Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marie-Yasmine Alidou d'Anjou | ||
Date of birth | April 28, 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Montréal, Quebec, Canada | ||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Benfica | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
CS St-Hubert | |||
FC St-Leonard | |||
CS Union Lanaudiere Sud | |||
AS Varennes-St. Amable | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | UQAM Citadins | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Marseille | 16 | (3) |
2018 | Linköpings FC | 5 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Sporting Huelva | 19 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Klepp | 20 | (5) |
2022 | Sturm Graz | 8 | (4) |
2022–2023 | Famalicão | 20 | (8) |
2023– | Benfica | 13 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Canada Universiade | 5 | (0) |
2022– | Canada | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 14, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 22, 2024 |
Marie-Yasmine Alidou d'Anjou (born April 28, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Benfica and the Canada women's national team.
Alidou was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Saint-Hubert, Quebec to a Beninese father and a French Canadian mother.[1] She played the majority of her youth soccer with CS St-Hubert and also had stints with FC St-Leonard, Lanaudiere Sud and Varennes-St. Amable.[2]
Alidou has attended the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 2016, she was named RSEQ Player of the Week for Week 2,[3] UQAM Athlete of the Year,[4] an RSEQ First Team All-Star,[5] and a U Sports Second Team All-Star.[6]
In 2017, Alidou joined French club Olympique de Marseille.[7][8]
Afterwards, she played for Swedish club Linköpings FC in 2018.[9] A year later, she joined Sporting de Huelva in Spain.[10][11] Afterwards, she played for Klepp IL in Norway in 2020–21[12] and Sturm Graz in 2022.[13]
In 2022, she signed with Famalicão in Portugal in 2022.[14] She was named the league's player of the month in February and March, and helped the club with their first Taça de Portugal.[15][16]
In the summer of 2023, she signed with Benfica.[17][18] On October 11, 2023, she scored a brace in a Champions League match against Cypriot club Apollon.[19]
She represented Canada at the 2017 FISU Universiade Games.[20][21]
In February 2022, she was called up to the Canada senior team for the first time.[22] Alidou made her senior debut for Canada on February 23, 2022 against Spain at the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup.[23]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup[a] | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Marseille | 2017–18 | D1 Féminine | 16 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||||
Linköping | 2018 | Damallsvenskan | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
Huelva | 2019–20 | Liga F | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
Klepp | 2020 | Toppserien | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||||
2021 | Toppserien | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | |||||
Total | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | ||
Sturm Graz | 2021–22 | ÖFB Frauen Bundesliga | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | ||||
Famalicão | 2022–23 | Campeonato Nacional Feminino | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 32 | 12 | |
Total | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 12 | ||
Benfica | 2023–24 | Campeonato Nacional Feminino | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 23 |
Career total | 100 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 131 | 48 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Canada | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Famalicão
Benfica