Natacha Bibi

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Natacha Bibi
Personal information
Full name Natacha Diona Bibi
Date of birth (1984-06-20) 20 June 1984 (age 40)
Position(s) Forward [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007 Olympia Coast
2009–2011 La Digue Veuve
International career‡
2015– Seychelles (13+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:45, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Natacha Diona Bibi (born 20 June 1984) [2] is a Seychellois footballer and athlete who plays as a forward for the Seychelles national team.

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Football career

Club

Bibi played for Olympia Coast in 2005; [3] she helped them win the Seychelles Women's League in 2006 as top scorer with 14 goals. [4] Bibi helped Olympia Coast to a domestic double in 2007, winning the league and the cup, in which she scored a hat-trick in the final. [5]

In 2009, Bibi finishing runner-up in the Land Marine Cup with La Digue Veuve. [6] In 2010, she helped her side win the domestic double, [7] winning the league and scoring all four goals in the cup final. [8] Bibi was nominated Player of the Year in 2011. [9] [10]

International

Bibi represented the Seychelles women's national team at the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games  [ fr ], scoring a hat-trick against the Maldives, [11] and a brace against Madagascar. [12] She scored a goal in a 4–1 friendly defeat to the United Arab Emirates on 15 September 2021. [13]

On 20 February 2022, Bibi scored a second-half brace to help her side beat the Maldives 4–0 in a friendly tournament. [14] In April 2022, Bibi took part in the 2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series with Seychelles; she scored a brace against hosts Singapore in the opening game on 4 April, in a 6–2 defeat. [15] On 5 July 2022, she scored a hat-trick against Rodrigues in the 2022 Mauritius Triangular. [16]

Athletics career

Bibi won the women's 800 metres, 1500 metres and high jump at the 1999 Seychellois Championship. [17] On 14 August 2000, Bibi beat Margaret Morel's 800 metres national record, clocking 2:16.85 at the 2000 African Southern Region Athletics Championships. [18] [19]

Bibi represented Seychelles at the 2001 African Junior Athletics Championships, winning bronze in the women's long jump; she also ran in the first round of the 800 meters. [20] She won bronze in the long jump once again, at the 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games. [21] [22]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 4 April 2022 [1]
Scores and results list Seychelles's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bibi goal.
List of international goals scored by Natacha Bibi
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
12 August 2015 Stade Baby-Larivière  [ fr ], Saint-André, RéunionFlag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 1–04–1 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games  [ fr ] [11]
22–1
33–1
420 February 2022 Stade Jean-Allane  [ fr ], Saint-Benoît, RéunionFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1–02–82015 Indian Ocean Island Games [12]
52–7
618 February 2022 Theyab Awana Stadium, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1–21–4 Friendly [23]
720 February 2022 National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 2–04–0Friendly [24]
84–0
94 April 2022 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, SingaporeFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1–22–6 2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series [25]
102–3
115 July 2022 Mauritius Football Association Stadium, Quatre Bornes, MauritiusFlag of Rodrigues.png  Rodrigues 1–05–0 2022 Mauritius Triangular [16]
122–0
134–0

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