Annahita Le Loc’h Zamanian Bakhtiari (Persian: آناهیتا زمانیان بختیاری, born 19 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus.[2] Born in England to an Iranian father and a French mother, Zamanian holds both British and French citizenship; she has represented France internationally at youth level.
![]() Zamanian with Paris Saint-Germain in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Annahita Le Loc’h Zamanian Bakhtiari[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Juventus | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Göteborgs DFF | 35 | (88) |
2016–2018 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg | 34 | (4) |
2018–2020 | Paris Saint-Germain | 7 | (0) |
2020– | Juventus | 42 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2014 | France U16 | 3 | (1) |
2014 | France U17 | 1 | (1) |
2018 | France U20 | 13 | (1) |
2021 | France U23 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 August 2022 |
Zamanian was born in London to an Iranian father and French mother from Brittany,[3] and moved to Sweden when she was four years old. Despite living most of her life in Sweden, she does not have a Swedish passport.[3] She holds French and British citizenships.[3] She has played for the French U-16 and U-17 teams.[4][5]
Zamanian is fluent in English, French, Persian and Swedish.[3]
Zamanian started her senior career representing Göteborgs DFF. After playing for Kopparbergs/Göteborg in the Damallsvenskan, Zamanian began playing for Paris Saint-Germain in 2018.[6] She has featured for PSG in the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase.[7]
On 2 January 2020, Zamanian joined Serie A champions Juventus.[8] She renewed her contract in June 2020 after a successful start in the season, which included a goal in her debut match on 12 January 2020.[9] On 25 June 2020, Juventus became league champions.[10]
Zamanian played for the France women's national under-20 football team at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kopparbergs/Göteborg | 2016 | Damallsvenskan | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||
2017 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
2018 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 2 | ||||
Total | 34 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 38 | 5 | ||||
Paris Saint-Germain | 2018–19 | Division 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |||
Juventus | 2019–20 | Serie A | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||
2020–21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
2021–22 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
Total | 39 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 7 | ||
Career total | 80 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 13 |
Juventus[10]
Juventus F.C. (women) – current squad | |
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