Rebekka Benbakoura

Rebekka Fjallsá Benbakoura (born 5 January 1999) is a Faroese footballer who plays as a forward for the 1. deild kvinnur club HB and the Faroe Islands women's national team.

Early life Benbakoura was born on 5 January 1999 in the Faroe Islands to an Algerian father, who was raised in Belgium, and a Faroese mother.

Career Benbakoura has earned caps for the Faroe Islands national team, representing the country during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.

Personal life Benbakoura's father converted from Islam to Protestantism. Her parents met in 1996 in Brussels, where her father was working in a hotel and her mother was visiting her sister. The couple moved to the Faroe Islands and married there in 1998, just a year before Benbakoura's birth.