Marie-Yasmine Alidou joins SL Benfica

Canadian midfielder Marie-Yasmine Alidou has joined SL Benfica in Portugal’s Campeonato Nacional Feminino for their upcoming 2023-24 season. She has joined the reigning league winners after playing the 2022-23 season with fourth-place FC Famalicão. Alidou has signed a two-year deal with the club for…

Canadian midfielder Marie-Yasmine Alidou has joined SL Benfica in Portugal’s Campeonato Nacional Feminino for their upcoming 2023-24 season. She has joined the reigning league winners after playing the 2022-23 season with fourth-place FC Famalicão. Alidou has signed a two-year deal with the club for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

“It is a great honour to be here and to sign for this great club. I am very excited and eager to start working with this team and win titles. I also hope I can live up to the responsibility”, said Alidou.

This past season, Alidou made 32 appearances and scored 12 goals. In her first season in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino, she was elected best player for February and March, then lifted the club’s first Taça de Portugal in May

Since turning pro, Alidou has played her club football in France, Sweden, Spain, Norway and Portugal, including appearances in UEFA Champions League with Linköpings FC. In Canada, she played her youth football with CS Spatial St-Hubert and ARS Rive-Sud.

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Paulo Senra

Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer

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