Selma Bacha (born 9 November 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left winger for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the France national team.
![]() Bacha with Lyon in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back, left winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2009 | FC Gerland | ||
2009–2017 | Lyon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Lyon | 64 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | France U16 | 9 | (2) |
2016–2017 | France U17 | 13 | (4) |
2018–2019 | France U19 | 13 | (0) |
2017–2020 | France U20 | 15 | (0) |
2021– | France U23 | 2 | (0) |
2021– | France | 13 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022 |
Bacha grew up in the Grange Blanche district of Lyon, France. She was introduced to football by her brother at the age of four.[1] She joined the Lyon academy at the age of eight.[2] She is of Algerian and Tunisian descent.[3]
She continued to progress through the youth ranks at Lyon. In 2013, her performances caught the attention of Sonia Bompastor, a former footballer who was also responsible for Lyon's training centre.[1] She signed a professional contract with Lyon during the 2017–18 season.[4] That same season, Lyon went on to win the Champions League, with Bacha starting in the final.[5] Lyon were to contest the 2019 Champions League final too; Bacha featured in the game as a substitute for Eugénie Le Sommer, coming on in the 82nd minute of the match.[6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lyon | 2017–18 | Division 1 Féminine | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | |
2018–19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | |||
2019–20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | |||
2022–23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Career total | 64 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 6 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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France | |||
2021 | 2 | 1 | |
2022 | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 13 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 30 November 2021 | Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp, France | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
Lyon
France U19
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin – current squad | |
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France squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 semi-finalists | ||
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