Fatima Tagnaout

Club career Tagnaout has played for AS FAR in Morocco since she was 15.

She was chosen by the CAF Awards Committee as a finalist for the African Club Player of the Year 2022 but did not win the award.

Morocco hosted the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League. AS FAR won the final match at the expense of the defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, with a score of 4–0. Tagnaout scored the first goal on a penalty kick and received a yellow card. Throughout the tournament, Tagnaout had three goals and three assists. She was named Best Player and to the Team of the Tournament.

On 14 November 2023, Tagnaout was nominated for the 2023 African Player of the Year and 2023 Interclub Player of the Year by CAF. A month later, she won the Women's Interclub Player of the Year award.

International career

Morocco U-17 Tagnaout played for the Morocco U-17 women in the African qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Morocco U-20 Tagnaout played in a number of matches with the Morocco U-20 national team, including African qualifiers for the 2018 U-20 Women's World Cup. After eliminating Senegal in the first round, Morocco lost in the second round to Nigeria. The score was 1-5 and the only goal for Morocco was scored by Tagnaout.

She participated in December 2019 in a UNAF U-20 Tournament in Algeria where she played two matches against Burkina Faso and Algeria.

Senior team Tagnaout has capped for Morocco at senior level. She registered her first two international goals on 31 January 2020 in a friendly against Tunesia. In September 2021, she participated in the Aisha Bukhari cup, during which she scored a goal against Cameroon in the 78th minute.

She was chosen by Reynald Pedros to play in the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. She participated in all matches and was awarded the title of Woman of the Match for the match against Senegal. Morocco finished as runners-up.

She was selected as part of Morocco's 2023 Women's World Cup squad. She started all three games of the group stage.

Career statistics International goals

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref. 1 31 January 2020 Stade Municipal de Témara, Temara, Morocco 3–1 6–3 Friendly 2 4–2

Honours AS FAR Moroccan Women's Championship (9): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Moroccan Women Throne Cup (8): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 UNAF Women's Champions League (1): 2021 CAF Women's Champions League (1): 2022,2025; third place: 2021, 2023

Morocco Women's Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2022, 2024

Individual Moroccan Women's Championship Best Player: 2021 CAF Women's Champions League Best Player: 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022 IFFHS CAF Women's Team of The Year: 2022, 2023 CAF Women's Inter-Club Player of the Year: 2023 CAF Women's Africa XI: 2023