Marie-Yasmine Alidou-D’Anjou... she/her... speaks French and English... sports family (soccer/track brother Ismaël and soccer brother Karim)... her mother Marie-Josée was born in Montréal while her father Hadi was born in Guéné, BEN... grew up participating in soccer, basketball, cross country running, track and field, and flag football... she was four years old when she started playing soccer at CS Spatial Saint-Hubert... enjoys watching football, shopping, exploring, hanging out with friends and family... growing up, favourites have included Andrés Iniesta, Zinédine Zidane, Thierry Henry, CF Real Madrid... other favourites have included LeBron James, Serena Williams, Los Angeles Lakers... she was studying Kinesiology at Université du Québec à Montréal before she turned to professional soccer in France...

in Portugal with SL Benfica, a Campeonato Nacional Feminino winner (2023-24) and a Taça da Liga winner (2024)... with FC Famalicão, a Taça de Portugal winner (2023)...

part of the Canada Soccer team that met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Langford ahead of their international match on 8 April 2022 (a surprise visit by the Prime Minister at the team hotel)...

For Country

she was 26 years old when she made her debut for Canada on 23 February 2022...