Hanane Aït El Haj

Hanane Aït El Haj
Aït El Haj with Morocco at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Agadir, Morocco[1]
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Valencia CF
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2026 CM Laâyoune 39 (24)
2016–2020 AS FAR
2020–2021 Zaragoza CFF 12 (0)
2021–2024 AS FAR
2024– Valencia CF
International career‡
2014– Morocco 61 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
UNAF Women's Tournament
Winner 2020 Tunisia
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Second place 2022 Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 August 2023

Hanane Ait El Haj (Arabic: حنان أيت الحاج; born 2 November 1994) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Valencia CF and the Morocco women's national team. She often plays as a right back.

Club career

Aït El Haj began her club career playing for AS FAR in the Moroccan Women's Championship in 2016. She played for Zaragoza CFF in Segunda División Pro on a one-year contract for the 2020-21 season before returning to AS FAR.[2] She has won the league with AS FAR six times and the Throne Cup four times. In 2022, the team won the CAF Women's Champions League after placing third in 2021.[3]

International career

Aït El Haj was capped for Morocco at senior level during the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification (first round).[4] She played in Morocco's runners-up performance in the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, which was hosted by Morocco.[5] She was part of the squad which qualified Morocco for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, their first appearance at the tournament. At the World Cup, she scored an own goal in Morocco's 6-0 loss to Germany in the group stage.[6] She also provided an assist to Morocco's maiden World Cup goal by Ibtissam Jraidi in their 1-0 victory over South Korea.[7]

Honours

CM Laâyoune

AS FAR

Morocco

Individual

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "HANANE: Hanane Ait El Haj". Txapeldunak (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. ^ Ahmadu, Samuel (28 August 2020). "'Look forward to achieving great success' - Morocco's Ait El-Haj on starting life at Zaragoza". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Women's Champions League: AS Far savour first crown after beating Sundowns in final". BBC Sport. 14 November 2022. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Competitions - 11th Edition Women AFCON- GHANA 2018 - Match Details". CAF. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Morocco - H. Ait El Haj". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Morocco's Hanane Ait El Haj scores an own goal in 54' | 2023 FIFA World Cup". FOX Sports. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  7. ^ Howcroft, Jonathan (30 July 2023). "South Korea 0 - 1 Morocco". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Hanane Aït El Haj Best Moroccan player". 14 August 2018.