Natacha Bibi

{{short description|Seychellois footballer and athlete (born 1984)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Natacha Bibi

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Natacha Diona Bibi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|06|20|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| height =

| position = Forward{{GSA player|natacha-bibi/514341|access-date=25 February 2022}}

| currentclub = Caprera Calcio

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2005–2007

| clubs1 = Olympia Coast

| caps1 = 9

| goals1 = 21

| years2 = 2009–2011

| clubs2 = La Digue Veuve

| caps2 = 13

| goals2 = 32

| years4 = 2015–2023

| clubs4 = Mont Fleuri Rovers

| caps4 = 4

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 2024

| clubs5 = Saned

| caps5 = 17

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2024

| clubs6 = Saned B

| caps6 = 5

| goals6 = 6

| years7 = 2024

| clubs7 = Caprera Calcio

| caps7 = 16

| goals7 = 31

| nationalyears1 = 2015–

| nationalteam1 = Seychelles

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 13

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate = 00:45, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

}}

Natacha Diona Bibi (born 20 June 1984){{Cite web |title=Natacha Bibi Stats |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/9026e010/Natacha-Bibi |access-date=25 February 2022 |website=FBref.com |language=en}} is a Seychellois footballer and athlete who plays as a forward for Italian club Caprera Calcio and the Seychelles national team.

Football career

= Club =

Bibi played for Olympia Coast in 2005;{{Cite web |last=Schöggl |first=Hans |date=28 March 2006 |title=Seychelles Women 2005 |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sey-wom05.html |access-date=25 February 2022 }} she helped them win the Seychelles Women's League in 2006 as top scorer with 14 goals.{{Cite web |last=Schöggl |first=Hans |date=29 May 2007 |title=Seychelles Women 2006 |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sey-wom06.html |access-date=25 February 2022 }} 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.{{Cite web |last=Schöggl |first=Hans |date=23 April 2008 |title=Seychelles Women 2007 |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sey-wom07.html |access-date=25 February 2022 }}

In 2009, Bibi finishing runner-up in the Land Marine Cup with La Digue Veuve.{{Cite web |last=Schöggl |first=Hans |date=28 October 2010 |title=Seychelles Women 2009 |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sey-wom09.html |access-date=25 February 2022 }} In 2010, she helped her side win the domestic double,{{Cite web |last=Udwadia |first=Reza |date=9 September 2010 |title=La Digue Veuve new champions – Football: Women’s league |url=https://www.nation.sc/archive/227898/la-digue-veuve-new-champions-football-womens-league- |access-date=25 February 2022 |publisher=Seychelles Nation}} winning the league and scoring all four goals in the cup final.{{Cite web |last=Schöggl |first=Hans |date=7 February 2013 |title=Seychelles Women 2010 |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sey-wom2010.html |access-date=25 February 2022 }} Bibi was nominated Player of the Year in 2011.{{Cite web |last=J-L. |first=R. |date=21 February 2011 |title=Football: Patron’s Cup – La Digue Veuve retain cup |url=https://www.nation.sc/archive/229668/football-patrons-cup-la-digue-veuve-retain-cup |access-date=25 February 2022 |publisher=Seychelles Nation}}{{Cite web |last=G. |first=G. |date=22 April 2011 |title=Women in the forefront |url=http://jamesmichel2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/women-in-forefront.html |access-date=25 February 2022 |website=En Nouvo Sesel}}

After having played for Lithuanian club FK Saned Joniskis, in December 2024, Bibi joined Italian club Caprera Calcio.{{Cite web |title=Seychellois female footballer Natacha Bibi joins Italian side Caprera Calcio |url=http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/21649/Seychellois+female+footballer+Natacha+Bibi+joins+Italian+side+Caprera+Calcio |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.seychellesnewsagency.com}} She scored on her debut, in a 5–0 win over Castello.

