Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 23 April 2002||
Place of birth | Nîmes, France [1] | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Le Puy Foot | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
2017 | Montpellier | ||
2017–2018 | Nîmes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2019–2023 | FC Tarascon | 2 | (0) |
2023– | Le Puy Foot | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019–2020 | Algeria U20 | 6 | (0) |
2023– | Algeria | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 April 2024 |
Amel Salah ( Arabic: أمل صالح; born 23 April 2002) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Division 3 Féminine club Le Puy Football 43 Auvergne and the Algeria national team. [3]
Trained in Nîmes, Salah went through the Montpellier training academy in the under-15 category before playing at the national level in the U19 category. She then joined Tarascon in 2019, where she established herself at the senior level. [4]
In August 2023, she signed with Division 3 Féminine club Le Puy Football 43 Auvergne. [5] She played a decisive role in the Coupe de France and was named the heroine of the day for making two crucial saves that helped Le Puy qualify and eliminate Division 1 side Reims. [6]
Salah is a former Algeria youth international and has played for the the under-20 team. She made the final squad that represented Algeria in the 2019 African Games. [7] later that year, she was also selected for the 2019 UNAF U-20 Women's Tournament in Morocco. [8]
She received her first call-up to the senior team in September 2023 for the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Uganda. [3] [9] [10] She made her debut for the team on 24 February 2024 in a 2–0 win against Burkina Faso. [11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Tarascon | 2017–18 | D3F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Le Puy Foot | 2017–18 | D3F | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Algeria | |||
2023 | 0 | 0 | |
2024 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Grâce au talent de sa gardienne, Amel Salah, l'héroïne du jour