| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ilham Abali | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Vlissingen, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | ADO Den Haag | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ADO Den Haag | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | ADO Den Haag | 17 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Netherlands U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | Netherlands U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Netherlands U17 | 13 | (3) |
| 2019 | Netherlands U19 | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 February 2024 | |||
Ilham Abali (born 19 February 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag. [1] [2]
Abali made her senior-team debut with ADO Den Haag at the age of 16, and was promoted to the first team in 2020. [3] Sidelined due to a serious knee injury in 2020, in 2022, she extended her contract with ADO through the summer of 2023. [3] [4] On 7 May 2023, she made her return to the pitch as a substitute in the 88th minute at home against Excelsior Rotterdam. [5]
Abali was injured in the summer of 2024, and spent 2024-25 rehabilitating from the injury. On 16 September 2025, she signed with Twente [6] .
In 2019, Abali reached the European Championship final with the Netherlands women's national under-17 football team, winning silver. [4] [7]
Abali was born in Vlissingen, Netherlands. [1] She was one of more than 20 Moroccan-Dutch footballers and coaches featured in the book Marokkaanse trots: Smaakmakers in de eredivisie (2020), examining their experience in the Eredivisie, the top-flight of football in the Netherlands. [8]