Samya Hassani

Samya Hassani (Arabic: ساميا حسني,[2] born 3 January 2000) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish Women's Super League club Fenerbahçe. Born in the Netherlands, she represents Morocco at international level.

Samya Hassani
Hassani with Morocco in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000[1]
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward[1]
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 7
Youth career
2016–2018 SDZ Amsterdam
2018–2019 Wartburgia
2019 Alkmaar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Alkmaar 13 (1)
2021–2022 Gent 9 (1)
2022–2024 SC Telstar 29 (6)
2024– Fenerbahçe 4 (0)
International career‡
2020 Morocco U20 4 (0)
2021– Morocco 16 (3)
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
2022 Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:05, 5 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:50, 18 July 2022 (UTC).[2]

Club career

VV Alkmaar

Hassani has played for Alkmaar in the Netherlands.[1] She made her league debut against Ajax on 25 August 2019.[3] Hassani scored her first league goal against Excelsior on 6 September 2019, scoring in the 85th minute.[4]

Telstar

After a year playing for Belgian Women's Super League club Gent, it was announced that Hassani will be playing for the revived Telstar team in the Dutch Eredivisie for the 2022/23 season.[5] She made her league debut against ADO Den Haag on 18 September 2022.[6] Hassani scored her first league goal against Ajax on 25 October 2022, scoring in the 67th minute.[7]

Fenerbahçe

Hassani joined Fenerbahçe from Telstar.[8] She made her league debut on 9 March 2024 against Fatih Van Spor.[9]

International career

Hassani was scouted to the Morocco national team by a scout messaging her on Instagram.[10]

Hassani made her senior debut for Morocco on 14 June 2021 in a 3–2 friendly home win over Mali.[2] She scored her first goal against Senegal on 30 November 2021.[11]

On 1 July 2022, it was announced that Hassani had been called up to the Morocco squad for 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.[12]

Hassani was called up for the provisional Morocco squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[13] However, she did not make the final group.[14]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 June 2022Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Congo4–07–0Friendly
2.7–0

Personal life

Hassani won the Best Sportswoman of the Year award at the Diversity Sport Awards on 22 February 2024.[15]

See also

References
  1. Samya Hassani at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. "المنتخب النسوي .. اللبؤات يؤكدن تفوقهن على مالي". 14 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. "Alkmaar vs Ajax - 25 August 2020". int.soccerway.com.
  4. "Excelsior vs Alkmaar - 6 September 2019". int.soccerway.com.
  5. "Marokkaans international naar Telstar". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  6. "ADO Den Haag vs Telstar - 18 September 2022". int.soccerway.com.
  7. "Telstar vs Ajax - 25 October 2022". int.soccerway.com.
  8. "SAMYA HASSANI VOOR TRANSFERSOM NAAR FENERBAHÇE SK". sctelstar.nl.
  9. "Fenerbahçe vs Fatih Van Spor - 9 March 2024". www.tff.org.
  10. "Voetbalbelofte Samya (21) gaat als een speer: "Zelfs de douanier wist wie ik was"". kro-ncrv.nl (in Dutch).
  11. "Maroc : Les Lionnes de l'Atlas s'imposent 2 à 0 face à la sélection sénégalaise en match amical". www.yabiladi.com (in French).
  12. El Fassas Casablanca, Fadwa. "Women's AFCON 2022 -Morocco: Reynald Pedros unveils his final list". archive.wikiwix.com (in French).
  13. "Coupe du Monde féminine de la FIFA Australie- Nouvelle Zélande 2023 : M.Reynald dévoile une pré-liste de vingt-huit Lionnes de l'Atlas". frmf.ma (in French).
  14. "Coupe du Monde féminine de la FIFA Australie /Nouvelle-Zélande 2023 : 23 Lionnes de l'Atlas (liste finale)". frmf.ma (in French).
  15. Gaffaf, Shara. npo.nl (in Dutch) Samya Hassani: “Ik heb vaak genoeg naar mijn hoofd gekregen dat ik niet topsport waardig ben, maar ik ben blijven knokken” https://npo.nl/npo3/spot-on/profvoetbalster-samya-hassani-op-diversity-sport-awardstitle=Profvoetbalster Samya Hassani: “Ik heb vaak genoeg naar mijn hoofd gekregen dat ik niet topsport waardig ben, maar ik ben blijven knokken”. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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