Imane Saoud
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File:SaoudImane (cropped).jpg Saoud representing Morocco in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 6 June 2002[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco[2] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder[3] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Vendenheim | 35 | (3) |
| 2020–2022 | Basel | 43 | (9) |
| 2022–2025 | Servette | 48 | (16) |
| 2025– | Nantes | 9 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | France U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | France U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Morocco | ||
Medal record | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 November 2025[4] ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 October 2025 | |||
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Imane Saoud (Arabic: إيمان سعود, born 6 June 2002) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Nantes.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Saoud has played for FC Vendenheim in France and for Basel in Switzerland.[1] She later played for Servette.
Saoud played for Basel during the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. She played 43 games and scored 9 goals.[5][6] She moved to Servette on a three-year contract in August 2022 where she plays with her Morocco teammate Élodie Nakkach.[7][8]
She recorded her first goal in her first match with Servette, a friendly on 3 August 2022 against Olympique Lyonnais.[9] She played her first official match of the season in the preliminary round of the Champions League where she came in as a substitute in the 56th minute against Paris.[10] She played her first league match of the season on 27 August 2022 where she provided two assists against Young Boys.[11] She recorded her first goal of the season on 5 November 2022 when she opened the scoring against Young Boys.[12] She scored 5 goals during the 2022/23 season.[citation needed]
International career
[edit | edit source]Saoud began her international career with the French youth team. She participated in qualifiers for the U-17 European Championship.[13]
In February 2021, she received her first call-up to the Morocco national team for training.[14] Saoud made her senior debut for Morocco on 10 June 2021 in a 3–0 friendly home win over Mali.[15] During this game, she scored her first international goal.
Saoud was part of the 26-woman squad chosen by Reynald Pedros to compete at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations,[16] where Morocco finished second and qualified for the World Cup.
In preparation for the 2023 Women's World Cup, Saoud was selected to attend an October 2022 training camp in Spain where Morocco faced Poland and Canada. She featured in Morocco's 0-4 loss to Canada.[citation needed] She was not chosen as part of Morocco's World Cup squad.[17]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 11 June 2021 | Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 22 February 2022 | Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola, Malta | File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2022 Malta International Women's Football Tournament |
| 3. | 7 April 2022 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia | 2–0 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 31 October 2023 | Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco | File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2024 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 5. | 5 December 2023 | File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 6. | 28 October 2025 | Père Jégo Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco | File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
See also
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External links
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Casablanca
- Moroccan women's footballers
- 21st-century Moroccan sportswomen
- Women's association football midfielders
- FC Basel Frauen players
- Women's Super League (Switzerland) players
- Morocco women's international footballers
- Moroccan expatriate women's footballers
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland
- Moroccan emigrants to France
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French women's footballers
- France women's youth international footballers
- French expatriate women's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- 21st-century French sportswomen
- 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations players
- Moroccan football biography stubs
- North African women's football biography stubs
- French women's football biography stubs
- French football midfielder, 2000s birth stubs