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.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Kenza Dali[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 31 July 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sainte-Colombe,[2] France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team 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 | 34 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | France U17 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2009 | France U19 | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2012 | France U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2018 | France U23 | 8 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2014– | France | 65 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2024 |
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.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
In the summer of 2016, Kenza Dali returned to her training club Olympique Lyon, where she subsequently found it difficult to secure a regular place, mainly due to a knee injury. In January 2018, Lyon loaned her to league newcomers Lille OSC. After only six months she moved on to first division newcomers Dijon FCO.
On 21 May 2021, Dali was released by West Ham United.[10]
In the 2023–24 Conti Cup quarterfinal against Brighton, Dali assisted the goal to tie the game 1-1, and her team later advanced on penalties.[11] Dali scored in the 2-1 away victory against Everton.[12]
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 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.[13]
Dali is of Algerian descent.[14]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lyon | 2009–10 | Division 1 Féminine | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rodez | 2010–11 | Division 1 Féminine | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
Paris Saint-Germain | 2011–12 | Division 1 Féminine | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 31 | 13 |
2012–13 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
Lyon | 2016–17 | Division 1 Féminine | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
Lille (loan) | 2017–18 | Division 1 Féminine | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
Dijon | 2018–19 | Division 1 Féminine | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 |
West Ham United | 2019–20 | Women's Super League | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 18 | 7 |
2020–21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 3 | ||
Total | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 38 | 10 | ||
Everton | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 1 |
Aston Villa | 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 30 | 7 |
Career total | 214 | 55 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 268 | 76 |
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 | 10 | 1 | |
2023 | 13 | 2 | |
2024 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 65 | 12 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 26 November 2014 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France | Brazil | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2 | 6 March 2015 | Estádio Algarve, Loulé, Portugal | Denmark | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
3 | 9 October 2018 | Stade des Alpes, Grenoble, France | Cameroon | 4–0 | 6–0 | |
4 | 5–0 | |||||
5 | 1 December 2020 | Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, France | Kazakhstan | 6–0 | 12–0 | 2022 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
6 | 10 June 2021 | Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg, France | Germany | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
7 | 22 October 2021 | Stade Dominique Duvauchelle, Créteil, France | Estonia | 11–0 | 11–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
8 | 26 October 2021 | Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
9 | 26 November 2021 | Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, France | Kazakhstan | 6–0 | 6–0 | |
10 | 2 September 2022 | Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia | 2–0 | 9–0 | |
11 | 18 February 2023 | Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers, France | Uruguay | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2023 Tournoi de France |
12 | 8 August 2023 | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia | Morocco | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |