Amel Majri (born 25 January 1993) is a French-Tunisian professional footballer, who plays in the French First Division for Olympique Lyon,[3] with whom she has also played the Champions League with, and won.[4] She is naturally a midfielder, but has been playing as a left-back for Lyon in recent seasons. She also plays for the France national team.
![]() Majri with Lyon in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Amel Majri[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Monastir, Tunisia | ||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010– | Lyon | 155 | (49) |
National team‡ | |||
2012 | Tunisia U20 | ||
2014 | France U23 | 2 | (0) |
2014– | France | 66 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 September 2021 |
Majri was born in Monastir, Tunisia and moved to France at the age of 1 alongside her twin sister, Rachida, and her mother, Hafsia. They settled in Vénissieux in the residential area of Minguettes, located in the suburbs of Lyon. She returns to Tunisia every summer.[5]
She began playing football in Tunisia at the age of 4 with her uncle. She perfected her technique using tennis balls and spent her summers on the beaches of Tunisia playing beach football. In France, she played five-a-side pick up games with boys in her neighbourhood until the age of 12, and at school. Upon seeing her play in the schoolyard, her primary school teacher insisted that she join a club, something Majri was initially against. Eventually, she joined l'AS Minguettes where she was the only girl on her team. Two years later, she was recruited by Olympique Lyonnais aged 14.[6]
Majri is a Muslim. She became married in 2012.[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lyon[8] | 2010–11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | |
2011–12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
2012–13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 3 | |
2013–14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2014–15 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 11 | |
2015–16 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 8 | |
2016–17 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 7 | |
2017–18 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 9 | |
2018–19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 14 | |
Career total | 116 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 41 | 11 | 189 | 56 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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France | 2014 | 5 | 1 |
2015 | 9 | 1 | |
2016 | 13 | 2 | |
2017 | 7 | 0 | |
2018 | 8 | 0 | |
2019 | 13 | 4 | |
2020 | 6 | 1 | |
2021 | 5 | 2 | |
Total | 66 | 11 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 7 May 2014 | Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon, France | ![]() | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2 | 27 October 2015 | Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
3 | 11 April 2016 | Stade Nungesser, Valenciennes, France | ![]() | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
4 | 3 August 2016 | Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil | ![]() | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2016 Summer Olympics |
5 | 4 October 2019 | Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France | ![]() | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
6 | 9 November 2019 | Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France | ![]() | 1–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
7 | 2–0 | |||||
8 | 5–0 | |||||
9 | 18 November 2020 | City Stadium, Subotica, Serbia | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
10 | 17 September 2021 | Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras, Greece | ![]() | 1–0 | 10–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
11 | 21 September 2021 | Fazanerija City Stadium, Murska Sobota, Slovenia | ![]() | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
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