Inès Boutaleb

Inès Boutaleb
Personal information
Date of birth	8 November 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Vénissieux, France
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Metz
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2016	Lyon
2016–2017	Marseille
2017–2018	Grenoble
2018–2019	Ambilly
2019–2021	Thonon Évian
2021–	Metz
International career‡
2014–2015	France U17
2016	France U19
2018	France U20
2018–	Algeria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2023

Inès Boutaleb (Arabic: إيناس بوطالب; 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 represents the Algeria national team.^[4]

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.^[5]

In July 2017, after two seasons in the elite division, She joined Grenoble Foot in Division 2 Féminine.^[6]

In June 2018, the 20-year-old international signed with Croix de Savoie Ambilly in the same Division.^[7]

In June 2021, after four seasons with Thonon Évians, she moved to fellow D2 side Metz.^[8] On 15 June 2022, Metz announced the renewal of her contract.^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11]^[12] On 9 November 2018, she made her debut in a 1–2 friendly loss to Ivory Coast.^[13]^[14] During the tournament, she featured in all three group-stage matches as Algeria was eliminated.^[2]^[3]

On 11 April 2023, she scored her first international goal for Les Vertes in a 3–0 win against Tanzania.^[15] Later that November, she netted her first competitive goal, scoring a hat-trick in a 5–1 victory over Burundi.^[16]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 30 November 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Algeria	2018	4	0
	2019	4	0
	2023	8	5
	2024	5	0
Total		21	5

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Boutaleb goal.

List of international goals scored by Inès Boutaleb
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 April 2023	Centre Technique National de Sidi Moussa, Algiers, Algeria	Tanzania	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2	30 November 2023	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria	Burundi	1–1	5–1	2024 WAFCON qualification
3				2–1
4				4–1
5	4 December 2023			1–0	1–0

References

^ "Footofeminin.fr - Inès Boutaleb". www.statsfootofeminin.fr.
^ ^a ^b "Player Details: Ines Boutaleb". Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations. Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b Inès Boutaleb at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ "Second Ligue: Inès Boutaleb (FC Metz) – 'My career has not been linear". onefootball.com (in French). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "Coupe de France: Inès Boutaleb, the Thonon Evian player who has played professionally with Lyon". ledauphine.com. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ Kada, Farid (29 July 2017). "Inès Boutaleb signs with GF38". dzballon.com (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "Division 2: Boutaleb, from Grenoble to Croix de Savoie Ambilly". ledauphine.com (in French). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ Russello, Gérald (8 July 2021). "Four new signings for the women's team!". letsgometz.com (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ Buret, Julien (5 July 2022). "D2F : Encore trois prolongations au FC Metz". letsgometz.com. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ Kada, Farid (16 July 2015). "Interview: Ines Boutaleb, Olympique Lyonnais". dzballon.com (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ Benarbia, Yassine (4 November 2018). "Women's National Team: Fertoul unveils a list of 24 players". lagazettedufennec.com (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "Inès Boutaleb: 'It's something huge to play for your country". grenoblefoot.info (in French). 17 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ Benarbia, Yassine (5 November 2018). "2018 WAFCON: Final stop in Abidjan before heading to Ghana". lagazettedufennec.com (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "Friendly Match: Women's NT 1–2 Ivory Coast". faf.dz (in French). Algerian Football Federation. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "Women's National Team: Third Win for Les Vertes Against Tanzania (3–0)". faf.dz (in French). Algerian Football Federation. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "WAFCON: A Hat-trick from Inès Boutaleb Against Burundi". footafrique.com (in French). 2 December 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

External links

Inès Boutaleb at the French Football Federation (in French)
Inès Boutaleb at the French Football Federation (archived 2018-11-26) (in French)

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[1] "Footofeminin.fr - Inès Boutaleb". www.statsfootofeminin.fr.

[CAF-2] "Player Details: Ines Boutaleb". Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations. Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[Soccerway-3] Inès Boutaleb at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[4] "Second Ligue: Inès Boutaleb (FC Metz) – 'My career has not been linear". onefootball.com (in French). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[5] "Coupe de France: Inès Boutaleb, the Thonon Evian player who has played professionally with Lyon". ledauphine.com. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[6] Kada, Farid (29 July 2017). "Inès Boutaleb signs with GF38". dzballon.com (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[7] "Division 2: Boutaleb, from Grenoble to Croix de Savoie Ambilly". ledauphine.com (in French). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[8] Russello, Gérald (8 July 2021). "Four new signings for the women's team!". letsgometz.com (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[9] Buret, Julien (5 July 2022). "D2F : Encore trois prolongations au FC Metz". letsgometz.com. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[10] Kada, Farid (16 July 2015). "Interview: Ines Boutaleb, Olympique Lyonnais". dzballon.com (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[11] Benarbia, Yassine (4 November 2018). "Women's National Team: Fertoul unveils a list of 24 players". lagazettedufennec.com (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[12] "Inès Boutaleb: 'It's something huge to play for your country". grenoblefoot.info (in French). 17 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[13] Benarbia, Yassine (5 November 2018). "2018 WAFCON: Final stop in Abidjan before heading to Ghana". lagazettedufennec.com (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[14] "Friendly Match: Women's NT 1–2 Ivory Coast". faf.dz (in French). Algerian Football Federation. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[15] "Women's National Team: Third Win for Les Vertes Against Tanzania (3–0)". faf.dz (in French). Algerian Football Federation. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

[16] "WAFCON: A Hat-trick from Inès Boutaleb Against Burundi". footafrique.com (in French). 2 December 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

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