Fatima Tagnaout

Fatima Zahra Tagnaout (Arabic: فاطمة الزهراء تاكناوت;^[2] born 20 January 1999) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for AS FAR and the Morocco women's national team.

Fatima Tagnaout
فاطمة تكناوت (Arabic)^[1]

Tagnaout with Morocco at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name	Fatima Zahra Tagnaout^[2]
Date of birth	(1999-01-20) 20 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Casablanca, Morocco
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)^[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder^[2]
Team information
Current team	AS FAR
Number	11
Youth career
–2015	AJS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–	AS FAR	20	(3)
International career^‡
2015–2016	Morocco U17	3	(0)
2017–2020	Morocco U20	8	(3)
2018–	Morocco	47	(6)
Medal record Representing  Morocco UNAF Women's Tournament Winner 2020 Tunisia Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2022 Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Early life

Originally from the Tata region, Tagnaout was born in Casablanca.

After having spent a long time around boys, and playing with the AJS club in Sidi Maârouf,^[3] she received offers to participate in detection days in Rabat where she quickly integrated into the AS FAR women's team.

Club career

Tagnaout has played for AS FAR in Morocco since she was 15.^[2] She has won 8 Championships and 6 Throne Cups.

Tagnaout played in the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League which took place in Egypt in 2021. She participated in all of the games. She recorded a goal in the third-place match and provided several assists throughout the tournament. She was named to the Team of the Tournament.^[4]

She was chosen by the CAF Awards Committee as a finalist for the African Club Player of the Year 2022^[5] but did not win the award.^[6]

Morocco hosted the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. AS FAR won the final match at the expense of the defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, with a score of 4-0. Tagnaout scored the first goal on a penalty kick and received a yellow card.^[7] Throughout the tournament, Tagnaout had three goals and three assists. She was named Best Player and to the Team of the Tournament.^[8]

On 14 November 2023, Tagnaout was nominated for the 2023 African Player of the Year and 2023 Interclub Player of the Year by CAF.^[9] A month later, she won the Women's Interclub Player of the Year award.^[10]

International career

Morocco U-17

Tagnaout played for the Morocco U-17 women in the African qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[11]

Morocco U-20

Tagnaout played in a number of matches with the Morocco U-20 national team, including African qualifiers for the 2018 U-20 Women's World Cup.^[12] After eliminating Senegal in the first round, Morocco lost in the second round to Nigeria. The score was 1-5 and the only goal for Morocco was scored by Tagnaout.

She participated in December 2019 in a UNAF U-20 Tournament in Algeria^[13] where she played two matches against Burkina Faso^[14] and Algeria.^[15]

Senior team

Tagnaout has capped for Morocco at senior level.^[16][1] She was first called up to play for the national team in 2018.^[17] She registered her first two international goals on 31 January 2020 in a friendly against Tunesia.^[18] In September 2021, she participated in the Aisha Bukhari cup, during which she scored a goal against Cameroon in the 78th minute.^[19]

She was chosen by Reynald Pedros to play in the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. She participated in all matches and was awarded the title of Woman of the Match for the match against Senegal.^[20] Morocco finished as runners-up.^[21]

She was selected as part of Morocco's 2023 Women's World Cup squad.^[22] She started all three games of the group stage.^[23]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	31 January 2020	Stade Municipal de Témara, Temara, Morocco	Tunisia	3–1	6–3	Friendly	^[24]
2				4–2

Honours

AS FAR

• Moroccan Women's Championship (8): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023^[25]
• Moroccan Women Throne Cup (7): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022^[26]
• UNAF Women's Club Tournament (1): 2021
• CAF Women's Champions League (1): 2022; third place: 2021, 2023^[27]

Morocco

• Women's Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2022^[21]
• UNAF Women's Tournament: 2020^[28]

Individual

• Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022^[29]
• CAF Women's Champions League Best Player: 2022^[8]
• CAF Women's Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2021,^[4] 2022,^[8] 2023^[30]
• IFFHS CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022, 2023^[31]
• CAF Women's Inter-Club Player of the Year: 2023^[32]
• CAF Women's Team of the Year: 2023^[33]

See also

• List of Morocco women's international footballers

References

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2. "Effectif : Football - Dames". ASFAR (in French). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
3. Le Rajaoui, Khalil. "Fatima Tagnaout avec les garcons de l'AJS". www.flickr.com.
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19. "Cameroon vs Morocco [0-1] Aisha Buhari Cup 2021 I Women's International Friendly". Youtube. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
20. "CAN Féminine. Maroc-Sénégal: Fatima Tagnaout désignée «Woman of the match»". Le 360 Sport (in French). 9 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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22. Zouiten, Sara (19 June 2023). "Morocco Unveils Squad List for 2023 Women's World Cup". Morocco World News. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
23. "Fatima Tagnaout". ESPN. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
24. "Match Report of Morocco vs Tunisia - 2020-01-31 - FIFA Friendlies - Women". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
25. https://m.le360.ma/sport/ar/page.php?link=https://ar.sport.le360.ma/ldc-afrique/145192
26. https://snrtnews.com/article/84491
27. https://aujourdhui.ma/sports/ligue-de-champions-feminine-lasfar-sacree-championne-apres-avoir-fait-tomber-sundowns
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30. "CAF Women's Champions League, Cote d'Ivoire Best Xl confirmed". CAF. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
31. "IFFHS Women's CAF Team 2022". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
32. "CAF Awards: Morocco's Fatima Tagnaout named Interclub Player of the Year". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
33. "Osimhen, Oshoala named African Men's and Women's Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023". CAF. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

External links

• Fatima Tagnaout on Instagram