Selma Bacha
 Bacha with Lyon in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Selma Bacha | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-Back, left winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2009 | FC Gerland | ||
| 2009–2017 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Lyon | 36 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016 | 9 | (2) | |
| 2016–2017 | France U17 | 13 | (4) |
| 2018– | France U19 | 13 | (0) |
| 2017– | France U20 | 15 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:14, 23 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:09, 22 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
Selma Bacha (born 9 November 2000) is a French footballer who plays as a left-back or left winger for French club Lyon.
Early life[]
Bacha grew up in the Grange Blanche district of Lyon, France. She was introduced to football by her brother at the age of four.[1] She joined the Lyon academy at the age of eight.[2]
Club career[]
She continued to progress through the youth ranks at Lyon. In 2013, her performances caught the attention of Sonia Bompastor, a former footballer who was also responsible for Lyon's training centre.[1] She signed a professional contract with Lyon during the 2017–18 season.[3] That same season, Lyon went on to win the Champions League, with Bacha starting in the final.[4] Lyon were to contest the 2019 Champions League final too; Bacha featured in the game as a substitute for Eugénie Le Sommer, coming on in the 82nd minute of the match.[5]
Honours[]
Lyon
- Division 1 Féminine: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Coupe de France Féminine: 2018–19, 2019–20
- Trophée des Championnes: 2019
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2017–18, 2018���19, 2019–20
France U19
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Roussel, Vincent (5 March 2018). "Selma Bacha, une merveilleuse histoire du temps" (in French). Foot d'Elles. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ Saive, Marion (31 December 2019). "Sonia Bompastor: "Selma Bacha est la meilleure joueuse de sa génération"". Le Progrès (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Lyon : L'exemple des championnes de l'OL inspire les plus petites du FC Gerland" (in French). Franceinfo. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Cinq choses à savoir sur Selma Bacha, la surdouée des Bleuettes". L'Équipe (in French). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ Hess, Alex (21 August 2020). "Lyon demolish Barcelona to win Women's Champions League – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
External links[]
- Selma Bacha at Olympique Lyonnais
- Selma Bacha at Soccerway
- Selma Bacha at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Selma Bacha at the French Football Federation (archived 2018-06-26) (in French)
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