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Rosella Ayane (Arabic: روزيلا أيان, born 16 March 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Tottenham Hotspur. Internationally, Ayane represented England at under-17 and under-19 level before being capped at senior level by Morocco.[1][2]

Rosella Ayane

Ayane playing for Millwall in 2015.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Reading, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Tottenham Hotspur
Number	23
Youth career
	Reading
	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Chelsea	6	(1)
2015	→ Millwall (loan)
2016	→ Bristol City (loan)	8	(3)
2016	→ Everton (loan)	12	(1)
2017–2018	Apollon Limassol	15	(14)
2018–2019	Bristol City	15	(1)
2019–	Tottenham Hotspur	47	(2)
National team‡
2011–2012	England U17	7	(1)
2014–2015	England U19	10	(2)
2021–	Morocco	15	(7)
Honours Representing  Morocco Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2022 Morocco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 July 2022

Club career

Chelsea

Born in Reading to a Moroccan father and a Scottish mother,[3] Ayane started her career with Chelsea after coming through the club's Centre of Excellence. She began in the youth system, in 2012 she was a part of the Chelsea U17 that won the league and cup double.[2] She made her first-team debut in August 2013 against Doncaster Rovers Belles; Chelsea won.[1] Three more appearances followed against Everton, Bristol City and Notts County before Ayane was selected as part of Chelsea's squad for the 2013 International Women's Club Championship, she played twice as Chelsea finished second.[1][2] On 30 August, Ayane scored four goals against London Bees in the FA WSL Cup in an 8–0 victory.[4]

Loan spells

After making four appearances in all competitions for Chelsea in 2014, Ayane was loaned out in 2015 to Millwall; a team she scored twice against for Chelsea in 2015 in the FA WSL Cup.[1][5] After a few months with Millwall, she returned to her parent club. 2016 saw a loan move to Bristol City, with whom she made nine appearances and scored three goals in all competitions before returning to Chelsea after Bristol manager Willie Kirk decided against extending her loan.[6][7] A few weeks after leaving Bristol, she was loaned out as Everton became her fourth career club.[8] She scored her first Everton goal on 17 July in a 3–0 win over Yeovil Town.[9]

Apollon Limassol

In August 2017, Ayane joined Cypriot First Division side Apollon Limassol.[1][10] She scored on her debut for the club, getting the opening goal in a 4–0 home win in the first match of Group 5 in the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round against NSA Sofia.[11] On the second matchday, versus Noroc Nimoreni of Moldova, she scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 victory.[11] Ayane followed that up with a goal in the final qualifying group match against Sturm Graz to help advance Apollon into the knockout phase.[1][11] She netted on her league debut for Apollon on 5 November, scoring the opening goal in a 16–0 win over Champions Ypsona.[12]

In total, she scored nineteen goals in nineteen games in all competitions in her debut season.[1][12] In April 2018, she was voted into the Players' Team of the Season.[13]

Bristol City

On 18 August 2018, Ayane completed a move to rejoin former loan club Bristol City.[14][15] One goal in eighteen appearances followed across 2018–19.[1]

Tottenham Hotspur

In July 2019, Ayane moved across the FA WSL to newly promoted Tottenham Hotspur.[16][17] Her first appearance for Tottenham was against Everton as a substitute on 13 September 2020 and her first goal came in a game against Aston Villa on 13 December 2020.

International career

Ayane has played for England at Under-17 and Under-19 level.[1][18] Between 2011 and 2012 she won seven caps and scored one goal (vs. Finland, in a 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifier). In 2014, Ayane made her debut for the England U19s and scored the second goal in a 2–0 win.[1] A year later she scored her second goal for England U19s in a 2–2 draw against Norway in a 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifier, a match that was replayed in extraordinary circumstances after a refereeing error.[19] In total, Ayane made 17 appearances and scored 3 goals for the U17s and U19s respectively.[1]

Due to her Moroccan father, she was eligible to represent Morocco and made her debut in June 2021, scoring within a minute of entering the field in a 3–0 victory over Mali.[20] Previously, she almost chose Scotland, partly due to her mother's wish for her to become a member of the Scottish squad.

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 May 2022.[1][12]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea	2013	FA WSL 1	4	1	0	0	0	0	—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	6	1
	2014		2	0	0	0	2	2	—		—		4	2
	2015		0	0	0	0	3	4	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		4	4
	2016		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		6	1	0	0	5	6	1	0	2	0	14	7
Bristol City (loan)	2016	FA WSL 2	8	3	1	0	0	0	—		—		9	3
Everton (loan)	2016	FA WSL 2	12	1	0	0	1	0	—		—		13	1
Apollon Limassol	2017–18	First Division	15	14	0	0	—		4[lower-alpha 2]	5	—		19	19
Bristol City	2018–19	FA WSL	15	1	0	0	3	0	—		—		18	1
Tottenham Hotspur	2019–20	FA WSL	11	0	2	0	4	1	—		—		17	1
	2020–21		19	1	3	0	2	1	—		—		24	2
	2021–22		17	1	1	0	4	3	—		—		22	4
	Total		47	2	6	0	10	5	0	0	0	0	63	7
Career total			103	22	7	0	19	11	5	5	2	0	136	38

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 22 July 2022.

Year	Morocco
	Apps	Goals
2021	3	1
2022	12	6
Total	15	7

International goals

As of match played 22 July 2022. Morocco score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ayane goal.

No.	Cap	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1	10 June 2021[21]	Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat, Morocco	Mali	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2	5	22 February 2022[22]	Hibernians Stadium, Paola, Malta	Moldova	2–0	4–0	2022 Malta International Women's Football Tournament
3	6	7 April 2022[23]	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	Gambia	3–0	6–1	Friendly
4	7	12 April 2022	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	Ghana	1–0	2–0
5	2–0
6	11	5 July 2022	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	Uganda	1–0	3–1	2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
7	15	22 July 2022	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	South Africa	1–2	1–2

Honours

Chelsea[1]

• FA WSL 1: 2015
• FA Women's Cup: 2014–15

See also

• List of Morocco women's international footballers

References

External links

• Rosella Ayane profile on Chelsea's website
• "Facebook Rosella Ayene". Facebook.
• "Instagram Rosella Ayene".
• "Twitter Rosella Ayene".

На других языках

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- [en] Rosella Ayane

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[fr] Rosella Ayane

Rosella Annie Ayane, née le 16 mars 1996 à Reading, est une footballeuse internationale marocaine qui joue au poste d'attaquante à Tottenham.

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