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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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 22 | ||
| 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 | 27 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Canada Universiade | 5 | (0) |
| 2022– | Canada | 5 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 10, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 3, 2024 | |||
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] She joined the National High Performance Centre at age 13, where she played for a year, and later moved to Newark, New Jersey to attend an American high school.[3]
Alidou has attended the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 2016, she was named RSEQ Player of the Week for Week 2,[4] UQAM Athlete of the Year,[5] an RSEQ First Team All-Star,[6] and a U Sports Second Team All-Star.[7]
In 2017, Alidou joined French club Olympique de Marseille.[8][9]
Afterwards, she played for Swedish club Linköpings FC in 2018.[10] A year later, she joined Sporting de Huelva in Spain.[11][12] Afterwards, she played for Klepp IL in Norway in 2020–21[13] and Sturm Graz in 2022.[14]
In 2022, she signed with Famalicão in Portugal in 2022.[15] She was named the league's player of the month in February and March, and helped the club with their first Taça de Portugal.[16][17]
In the summer of 2023, she signed with Benfica.[18][19] On October 11, 2023, she scored a brace in a Champions League match against Cypriot club Apollon.[20] In her first season with the club, she played a key role in Benfica's historic season, where the club won all four domestic competitions.[21] Additionally, Alidou helped Benfica reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in the club's history, where they were eliminated by Olympique Lyon. It became the first time a Portuguese club were among the final eight teams in the competition. Alidou capped off the season as Benfica’s leading goal scorer, netting 26 goals across all competitions, including 9 in the Champions League and 6 in the Portuguese league.[22]
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She represented Canada at the 2017 FISU Universiade Games.[23][24]
In February 2022, she was called up to the Canada senior team for the first time.[25] Alidou made her senior debut for Canada on February 23, 2022 against Spain at the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup.[26] On October 21, 2024, Alidou was called up for an international friendly against Spain, the reigning World Cup champions, to replace the injured Cloe Lacasse.[27][28] She subsequently scored her first international goal in the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw.[29][30]
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Club
- As of match played October 12, 2024
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup[a] | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | Campeonato Nacional Feminino | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |
| Total | 27 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 29 | ||
| Career total | 114 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 158 | 54 | ||
- Includes Copa de la Reina, Taça de Portugal
International
- As of match played December 3, 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | |
| Total | 5 | 2 | |
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| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | October 25, 2024 | Estadio Francisco de la Hera, Almendralejo, Spain |  Spain | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | December 3, 2024 | Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain |  South Korea | 2–0 | 5–1 | |
Famalicão
- Taça de Portugal: 2022–23
Benfica
- Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2023–24
- Taça de Portugal: 2023–24
- Taça da Liga: 2024
- Supertaça de Portugal: 2023
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