Kheira Hamraoui
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Kheira Hamraoui (born 13 January 1990) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain Féminines, Paris Saint-Germain and the France women's national football team, France national team.


Club career


Youth career

Hamraoui began her football career with CNFE Clairefontaine, Clairefontaine, a renowned football academy for female French youth players.


Division 1 Féminine

Hamraoui has played the majority of her career in the Division 1 Féminine, for clubs including FCF Hénin-Beaumont, Hénin-Beaumont, AS Saint-Étienne (Ladies), Saint-Étienne, and Paris Saint-Germain Féminine, PSG. At Saint-Étienne, she was a crucial part of the club's first and only major title win, the 2010–11 Challenge de France, 2011 Challenge de France. Hamraoui signed for Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Lyon from Paris Saint-Germain Féminine, PSG in 2016 after spending four years with the club. It was here that she won two continental Treble (association football), trebles by winning the UEFA Women's Champions League, Champions League twice, winning the Coupe de France Féminine twice, and finishing first in the Division 1 Féminine for two consecutive seasons. In June 2018, she announced her departure from the French league and that she was looking for a new opportunity abroad.


2018–21: Barcelona

She left Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Lyon in 2018 to sign a two-year contract with FC Barcelona Femení, Barcelona, her first club venture outside of France. In her first season with the club, she helped them progress to the semifinals of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time. They played FC Bayern Munich (women), Bayern, and Hamraoui bagged an important away goal in the first leg with a low shot to the bottom left corner. In the return leg at the Mini Estadi, Barcelona increased their aggregate score after a goal scored from a penalty, but Hamraoui found herself getting sent off after receiving a second yellow card. Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate to advance to their first ever UWCL final, but Hamraoui was suspended and was not able to play against her former club. Lyon won the 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, final 4–1. In her last season with the club, she won the historic treble of 2020–21 Primera División (women), Primera División, 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League, Champions League and Copa de la Reina de Fútbol, Copa de la Reina. On 24 June 2021, she announced she was leaving Barcelona, stating on Twitter that "I've reached ALL my objectives with Barcelona... My mission here is over. A new adventure begins."


2021–present: Return to Paris Saint-Germain

On 15 July, Hamraoui signed a two-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain Féminines, Paris Saint-Germain.


International career

In October 2012 Hamraoui made her debut for the France women's national football team, France national team in a friendly game against England women's national football team, England. She was part of the France squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2016 Olympics. Hamraoui has not received a national team call-up since April 2019 and was not selected to the France squad at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.


Assault incident

On 4 November 2021, Hamraoui was assaulted in the street after two masked men dragged her from a club-issued car, assaulting her with iron bars. Her teammate Aminata Diallo, who was driving the car, was arrested following the incident; she was later released from police custody without any charges. During the attack, the masked men who assaulted Hamraoui were reported to have said "so like that, [you] sleep with married men?" On 19 November, Eric Abidal's wife Hayet announced that she had filed for divorce after it came to light that he was having an affair with Hamraoui. However, after further investigation, Diallo was re-arrested in September 2022 on charges of serious bodily harm.


Career statistics


International

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


Honours

Saint-Étienne *Coupe de France Féminine: 2010–11 Challenge de France, 2011 Paris Saint-Germain *Coupe de France Féminine: runners-up, 2014 Lyon *Division 1 Féminine: 2016–17 Division 1 Féminine, 2016–17, 2017–18 Division 1 Féminine, 2017–18 *UEFA Women's Champions League: 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, 2016–17, 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League, 2017–18 *Coupe de France Féminine: 2017 Barcelona *Primera División (women), Primera División: 2019–20 Primera División (women), 2019–20, 2020–21 Primera División (women), 2020–21 *UEFA Women's Champions League: 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League, 2020–21, runners-up: 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, 2018–19 *Copa de la Reina de Fútbol, Copa de la Reina: 2019–20 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol, 2020, 2021 *Supercopa de España Femenina: 2019–20 Supercopa de España Femenina, 2020 *Copa Catalunya (women's football), Copa Catalunya: 2019 *Cyprus Cup: 2014 Cyprus Cup, 2014 Individual *UEFA Women's Champions League Squad of the Season: 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League, 2019–20


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamraoui, Kheira 1990 births Living people People from Croix, Nord French women's footballers France women's youth international footballers France women's international footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Paris Saint-Germain Féminine players AS Saint-Étienne (women) players CNFE Clairefontaine players Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players Women's association football midfielders 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players French sportspeople of Algerian descent Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of France Division 1 Féminine players Sportspeople from Nord (French department) FC Barcelona Femení players Primera División (women) players Footballers from Hauts-de-France FCF Hénin-Beaumont players