Sarah Bouhaddi

Sarah Bouhaddi
Personal information
Full nameSarah Bouhaddi
Date of birth17 October 1986
Place of birthCannes, France
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Olympique Lyonnais
Number26
Youth career
1994–1999SC Mouans-Sartoux
1999–2001FC Mougins
2001–2002OS Monaco
2002–2003CNFE Clairefontaine
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2003–2005CNFE Clairefontaine56(1)
2005–2006Toulouse22(0)
2006–2009Juvisy46(0)
2009–Lyon91(1)
National team‡
2004–France88(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:42, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Sarah Bouhaddi (born 17 October 1986 in Cannes) is a French-Algerian football player currently playing for Olympique Lyonnais of the Division 1 Féminine. Bouhaddi plays as a goalkeeper and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut in 2004. Before suffering an injury to her ACL in 2009, she was France's number one goalkeeper, however in 2011, she re-captured the position ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

International career

Bouhaddi had previously starred with the women's under-19 team helping France win the 2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, held in Germany. She was one of the few underage players in the team and, despite being only 17, was named the starting goalkeeper. After struggling in the group stage phase, Bouhaddi recorded two clean sheets in the semi-finals against England and the final against Norway. Bouhaddi was selected again for the 2005 edition of the under-19 competition and helped her nation reach the final match again, however she would not hoist the title due to losing 5–6 on penalties to Russia. The following year, she played in the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship helping France reach the quarter-finals before losing to North Korea.

On 21 February 2004, Bouhaddi made her senior international debut in a friendly match against Scotland appearing as a substitute playing 21 minutes. Despite not earning any caps during the qualification phase for UEFA Women's Euro 2005, she was selected as the starting goalkeeper by coach Elisabeth Loisel. In the tournament, France suffered elimination in the group stage phase on goal differential with Bouhaddi playing all three matches conceding five goals. Following the tournament, Bouhaddi was officially designated as the number one goalkeeper and participated in all of the team's qualifying matches for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, which France failed to qualify for. She made her second major international tournament appearance after being selected by new coach Bruno Bini to play in UEFA Women's Euro 2009, where France reached as far as the quarterfinals losing to the Netherlands 4–5 on penalties. Due to her ACL injury, Bouhaddi will miss a significant portion of France's qualifying campaign for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Honours

Club

Lyon

Club statistics

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CNFE 2002–03 2100000210
2003–04 1700000170
Total 3800000380
Toulouse 2005–06 2200000220
Total 2200000220
Juvisy 2006–07 1800010190
2007–08 1603000190
2008–09 1203000150
Total 4606010530
Lyon 2009–10 703020120
2010–11 1403090260
2011–12 1903070290
2012–13 1805080310
Total 580140260980
Career total 16402002702110

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