Ranya Senhaji ( ar, رانيا الصنهاجي;
[ born 21 April 2002) is an American-born Moroccan ]footballer
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who plays as a forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
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for collegiate team South Carolina Gamecocks and the Morocco women's national team.
Early life
Senhaji was raised in Tinton Falls, New Jersey to a Moroccan father and an American mother.[
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High school and college career
Senhaji attended Monmouth Regional High School in her hometown. She holds the record for goals in a season at her high school with 30, as well well as the career goals record with 58.South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
.Michigan State University
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for the 2022 season. She appeared in 13 games during her first season with the Spartans, scoring one goal and providing three assists.
International career
Senhaji made her senior debut for Morocco on 10 June 2021 as a substitution in a 3–0 friendly home win over Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
. She scored her first two international goals four days later against the same opponent.[
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See also
*List of Morocco women's international footballers
This is a non-exhaustive list of Morocco women's international footballers – association football players who have appeared at least once for the senior Morocco women's national football team.
Players
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* Morocco women's nationa ...
References
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2002 births
Living people
Citizens of Morocco through descent
Moroccan women's footballers
Women's association football forwards
Morocco women's international footballers
Moroccan people of American descent
Monmouth Regional High School alumni
People from Tinton Falls, New Jersey
Soccer players from Monmouth County, New Jersey
American women's soccer players
American people of Moroccan descent
Sportspeople of Moroccan descent
American people of Jewish descent
South Carolina Gamecocks women's soccer players
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