Inès Boutaleb

Inès Boutaleb (; born 8 November 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Seconde Ligue club Metz. Born in France, she played for its youth teams and now plays for the Algeria national team.

Club career at 8 years old, Inès Boutaleb began playing football with the boys. She later joined the Olympique Lyonnais training center, where she spent seven years. She first appeared in D1 Féminine during the 2015–2016 season at 17 years old.

In July 2017, after two seasons in the elite division, She joined Grenoble Foot in Division 2 Féminine.

In June 2018, the 20-year-old international signed with Croix de Savoie Ambilly in the same Division.

In June 2021, after four seasons with Thonon Évians, she moved to fellow D2 side Metz. On 15 June 2022, Metz announced the renewal of her contract.

International career Born in France, Boutaleb represented France's youth teams from the Under-17 to the Under-20 category, featuring in Les Bleuettes'''s squad for the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, where they reached the semi-finals.

Having last appeared in the tricolor jersey in March 2018 during a match against the United States, she switched her national allegiance to Algeria later that year. In November 2018, she was selected by coach Radia Fertoul for Algeria's senior team squad at the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana. On 9 November 2018, she made her debut in a 1–2 friendly loss to Ivory Coast. During the tournament, she featured in all three group-stage matches as Algeria was eliminated. Later that November, she netted her first competitive goal, scoring a hat-trick in a 5–1 victory over Burundi.

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