Mariem "Maryama" Houij (born 8 August 1994) is a Tunisian

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, who plays as a

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for Turkish Women's Super League club

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and the Tunisia women's national team.

Private life

Mariem Houij was born in

Sousse Sousse or Soussa ( ar, سوسة, ; Berber:''Susa'') is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf ...

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on 8 August 1994.

Club career

She played in the Championnat de France de Football Féminine de Division 2 – Group B for the French club

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. She capped in 13 matches in the 2017–18 season. Houij joined the

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-based team

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on 20 July 2018. She took part at the

2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round The 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played between 7 and 13 August 2018. A total of 40 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide 12 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions L ...

. She played in all three matches of the qualification round, and scored two goals. In the 2021-22 Turkcell Women's Super League season, she transferred to the

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-based club

. She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team. On 18 August 2022, she played in the

2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League is the 22nd edition of the European women's club Association football, football championship organised by UEFA, and the 14th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It is the ...

International career

She was a member of the

Tunisia women's national football team The Tunisia national women's football team ( ar, منتخب تونس لكرة القدم للسيدات), nicknamed The Eagles of Carthage, is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Tunisian Football Federation. The team competes ...

at the

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, played in all two matches each of the First and Second Round, and scored one goal.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

; Turkish Women's Super League :; ALG Spor :: ''Champions'' (1): 2021-22

Individual

* Top goalscorer'': 2018–19 (15 goals)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Houij, Mariem 1994 births Living people People from Sousse Tunisian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Tunisia women's international footballers Tunisian expatriate footballers Expatriate women's footballers in France Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 20th-century Tunisian women 21st-century Tunisian women Ataşehir Belediyespor players ALG Spor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players