé, plusieurs nommés marocains". Le 360 Sport. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  7. ^ "FAR Rabat Women 4-0 Mamelodi Sundowns Women". CAF Online. 13 November 2022. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  8. ^ a b c Anouar, Souad (14 November 2022). "Fatima Tagnaout Crowned Best Player at CAF Women's Champions League". Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Morocco sweeps nominations in CAF awards for women's categories". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  10. ^ Summerscales, Robert (11 December 2023). "Victor Osimhen And Asisat Oshoala Win African Footballer Of The Year Prizes On Big Night For Nigeria At 2023 CAF Awards Ceremony". FanNation Futbol. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  11. ^ "هزيمة مذلة للمنتخب المغربي النسوي لأقل من 17 سنة أمام غانا". Akhbarona. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Coupe du Monde U20 2018 (Afrique) - Le NIGERIA et le GHANA décrochent leurs qualifications pour la France". Footo Feminin.
  13. ^ "Tournoi UNAF U20 en Algérie : participation de la sélection marocaine". Federation Royale Marocaine De Football (in French). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Tournoi féminin UNAF U20 : victoire du Maroc face au Burkina Faso (1-0)". Federation Royale Marocaine de Football. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Tournoi féminin UNAF U20 : nul blanc entre le Maroc et l'Algérie". Federation Royale Marocaine de Football (in French). 26 December 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  16. ^ "سيدات المغرب يفزن على موريتانيا بخماسية بدورة اتحاد شمال افريقيا" (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  17. ^ "سيدات المغرب يفزن على موريتانيا بخماسية بدورة اتحاد شمال افريقيا". UNAF Online. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Morocco 6-3 Tunisia". Leballonrond. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Cameroon vs Morocco [0-1] Aisha Buhari Cup 2021 I Women's International Friendly". Youtube. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  20. ^ "CAN Féminine. Maroc-Sénégal: Fatima Tagnaout désignée «Woman of the match»". Le 360 Sport (in French). 9 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  21. ^ a b Edwards, Piers (23 July 2022). "Wafcon 2022: South Africa beat Morocco to finally land first title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  22. ^ Zouiten, Sara (19 June 2023). "Morocco Unveils Squad List for 2023 Women's World Cup". Morocco World News. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  23. ^ "Fatima Tagnaout". ESPN. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  24. ^ "Match Report of Morocco vs Tunisia - 2020-01-31 - FIFA Friendlies - Women". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  25. ^ "Le360 Sport • اليوم الإثنين .. الجيش الملكي و فريق بيضاوي في مهمة التعرف على منافسيهم في دوري أبطال إفريقيا".
  26. ^ "SNRT News | كأس العرش للسيدات .. فريق الجيش الملكي إلى النهائي".
  27. ^ "Ligue de champions féminine : L'ASFAR sacrée championne après avoir fait tomber Sundowns". 14 November 2022.
  28. ^ "2020 UNAF Women's Tournament: Morocco crowned champions after 2-0 win over Algeria". Soka 25 East. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  29. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League, Cote d'Ivoire Best Xl confirmed". CAF. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  30. ^ "CAF announces TotalEnergies Women's AFCON 2022 Best XI". CAF. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  31. ^ "IFFHS Women's CAF Team 2022". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  32. ^ "IFFHS". www.iffhs.com.
  33. ^ "CAF Awards: Morocco's Fatima Tagnaout named Interclub Player of the Year". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  34. ^ "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". CAF. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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