Ferial Daoui

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ferial Daoui

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|12|15}}

| birth_place = Constantine, Algeria

| height =

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Al-Amal

| clubnumber = 7

| youthyears1 = –2019

| youthclubs1 = FC Constantine

| years1 = 2019–2023

| clubs1 = {{tooltip|CS Constantine|Club Sportif Constantinois}}

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2023–2024

| clubs2 = Al-Amal

| caps2 = 15

| goals2 = 5

| years3 =

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| years4 =

| clubs4 =

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| nationalyears1 = 2015–2016

| nationalteam1 = Algeria U17

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2019–2020

| nationalteam2 = Algeria U20

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2019

| nationalteam3 = Algeria

| nationalcaps3 = 5

| nationalgoals3 = 1

| medaltemplates =

| club-update = 7 March 2024

| ntupdate = 7 April 2024

}}

Ferial Daoui ({{langx|ar|فريال ضاوي}}; born 15 December 1999) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al-Amal and the Algeria national team.

She is also known as Ferial Marzouq Al Arabi Daoui in Saudi Arabia where the patronymic name is commonly used for Arabs (where the father's name is Marzouq, the grandfather name is Al Arabi and the family name is Daoui).{{soccerway|ferial-marzouq-al-arabi-daoui/997786}}

Club career

Daoui kicked off her football journey with her hometown club, FC Constantine ({{langx|ar|فتيات وئام قسنطينة}}), progressing through the youth system to the senior team.{{cite web |url=https://www.echabakasport.com/2022/10/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B3%D9%86/|title=فريال ضاوي لاعبة النادي الرياضي القسنطيني لموقع الشبكة سبورت: نسعى لتكوين فريق تنافسي و التحدي سمتنا في الكأس و الدوري|language=ar|trans-title=Ferial Daoui, player of the CS Constantine, told the Sport Network website: 'We aim to build a competitive team; challenge is our characteristic in both the cup and the league.|date=5 October 2022|website=echabakasport.com|access-date=3 June 2024}} In 2019, she was integrated into the senior team.{{cite web |url=https://www.annasronline.com/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC/%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA/121563-2019-05-11-10-33-45|title=النجمة الواعدة ضاوي فريال للنصر|language=fr|trans-title=The promising star Ferial Daoui to An-Nasr|date=11 May 2019|website=annasronline.com|access-date=3 June 2024}} She was named Algerian women's footballer of the year in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.dzfoot.com/divers/football-fem-qui-sont-les-laureates-au-ballon-dor-algerien-feminin-233832.html|title=Football Fém. : Qui sont les lauréates au Ballon d'Or algérien féminin ?|language=fr|date=1 November 2022|website=dzfoot.com|access-date=3 June 2024|quote=et enfin, Ferial Daoui (joueuse algérienne de l'année)}}

In 2023, after Coach Fertoul was appointed to lead the Saudi team Al-Amal, Daoui was recruited by the club for a one-season contract.{{cite web |url=https://jawlatt.com/2023/10/28/5-mhtrfat-gzayryat-ydaamn-nady-alaml-alnsayy-baltayf|title=5 محترفات جزائريات يدعمن نادي الأمل النسائي بالطائف |language=ar|trans-title=Five Algerian professionals support the women's club Al-Amal in Taif.|date=28 October 2023|website=jawlatt.com|access-date=3 June 2024}} helping the club in achieving promotion for the first time in its history.{{cite web |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1314111|title=الخبرة الجزائرية تحقق الإنجاز التاريخي للأمل السعودي|language=ar|trans-title=Algerian expertise achieves historical achievement for Saudi's Al-Amal.|date=15 March 2024|website=kooora.com|access-date=3 June 2024}}

International career

=Youth=

Daoui is a former Algerian youth international having represented the youth selection teams in the Under-17 and Under-20 age groups.{{cite web |url=https://www.faf.dz/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/liste-U20-feminne.pdf|title=Liste des joueuses retenues pour l'équipe nationale féminine U20|language=fr|date=4 July 2019|website=faf.dz|publisher=Algerian Football Federation|access-date=3 June 2024}} She was part of the Algerian squad for the 2015 Arab U-17 Women's Cup.{{cite web |url=https://alarab.qa/article/15/02/2015/467263-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A8%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA|title=الجزائر يفوز على العراق ببطولة العرب للفتيات|language=ar|trans-title=Algeria defeats Iraq in the Arab U-17 Women's Championship.|date=15 February 2015|website=alarab.qa|access-date=3 June 2024|quote=The goals were scored by the players: Feryal Daoui, who scored two goals....}} She represent the under-20 team in the 2019 African Games.{{cite web |url=https://lagazettedufennec.com/jeux-africains-ultime-stage-de-selection-algerienne-dames-u20/|title=Jeux Africains : ultime stage de la sélection algérienne dames U20|language=fr|date=2 August 2019|website=lagazettedufennec.com|access-date=3 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.almountakhab.com/node/1115798|title=برونزية ثمينة لمنتخب كرة القدم النسوية لأقل من 20 سنة في الألعاب الإفريقية.|language=ar|trans-title=almountakhab.com|date=28 August 2019|website=almountakhab.com|access-date=3 June 2024|quote=Before the end of the first half, the striker Ferial Daoui missed a clear scoring opportunity after taking a free kick that went just wide of the goal in the 43rd minute.}}

=Senior=

Daoui made the final squad for the 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.faf.dz/tournoi-unaf-feminines-2020-la-selection-natonale-en-stage/|title=Tournoi UNAF Féminines 2020: La sélection nationale en stage|language=fr|date=8 February 2024|website=faf.dz|publisher=Algerian Football Federation|access-date=3 June 2024}} during which she scored her first international goal against Mauritania.{{cite web |url=https://www.faf.dz/tournoi-unaf-feminin-2020-reveil-en-force-des-algeriennes-face-a-la-mauritanie/|title=Tournoi UNAF Féminin 2020 : Réveil en force des Algériennes face à la Mauritanie|language=fr|date=19 February 2020|website=faf.dz|access-date=3 June 2024|quote=avant que Feriel DHAOUI ne rajoute un second but}} One year later, she was selected to represent Algeria in the 2021 Arab Women's Cup.{{cite web |url=https://www.faf.dz/%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-2021-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%B9-2/?lang=ar|title=كأس العرب للسيدات ( مصر 2021 ) : الجزائر تفوز على فلسطين و تتأهل إلى النصف نهائي|language=ar|trans-title=Arab Women's Cup (Egypt 2021): Algeria defeats Palestine and qualifies for the semifinals.|date=29 August 2024|website=faf.dz|publisher=Algerian Football Federation|access-date=3 June 2024}}

Career statistics

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="3"\|Algeria
2020	3	1
2021	2	0
colspan="2"\|Total\|\|5\|\|1

:Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Daoui goal.

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Ferial Daoui
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
align="center"\|1	18 February 2020	El Kram Stadium, El Kram, Tunisia	{{fbw\|MRT}}	align="center"\|2–0	align="center"\|5–0	2020 UNAF Women's Tournament

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Ferial Daoui

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1

18 February 2020

El Kram Stadium, El Kram, Tunisia