Zineb Redouani ( ar, زينب رضواني; born 12 June 2000) is a Moroccan professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
AS FAR and the
Morocco women's national team.
Club career
Redouani first played with Rijah Ain Harrouda before joining
AS FAR in 2020.
She has won two
Championships
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Championship systems
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Title match system
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and two
Throne Cups. She was part of the team which competed in the
2021 Women's Champions League.
Redouani participated in AS FAR's championship-winning campaign in the
2022 Women's Champions League. During the second game against
Green Buffaloes F.C., she received a straight red card after an
VAR review of her foul on Natasha Nanyangwe.
International career
Redouani played with the
Morocco U-20s at the
2019 African Games
The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017.
Bidding process
The 12th ...
in
Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
where Morocco won the bronze medal. She recorded a goal off a penalty kick in the third place match against
Algeria
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. In the same year, she won the 2019 UNAF U-20 Women's tournament in
Tangier
Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...
with the team.
Redouani was called up for the first team in 2018. She has capped for Morocco at senior level during the
Aisha Buhari Cup
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History
The Inaugural editi ...
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She played in the
UNAF Women's Tournament organized in
Tunis
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in February 2020, which Morocco won.
She was part of the 26-woman squad who participated in the
2022 African Cup of Nations. Redouani started the final, which Morocco lost 2-1 to
South Africa
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. She was injured and replaced by her teammate at AS FAR, Ghazlan Shahiri. As a result of being runners-up, Morocco won their first qualification for the
Women's World Cup.
Redouani started all three games of the group stage at the
2023 Women's World Cup. She scored an own goal in Morocco's opening match in which they lost 6-0 to
Germany
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.
Honours
AS FAR
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Moroccan Women's Championship
The Moroccan Women's Championship ( ar, البطولة المغربية للسيدات) is the top flight of women's association football in Morocco and Western Sahara. The competition is run by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. At the top ...
(3): 2021, 2022, 2023
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Moroccan Women Throne Cup (3): 2020, 2021, 2022
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UNAF Women's Club Tournament (1): 2021
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CAF Women's Champions League
The CAF Women's Champions League (french: Ligue des Champions Féminine de la CAF; ar, دوري أبطال إفريقيا للسيدات), sometimes abbreviated as ''CAF WCL'', is an annual international women's association football club compet ...
(1):
2022
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; third place:
2021
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,
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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Morocco U20
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UNAF U-20 Women's Tournament: 2019
Morocco
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Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...
runner-up:
2022
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UNAF Women's Tournament: 2020
Individual
* Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament:
2022
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IFFHS
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CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022
See also
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List of Morocco women's international footballers
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
Moroccan women's footballers
Women's association football defenders
Morocco women's international footballers
21st-century Moroccan women
21st-century Moroccan people
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
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