Selma Bacha
![]() Bacha with Lyon in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Selma Lena Bacha[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back, left winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | FC Gerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2017 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Lyon | 91 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | France U16 | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | France U17 | 13 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | France U19 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | France U20 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | France U23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | France | 36 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 August 2024 |
Selma Lena Bacha (born 9 November 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left winger for Première Ligue club Lyon and the France national team.
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.[2] She joined the Lyon academy at the age of eight.[3]
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.[2] She signed a professional contract with Lyon during the 2017–18 season.[4] That same season, Lyon went on to win the Champions League, with Bacha starting in the final.[5] 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.[6]
International career
In July 2024, Bacha was named in France's squad for the 2024 Olympics.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 25 May 2024[8]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lyon | 2017–18 | Première Ligue | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | |
2018–19 | Première Ligue | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | Première Ligue | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Première Ligue | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Première Ligue | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | ||
2022–23 | Première Ligue | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
2023–24 | Première Ligue | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
Career total | 91 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 169 | 9 |
- ^ Appearance in Trophée des Championnes
- ^ Two appearances in playoffs and one appearance in Trophée des Championnes
International
- As of match played 3 August 2024[9]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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France | 2021 | 2 | 1 |
2022 | 11 | 0 | |
2023 | 13 | 1 | |
2024 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 36 | 2 |
- Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bacha goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 30 November 2021 | Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp, France | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2 | 22 September 2023 | Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
Honours
Lyon
- Division 1 Féminine: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23,[10] 2023–24[11]
- Coupe de France: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23[12]
- Trophée des Championnes: 2019,[13] 2022,[14] 2023[15]
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22[16]
France U19
France
- UEFA Women's Nations League runner-up: 2023–24[18]
Individual
- IFFHS Women's World Team: 2022[19]
- UEFA Women's Champions League team of the season: 2023–24[20]
- Trophées FFF D1 Féminine team of the season: 2021–22[21]
- Division 1 Féminine Player of the Month: October 2021,[22] November 2021[23]
References
- ^ "Official List of Players U20WWC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b Roussel, Vincent (5 March 2018). "Selma Bacha, une merveilleuse histoire du temps" (in French). Foot d'Elles. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Sonia Bompastor: "Selma Bacha est la meilleure joueuse de sa génération"". Le Progrès (in French). 31 December 2019. 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.
- ^ "JO 2024 : la liste définitive des Bleues d'Hervé Renard" (in French). 8 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Selma Bacha". Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Equipe de France A - Selma Bacha". Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "LYON BAT PARIS ET S'OFFRE LE DOUBLÉ" (in French). 21 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "LYON GARDE SA COURONNE" (in French). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "ET DE 10 POUR LYON" (in French). 13 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "ET À LA FIN, C'EST LYON QUI GAGNE". 21 September 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "LYON DOUBLE LA MISE". 28 August 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Trophée des Championnes 2023 - Finale - Lyon (D1)-PSG (D1) 2-0". Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Barcelona 1-3 Lyon: OL win eighth UEFA Women's Champions League final in thriller". 21 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "France win 2019 #WU19EURO: at a glance". 28 July 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Spain 2-0 France: World champions win Women's Nations League final". 28 February 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD TEAM 2022". IFFHS. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "2023/24 Women's Champions League Team of the Season". 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "LES LAURÉATES DES TROPHÉES 2021-2022". 23 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "TROPHÉE DU MOIS : SELMA BACHA ÉLUE EN OCTOBRE". 16 November 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "JOUEUSE DU MOIS : BACHA, LE DOUBLÉ". 8 December 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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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