Biography

Hanane Aït El Haj
	Aït El Haj with Morocco at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Date of birth	2 November 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Agadir, Morocco
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	AS FAR
Number	17
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2020	AS FAR
2020–2021	Zaragoza CFF
2021–	AS FAR
International career‡
2014–	Morocco
Medal record
Representing Morocco
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 February 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 August 2023

Hanane Ait El Haj (Arabic: حنان أيت الحاج; born 2 November 1994) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a defender for AS FAR and the Morocco women's national team. She often plays as a right back.

Club career

Aït El Haj began her club career playing for AS FAR in the Moroccan Women's Championship in 2016. She played for Zaragoza CFF in Segunda División Pro on a one-year contract for the 2020-21 season before returning to AS FAR.^[2] She has won the league with AS FAR six times and the Throne Cup four times. In 2022, the team won the CAF Women's Champions League after placing third in 2021.^[3]

Aït El Haj was capped for Morocco at senior level during the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification (first round).^[4] She played in Morocco's runners-up performance in the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, which was hosted by Morocco.^[5] She was part of the squad which qualified Morocco for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, their first appearance at the tournament. At the World Cup, she scored an own goal in Morocco's 6-0 loss to Germany in the group stage.^[6] She also provided an assist to Morocco's maiden World Cup goal by Ibtissam Jraidi in their 1-0 victory over South Korea.^[7]

^ ^a ^b "HANANE: Hanane Ait El Haj". Txapeldunak (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ Ahmadu, Samuel (28 August 2020). "'Look forward to achieving great success' - Morocco's Ait El-Haj on starting life at Zaragoza". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Women's Champions League: AS Far savour first crown after beating Sundowns in final". BBC Sport. 14 November 2022. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Competitions - 11th Edition Women AFCON- GHANA 2018 - Match Details". CAF. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ "Morocco - H. Ait El Haj". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Morocco's Hanane Ait El Haj scores an own goal in 54' | 2023 FIFA World Cup". FOX Sports. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ Howcroft, Jonathan (30 July 2023). "South Korea 0 - 1 Morocco". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.