Kenza Dali (born 31 July 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Aston Villa and the France national team.
![]() Dali with Paris Saint-Germain in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Sainte-Colombe,[1] France | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Aston Villa | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2009 | Lyon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | Lyon | 1 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Rodez | 22 | (2) |
2011–2016 | Paris Saint-Germain | 89 | (36) |
2016–2018 | Lyon | 2 | (0) |
2018 | → Lille (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Dijon | 17 | (6) |
2019–2021 | West Ham United | 32 | (5) |
2021–2022 | Everton | 20 | (0) |
2022– | Aston Villa | 6 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2008 | France U17 | 5 | (3) |
2009 | France U19 | 7 | (3) |
2012 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
2014–2018 | France U23 | 8 | (4) |
2014– | France | 49 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2022 |
Before joining Lyon, Dali played for Paris Saint-Germain, who she joined following the 2010–11 season after a successful season with Rodez AF. Prior to playing for Rodez, Dali spent five years with Lyon. She spent the majority of her career with Lyon playing on the club's reserve team in D3 Féminine, the third level of women's football in France.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
On 21 May 2021, Dali was released by West Ham United.[9]
Dali was called up to the France national team for the first time in her career in 2014. She played her first game in a 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match against Hungary, being substituted into the game in the 76th minute. She scored her first goal for the senior national team in a friendly match against Brazil.[10]
Dali is of Algerian descent.[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lyon | 2009–10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rodez | 2010–11 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 3 |
Paris Saint-Germain | 2011–12 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 13 |
2012–13 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 26 | 8 | |
2013–14 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 | |
2014–15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | |
2015–16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
Total | 89 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 123 | 44 | |
Career total | 112 | 38 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 148 | 47 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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France | 2014 | 5 | 1 |
2015 | 9 | 1 | |
2016 | 5 | 0 | |
2017 | 0 | 0 | |
2018 | 3 | 2 | |
2019 | 3 | 0 | |
2020 | 6 | 1 | |
2021 | 8 | 4 | |
2022 | 9 | 1 | |
Total | 48 | 10 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 26 November 2014 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2 | 6 March 2015 | Estádio Algarve, Loulé, Portugal | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
3 | 9 October 2018 | Stade des Alpes, Grenoble, France | ![]() | 4–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
4 | 5–0 | |||||
5 | 1 December 2020 | Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, France | ![]() | 6–0 | 12–0 | 2022 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
6 | 10 June 2021 | Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg, France | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
7 | 22 October 2021 | Stade Dominique Duvauchelle, Créteil, France | ![]() | 11–0 | 11–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
8 | 26 October 2021 | Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | ![]() | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
9 | 26 November 2021 | Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, France | ![]() | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
10 | 2 September 2022 | Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia | ![]() | 2–0 | 9–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
Aston Villa W.F.C. – current squad | |
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France squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||
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France squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 semi-finalists | ||
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