Sakina Karchaoui (born 26 January 1996) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the France national team.

Early life

Born in Salon-de-Provence, in the

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region of France, Karchaoui was raised in the nearby town of

Miramas Miramas (; oc, Miramàs) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southern France. It is the second-largest commune in metropolitan Ouest-Provence and is located at the north end of the Éta ...

by her Moroccan parents. She began playing football in her neighborhood with boys. After two years at local club, US Miramas, she joined Montpellier.

Club career

Montpellier

Karchaoui earned her first cap for the senior Montpellier in November 2012 during a 6–0 win over Vendenheim. During the

2013–14 Division 1 Féminine The 2013–14 Division 1 Féminine season was the 40th since its establishment. Lyon were the defending champions. The season began on 1 September 2013 and ended on 1 June 2014. The winter break was in effect from 23 December 2013 to 18 January 2 ...

season, Karchaoui made six appearances for the club, tallying a total of 475 minutes on the pitch. Montpellier finished in fourth place with a record. The following season, she made 12 appearances with 9 starts. The club finished the 2014–15 season in fourth place with a record. During the 2015–16 season, Karchaoui started in 19 of the 20 matches in which she appeared. In November 2015, she scored her first goal in a 4–0 win against Rodez. Montpellier finished in third place during the regular season with a record.

Lyon

On 24 June 2020, fourteen-time defending league champions

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 ...

announced the signing of Karchaoui for 2020–21 season.

Paris Saint-Germain

On 10 July 2021, reigning league champions

announced the signing of Karchaoui on a three-year deal.

International career

Karchaoui earned her first cap with the France national team in April 2016. She was later selected for the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. At the tournament, she started in the team's group-stage match against

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resulting in a 3–0 win, and the quarter-final match against

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where the team was eliminated in a 1–0 loss. In March 2017, she helped France defeat the

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3–0 to win the

2017 SheBelieves Cup The 2017 SheBelieves Cup was the second edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's soccer tournament held in the United States. It took place between March 1 and 7, 2017. The four teams were ranked No. 1, 2, 3 and 5 in the FIFA Wome ...

for the first time.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Montpellier *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

runner-up: 2014–15, 2015–16 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 ...

: 2019–20 Paris Saint-Germain *

: 2021–22 France U20 * FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup runner-up:

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Individual *

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Team of the Tournament:

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Trophées UNFP du football The Trophées UNFP du football are a number of awards given annually by the National Union of Professional Football Players to players playing in France's Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, as well as to managers and referees, the most prestigious one being the ...

Young Player of the Year: 2016–17 *

Team of the Year:

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

, 2021–22 *

IFFHS World Team The IFFHS World Team is a football award given annually since 2017. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). Men's winners List of winners In 2017, IFFHS started to nominate a world team ...

: 2020 *

Division 1 Féminine Player of the Month The Division 1 Féminine Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best adjudged Division 1 Féminine player each month of the season. The award was created by French Football Federation in September 2020 with the ...

: December 2021

References

External links

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Montpellier player profile
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