Léa Khelifi
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-12) 12 May 1999
Place of birth Strasbourg, France
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Montpellier
Number 7
Youth career
2005–2009 US Behren-lès-Forbach
2009 L'Hôpital
2010 US Behren-lès-Forbach
2010–2014 US Forbach
2014–2016 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Metz 61 (18)
2019–2022 Paris Saint-Germain 20 (7)
2020–2021 → Dijon (loan) 16 (4)
2022– Montpellier 18 (2)
International career‡
2015 France U16 4 (1)
2015–2016 France U17 10 (0)
2017–2018 France U19 10 (5)
2018 France U20 3 (0)
2019–2022 France U23 10 (3)
2021– France 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2022

Léa Khelifi (born 12 May 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Division 1 Féminine club Montpellier and the France national team.[1]

Club career

A youth academy graduate of Metz, Khelifi made her senior team debut on 22 November 2015 by scoring a hat-trick in a 13–0 league win against CS Mars Bischheim.[2] Khelifi scored eight goals for Metz during the 2018–19 Division 1 Féminine season.[3] She scored 20 goals from 68 matches for the club in all competitions.

On 7 June 2019, Paris Saint-Germain announced the signing of Khelifi on a three-year deal.[4][5] She joined Dijon in September 2020 on a season long loan deal.[6]

On 30 June 2022, Khelifi joined Montpellier.[7]

International career

Khelifi is a former French youth international. She was part of French squad at 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[8]

Khelifi made her senior team debut on 23 February 2021 in a 2–0 win against Switzerland.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 December 2022[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Metz 2015–16 D2F 7420——94
2016–17 D1F 16122——183
2017–18 D2F 16510——175
2018–19 D1F 22820——248
Total 61187200006820
Paris Saint-Germain 2019–20 D1F 72423000144
2020–21 D1F 100000—10
2021–22 D1F 1251042—177
Total 2075272003211
Dijon (loan) 2020–21 D1F 16410——174
Montpellier 2022–23 D1F 8100——81
Career total 10530134720012536

International

As of 17 September 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 202140
Total40

Honours

Metz

Paris Saint-Germain

References

  1. 1 2 "Léa Khelifi - Footofeminin.fr". statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Championnat de France de D2 2015-2016 - Groupe A - 10e journée - Metz-Bischheim 13-0". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Féminines : Léa Khelifi, la petite pépite du FC Metz" (in French). Le Républicain Lorrain. 22 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Léa Khelifi joins Paris Saint-Germain". 7 June 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Le PSG officialise le recrutement de Léa Khelifi". 7 June 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "D1 Arkema : Léa Khelifi (PSG) prêtée à Dijon". 25 September 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Léa Khelifi rejoint les Féminines". 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "U19 - La liste des 20 joueuses pour l'Euro". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "LES BLEUES FONT COUP DOUBLE". 23 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Léa Khelifi - FFF". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Les Messines officiellement championnes!" (in French). Metz. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  12. ↑ Loyant, Richard (4 June 2021). "Paris SG sacré pour la première fois". Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Coupe de France féminine : les Parisiennes sans pitié pour Yzeure". 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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