Marie-Yasmine Alidou
Personal information
Full name Marie-Yasmine Alidou d'Anjou
Date of birth (1995-04-28) April 28, 1995
Place of birth Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 2
Youth career
CS St-Hubert
FC St-Leonard
CS Union Lanaudiere Sud
AS Varennes-St. Amable
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 UQAM Citadins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Marseille 16 (3)
2018 Linköpings FC 5 (0)
2019–2020 Sporting Huelva 19 (1)
2020–2021 Klepp 20 (5)
2022 Sturm Graz 8 (4)
2022–2023 Famalicão 20 (8)
2023– Benfica 8 (2)
International career‡
2017 Canada Universiade 5 (0)
2022– Canada 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 26, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 30, 2023

Marie-Yasmine Alidou d'Anjou (born April 28, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Benfica and the Canada women's national team.

Early life

Alidou was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Saint-Hubert, Quebec to a Beninese father and a French Canadian mother.[1] She played the majority of her youth soccer with CS St-Hubert and also had stints with FC St-Leonard, Lanaudiere Sud and Varennes-St. Amable.[2]

College career

Alidou has attended the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 2016, she was named RSEQ Player of the Week for Week 2,[3] UQAM Athlete of the Year,[4] an RSEQ First Team All-Star,[5] and a U Sports Second Team All-Star.[6]

Club career

In 2017, Alidou joined French club Olympique de Marseille.[7][8]

Afterwards, she played for Swedish club Linköpings FC in 2018.[9] A year later, she joined Sporting de Huelva in Spain.[10][11] Afterwards, she played for Klepp IL in Norway in 2020–21[12] and Sturm Graz in 2022.[13]

In 2022, she signed with Famalicão in Portugal in 2022.[14] She was named the league's player of the month in February and March, and helped the club with their first Taça de Portugal.[15][16]

In the summer of 2023, she signed with Benfica.[17][18] On October 11, 2023, she scored a brace in a Champions League match against Cypriot club Apollon.[19]

International career

She represented Canada at the 2017 FISU Universiade Games.[20][21]

In February 2022, she was called up to the Canada senior team for the first time.[22] Alidou made her senior debut for Canada on February 23, 2022 against Spain at the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup.[23]

Career statistics

As of May 7, 2023
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Famalicão 2022–23[24] Campeonato Nacional Feminino 2086242—203212
Career total 208624200203212

Honours

Famalicão

Benfica

References

  1. ↑ Marie-Yasmine Alidou at the Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  2. ↑ Lidbetter, Mark (February 23, 2022). "Local players advancing their soccer dreams". The Suburban.
  3. ↑ "Le soccer à l'honneur dans le cadre des athlètes universitaires de la semaine" [Soccer in the spotlight as part of the university athletes of the week]. RSEQ (in French). September 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ Ducharme, Jean-Francois (April 7, 2017). "Grande célébration sportive" [Great sports celebration]. Université du Québec à Montréal (in French).
  5. ↑ Ducharme, Jean-Francois (November 2, 2016). "Joueuses étoiles" [Star players]. Université du Québec à Montréal (in French).
  6. ↑ "U Sports women's soccer: Laval's Roy-Petitclerc named player of the year". U Sports. November 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ LeBlanc, Eric (November 3, 2017). "Geneviève Richard et Marie-Yasmine Alidou d'Anjou jouent pour l'Olympique de Marseille" [Geneviève Richard and Marie-Yasmine Alidou from Anjou play for Olympique de Marseille]. RDS (in French).
  8. ↑ Malchelosse, Marie (September 2, 2017). "L'Olympique de Marseille recrute une deuxième Québécoise" [Olympique de Marseille recruits a second Quebecer]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French).
  9. ↑ Asselin, Philippe (February 23, 2022). "L'Appel inespéré de Marie-Yasmine Alidou" [The unexpectedcall of Marie-Yasmine Alidou]. TVA Sports (in French).
  10. ↑ "La canadiense Marie-Yasmine Alidou, polivalencia para el centro del campo sportinguista" [Marie-Yasmine Alidou, versatility for the center of the sportinguista field]. Huelva Hoy (in Spanish). July 18, 2019.
  11. ↑ Hidalgo, M. (July 18, 2019). "Alidou, polivalencia para el centro del campo del Sporting Club de Huelva" [Alidou, versatility for the midfield of Sporting Club de Huelva]. Huelva Informacíon.
  12. ↑ "Nøkkelspiller ute resten av sesongen. Marie-Yasmine debuterer fra start" [Key player out the rest of the season. Marie-Yasmine makes her debut from the start]. Jærbladet (in Norwegian). October 31, 2020.
  13. ↑ Fischer, Magdalena (February 1, 2022). "Sturm Damen verpflichten kanadische Teamspielerin" [Sturm women sign Canadian team player]. Sturm Netz (in German).
  14. ↑ "Marie-Yasmine Alidou é reforço para o meio-campo do Famalicão" (in Portuguese). July 29, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Marie-Yasmine Alidou joins SL Benfica". Canadian Soccer Association. June 30, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Canada star Marie-Yasmine Alidou wins second Portuguese Supertaça to continue stunning start at Benfica". Canadian Soccer Daily. September 14, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Notícia de A BOLA confirmada: Marie-Yasmine Alidou reforça tricampeãs!" [Marie-Yasmine Alidou reinforces Benfica]. A Bola (in Portuguese). June 30, 2023.
  18. ↑ Gangué-Ruzic, Alexandre (June 30, 2023). "Cloé Lacasse, Ashley Lawrence and Marie-Yasmine Alidou kick off busy summer of transfers for CanWNT players". OneSoccer.
  19. ↑ "Canada's Marie-Yasmine Alidou hits stunning brace in Benfica UWCL win, Evelyne Viens nets again for Roma". Canadian Soccer Daily. October 11, 2023.
  20. ↑ Ducharme, Jean-Francois (September 5, 2017). "Une Citadin avec l'OM" [A Citadin with OM]. Université du Québec à Montréal (in French).
  21. ↑ "Marie-Yasmin Alidou Danjou Universiade profile". 2017 Summer Universiade.
  22. ↑ Vézina, Justin (August 15, 2023). "Marie-Yasmine Alidou: La globe-trotteuse aboutie" [Marie-Yasmine Alidou: The accomplished globetrotter]. La Presse (in French).
  23. ↑ "Début International de Marie-Yasmine Alidou D'anjou" [International debut for Marie-Yasmine Alidou d'Anjou]. ARS Rive-Sud (in French). February 24, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Marie-Yasmine Alidou 2022-23 Stats". PlaymakerStats.
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