Selma Lena Bacha (born 9 November 2000) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

Division 1 Féminine The Division 1 Féminine, shortened as D1 Féminine or D1F, and currently known as D1 Arkema for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in France. Run by the French Football Federation, the league is contested by twel ...

club

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

and the France national team.

Early life

Bacha grew up in the Grange Blanche district of

, France. She was introduced to football by her brother at the age of four. She joined the

academy at the age of eight. She is of Algerian and Tunisian descent.

Club career

She continued to progress through the youth ranks at Lyon. In 2013, her performances caught the attention of

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, a former footballer who was also responsible for Lyon's training centre. She signed a professional contract with Lyon during the 2017–18 season. That same season, Lyon went on to win the Champions League, with Bacha starting in the

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. Lyon were to contest the 2019 Champions League final too; Bacha featured in the game as a substitute for

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, coming on in the 82nd minute of the match.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bacha goal.''

Honours

Lyon *

UEFA Women's Champions League The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The ...

: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22 *

Coupe de France Féminine A coupe or coupé (, ) is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors. The term ''coupé'' was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. It comes from the French past parti ...

: 2018–19, 2019–20 *

Trophée des Championnes The Trophée des Championnes is a French women's association football trophy contested as an annual match between the champions of Division 1 Féminine and the winners of the Coupe de France Féminine from previous season. It is the female equ ...

: 2019,

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France U19 *

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Individual * IFFHS Women's World Team: 2022

References

External links

Selma Bacha
at Olympique Lyonnais * * * 2000 births Living people Women's association football defenders French women's footballers France women's youth international footballers France women's international footballers French sportspeople of Algerian descent French sportspeople of Tunisian descent Division 1 Féminine players Women's association football fullbacks Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players 21st-century French women Footballers from Lyon {{France-women-footy-bio-stub