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Maëlle Lakrar

Maëlle Ourida Louisette Lakrar (born 27 May 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga F club Real Madrid and the France national team.[1]

Maëlle Lakrar
Lakrar in 2024
Personal information
Full name Maëlle Ourida Louisette Lakrar
Date of birth (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth Orange, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Real Madrid
Number 23
Youth career
2006–2015 Salon BAF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Marseille 50 (1)
2018–2024 Montpellier 96 (3)
2024– Real Madrid 39 (4)
International career‡
2016 France U16 10 (0)
2016–2017 France U17 12 (5)
2017–2019 France U19 21 (5)
2017–2020 France U20 14 (1)
2021–2022 France U23 5 (1)
2023– France 39 (3)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  France
UEFA Women's Nations League
Runner-up2024
Third place2025
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner2019 Scotland
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2026

Club career

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A former youth academy player of Salon BAF, Lakrar joined Division 2 Féminine club Marseille in August 2015 at the age of fifteen.[2]

In July 2018, she moved to Montpellier.[3]

On 4 July 2024, Lakrar joined Liga F club Real Madrid.[4] She quickly established herself as an important player for Real Madrid, making 41 appearances, scoring four goals, and keeping 12 clean sheets in all competitions during her debut season at the club. She also renewed her contract with Real Madrid until 2028.[5]

International career

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Lakrar has represented France at different youth levels. She was part of the France squad at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[6] She was part of the France under-19 squad which won the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[7] For her performances, she was named in the Team of the Tournament.[8]

In February 2023, Lakrar received her first call-up to the senior team for the 2023 Tournoi de France.[9] She made her debut on 18 February 2023 in a 5–1 win against Uruguay.[10]

On 6 June 2023, Lakrar was named in the 26-player preliminary squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[11] She was also named in the final 23-player squad on 4 July 2023.[12] Lakrar scored her first international goals against Republic of Ireland on 6 July 2023, scoring in the 45th+1st minute and the 61st minute.[13] She would later score in the World Cup against Panama on 2 August 2023, scoring in the 21st minute.[14]

Lakrar was part of the France squad that were runners-up in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League.[15] In July 2024, she was named in France's squad for the 2024 Olympics.[16] In June 2025, she was named in the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[17]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 30 March 2025[18][1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Marseille 2015–16 D2F 20000——200
2016–17 D1F 11010——120
2017–18 D1F 19120——211
Total 501300000531
Montpellier 2018–19 D1F 15010——160
2019–20 D1F 7020——90
2020–21 D1F 15011——161
2021–22 D1F 18121——202
2022–23 D1F 22121——242
2023–24 D1F 19110——201
Total 9639300001056
Real Madrid 2024–25 Liga F 214409[b]02[c]0364
Career total 1678163902019411

International

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As of match played 5 June 2026[19][1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 2023103
2024140
2025110
202640
Total393
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lakrar goal.
List of international goals scored by Maëlle Lakrar
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
16 July 2023Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland1–03–0Friendly
23–0
32 August 2023Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia Panama1–16–32023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Honours

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Marseille

France U19

France

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Maëlle Lakrar at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Les sept nouveaux visages de l'OM" (in French). 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Maëlle Lakrar (Olympique de Marseille) rejoint le Montpellier HSC" (in French). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "LA REVOLUCIÓN DEL REAL MADRID EN DEFENSA EMPIEZA CON MAËLLE LAKRAR: "ES UN RETO PORQUE ES UN CLUB QUE ADMIRO DESDE PEQUEÑA"" (in French). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Official Announcement: Lakrar renews contract". www.realmadrid.com. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Official List of Players U20WWC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. 1 2 "France lift UEFA Women's Under-19 EURO Trophy". 28 July 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "2019 Women's U19 EURO team of the tournament". 30 July 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Tournoi de France : trois Montpelliéraines chez les Bleues". 8 February 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Bleues - Un succès aisé face à l'URUGUAY". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. ↑ Orsini, Vincent (6 June 2023). "La liste des vingt-six Bleues" [The list of twenty-six Blues] (in French). French Football Federation. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "Les vingt-trois Bleues retenues pour la Coupe du monde" [The twenty-three Blues selected for the World Cup] (in French). French Football Federation. 4 July 2023. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023.
  13. ↑ Lavorel, Maÿlice (6 July 2023). "Coupe du monde de football : les Bleues s'imposent largement en Irlande pour leur premier match de préparation". www.francetvinfo.fr (in French).
  14. ↑ "Panama vs France - 2 August 2023". int.soccerway.com.
  15. ↑ "Spain 2-0 France: World champions win Women's Nations League final". 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  16. ↑ "JO 2024 : la liste définitive des Bleues d'Hervé Renard" (in French). 8 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  17. ↑ "La liste des 23 Bleues pour l'Euro 2025, avec Delphine Cascarino et Thiniba Samoura" (in French). 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "Maëlle Lakrar - Footofeminin.fr". statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Equipe de France A - Maëlle Lakrar" (in French). statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  20. 1 2 "2019 Women's U19 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  21. ↑ Santos, Henrique S. (2012). "Nos gramados do Sul: a seleção baiana de futebol e o torneio do Centenário da Independência em 1922". Revista de História Regional. 17 (2): 469–504. doi:10.5212/rev.hist.reg.v.17i2.0005. hdl:11449/73917. ISSN 1414-0055.
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