Getting To Know Nouhaila Benzina: The First Figure To Wear A Jilbab At The Women's Football World Cup

YOGYAKARTA - Further understanding of the figure of Nouhaila Benzina, the first footballer to wear a hijab when competing in the 2023 Women's World Cup.

When men's football is busy with the transfer market world, women's football is currently busy with the 2023 Women's World Cup.

In the 4-year tournament, there is an interesting moment from the women's soccer scene, one of which is about style when competing.

When almost all female footballers wore clothes like men on the field, there was a woman who appeared to be wearing a hijab.

The figure is Nouhaila Benzina. She became the first female footballer to wear a hijab at a World Cup tournament.

He wore the headscarf when defending the Morocco national team against South Korea in the continuation of the H team, Week (30/7) later.

In that match, Benzina, who is in the position as a defender, was able to bring his team not to concede and successfully won 1-0.

No doubt the appearance of Nouhaila Benzina and her style when competing became talks. The following is a profile of the Morocco national team defender.

Nouhaila Benzina is a female footballer from Morocco who was born in Kenitra on May 11, 1998 or is currently 25 years old.

His career in the football scene began in the US FAR Perempuan, who is the king of women's football in Morocco.

The greatness of the US FAR itself can be seen from the 10 Malaysian women's championship titles since 2013. Moreover, his last 8 titles were obtained in a row.

Benzina juga jadi salah satu bagian sejarah AS FAR ketika mencapai 8 gelar sekalan, di mana dia bermain untuk klub tersebut sejak 2016.

Not quite there, Benzina was also able to bring AS FAR of various prestigious titles such as Throne Cup, UNAF Women, and the African Champions League for Women in 2022.

His work at club level brought Benzina to the national team, where he first played for Morocco U-20 in 2017.

In the same year, Benzina entered the senior team and successfully brought Morocco to the start at the Women's World Cup in 2023.

In fact, Benzina has worn the headscarf at the 2023 Women's World Cup when she sat on the bench during Morocco against Germany on July 24, 2023. Unfortunately, he was not fielded.

Only in the match against South Korea, Benzina was played and after that became the first female footballer to wear a headscarf on the women's World Cup stage.

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