Leila Ouahabi

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Leila Ouahabi
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Ouahabi with Barcelona
Personal information
Full name Leila Ouahabi El Ouahabi
Date of birth (1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Mataró, Catalonia, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 FC Barcelona
Number 15
Youth career
Vilassar de Mar
2007–2009 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Barcelona B
2011–2013 Barcelona 21 (2)
2013–2016 Valencia 85 (3)
2016– Barcelona 86 (1)
National team‡
2010–2012 Spain under-19 11 (1)
2016– Spain 46 (1)
2014– Catalonia 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 October 2021

Leila Ouahabi El Ouahabi (born 22 March 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left-back for Barcelona and the Spain national team.

Early life[]

Ouahabi was born in Mataró, Catalonia to a family of Moroccan origin.[1] Growing up, she would play futsal with her brothers and at one point joined a futsal team of eleven other boys.[2] The first club she joined was a girl's youth team of the club UE Vilassar de Mar.[3]

Club career[]

Ouahabi was thirteen when she joined FC Barcelona's youth teams in 2007.[4] After five years of elevating through the ranks of La Masia, she became a first-team player for the 2011–12 season. This season saw FC Barcelona Femení achieve their first ever league title win. Ouahabi was frustrated with a lack of playing time after playing a second year in the Spanish Primera División with FC Barcelona.

She joined Valencia in 2013,[5] where she remained until 2016.

In the summer of 2016, Ouahabi re-signed to FC Barcelona from Valencia.[6]

International career[]

Ouahabi has played for Spain's U19 national team.[7]

Ouahabi earned her first senior national team callup in February 2016 under newly appointed Spain coach Jorge Vilda.[8] A month later, Ouahabi made her senior international debut for Spain on 4 March 2016, starting a 0–0 friendly draw with Romania in Mogoșoaia.[9]

In February 2017, Ouahabi was called up to the Spain squad for the 2017 Algarve Cup, her first call-up for a senior national team tournament.[10] Her first international goal turned out to be the winning goal in the 2017 Algarve Cup final against Canada.

At the 2019 Women's World Cup Ouahabi started one group stage match, a 0–0 draw against China. The draw was enough to get them past the group stages for the first time in Spain's history where they would then face the United States in the Round of 16. Ouahabi started that Round of 16 match, where Spain had a convincing performance but lost 1–2 against the eventual tournament winners. She ended the tournament having played 180 minutes.[11]

International goals[]

Leila Ouahabi – goals for  Spain
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 March 2017 Estádio Algarve, Algarve  Canada 1–0 1-0 2017 Algarve Cup

Honours[]

Club[]

FC Barcelona

International[]

Spain

References[]

  1. ^ Irigoyen, Juan I. (29 March 2017). "Leila: "En Marruecos igual no jugaría al fútbol"". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ Soria, Miki. "Leila Ouahabi Una de les nostres". esportiumaresme.cat. Esportiu Maresme. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. ^ Paniagua, Raúl (21 March 2019). "Leila Ouahabi: "Estamos abriendo los ojos a mucha gente"". elperiodico.com. El Periodico. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  4. ^ Irigoyen, Juan I. (29 March 2017). "Leila: "En Marruecos igual no jugaría al fútbol"". elpais.com. El País. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ^ Profile at Valencia Féminas website.
  6. ^ "Who has joined and left FC Barcelona this summer". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  7. ^ Fernandez-Delgado, Ignacio (27 November 2013). "Un equipo para sentirse orgulloso/a". diariodemestalla.com. Diario de Mestalla. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  8. ^ Menayo, David (22 February 2016). "Jorge Vilda continúa la revolución". marca.com. MARCA. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  9. ^ "4 newcomers to the Spanish squad". Royal Spanish Football Federation. 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  10. ^ Menayo, David (20 February 2017). "Jorge Vilda ya tiene a sus 23 elegidas para disputar la Copa Algarve". marca.com. MARCA. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  11. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Players - Leila OUAHABI - Leila Ouahabi - FIFA.com". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Chelsea 0-4 Barcelona: Barça surge to first Women's Champions League title". UEFA.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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