Salma Bouguerch (; born 4 November 1998) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

for

Moroccan Women's Championship D1 The Moroccan Women's Championship, officially the Women's Professional National Football Championship D1 (; ) is the top-division professional women's association football, women's football league in Moroccan football league system, Morocco. The co ...

club

Wydad AC Wydad Athletic Club (, ), often known outside Morocco as Wydad Casablanca, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional Association football, football team that competes in Botola, the top tier of th ...

and the Morocco national team.

Early and personal life

Bouguerch was born in

El Jadida El Jadida (, ) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, located south of the city of Casablanca, in the province of El Jadida and the region of Casablanca-Settat. It has a population of 170,956 as of 2023. The fortified city, b ...

. Outside football, she studied medicine at the at

Hassan II University of Casablanca Hassan II University of Casablanca (UH2C) (Arabic: جامعة الحسن الثاني بالدار البیضاء‎; French: Université Hassan II de Casablanca) was established in 1975 and is regarded as the best academic institution in Morocco. ...

, where she obtained her doctorate in 2024.

Club career

Before moving to

, Bouguerch played for Difâa Hassani d'El Jadida, Renaissance Zemamra and

Raja Aïn Harrouda Club Raja Aïn Harrouda de Football Féminin (), commonly known as Raja Aïn Harrouda or as CRAH for short, is a professional women's football club based in Aïn Harrouda that competes in the Moroccan Division 1 Féminine. The top tier of Morocc ...

Wydad AC

In 2022, Bouguerch joined

in the off-season.

International career

Bouguerch was not part of

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

's 24-player squad for the

2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations The 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (), officially known as the 2024 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes and as WAFCON 2024 for short, will be the 15th edition of the biennial African women's football tourname ...

on home soil, but was listed as a reserve player.

References

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* 1998 births Women's association football midfielders Living people Moroccan women's footballers 21st-century Moroccan sportswomen Morocco women's international footballers 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations players {{Morocco-women-footy-bio-stub