= International =

Bibi represented the Seychelles women's national team at the {{Interlanguage link|Football at the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games – Women|lt=2015 Indian Ocean Island Games|fr|Football aux Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien 2015#Tournoi féminin}}, scoring a hat-trick against the Maldives,{{Cite web |date=4 August 2015 |title=Women’s football – Bibi scores hat-trick in Seychelles’ win |url=https://nation.sc/archive/246303/womens-football-bibi-scores-hat-trick-in-seychelles-win |access-date=25 February 2022 |publisher=Seychelles Nation}} and a brace against Madagascar.{{Cite web |last=Duret |first=Sebastien |date=10 August 2015 |title=Jeux des Iles de l'Océan Indien – La REUNION triomphe sur ses terres |url=https://www.footofeminin.fr/Jeux-des-Iles-de-l-Ocean-Indien-La-REUNION-triomphe-sur-ses-terres_a11356.html |access-date=25 February 2022 |website=Footofeminin.fr |language=fr}} She scored a goal in a 4–1 friendly defeat to the United Arab Emirates on 15 September 2021.{{Cite web |last=Govinden |first=Gerard |date=20 September 2021 |title=Football: Dubai tourney |url=https://www.nation.sc/articles/10517/football-dubai-tourney |access-date=5 April 2022 |publisher=Seychelles Nation}}

On 20 February 2022, Bibi scored a second-half brace to help her side beat the Maldives 4–0 in a friendly tournament.{{Cite web |last=Govinden |first=Gerard |date=23 February 2022 |title=Football: Women’s Three-Nations Friendly tournament Seychelles suffer shocking loss to debutants Saudi Arabia |url=https://nation.sc/articles/12526/football-womens-three-nations-friendly-tournament--seychelles-suffer-shocking-loss-to-debutants-saudi-arabia |access-date=25 February 2022 |publisher=Seychelles Nation}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Ishak |first=Syahindah |date=5 April 2022 |title=S'pore beats Seychelles 6–2 in first ever ticketed women's FAS Tri-Nations Series |url=https://mothership.sg/2022/04/womens-football-singapore-seychelles/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=mothership.sg}} On 5 July 2022, she scored a hat-trick against Rodrigues in the 2022 Mauritius Triangular.{{Cite web |date=5 July 2022 |title=Tournoi triangulaire féminin. Natacha Bibi a inscrit 3 buts pour l'équipe des Seychelles face à Rodrigues, ( 4e, 5e, et 45e) |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1047631076123970 |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=Facebook |publisher=Mauritius Football Association |language=fr}}

Athletics career

Bibi won the women's 800 metres, 1500 metres and high jump at the 1999 Seychellois Championship.{{Cite web |last=Lilloe |first=Børre |title=Seychellois Championships |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/sey.htm |access-date=25 February 2022 |website=gbrathletics.com}} 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.{{Cite web |last=G. |first=G. |date=8 January 2005 |title=Athletics: One-on-one with former middle distance runner Margaret Morel – "It will take a long time before somebody breaks my records" |url=https://www.nation.sc/archive/209328/athletics-one-on-one-with-former-middle-distance-runner-margaret-morel-it-will-take-a-long-time-before-somebody-breaks-my-records? |access-date=25 February 2022 |publisher=Seychelles Nation}}{{Cite web |date=26 March 2019 |title=The passing of Margaret Morel represents the end of an era. |url=https://www.facebook.com/LeSeychellois/posts/2232163023514659 |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=Facebook |publisher=Le Seychellois}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Lionel |last2=Magnusson |first2=Tomas |date=6 October 2011 |title=African Junior Championships 2001 |url=http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/AFJC/AFJC2001.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023135440/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/AFJC/AFJC2001.html |archive-date=23 October 2011 |access-date=25 February 2022 |website=wjah.co.uk}} She won bronze in the long jump once again, at the 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games.{{Cite web |last= |date=26 July 2019 |title=Athlétisme: Relais 4 x 100, les Malgaches dament le pion |url=https://mopays.com/athletisme-relais-4-x-100-les-malgaches-dament-le-pion/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225084229/https://mopays.com/athletisme-relais-4-x-100-les-malgaches-dament-le-pion/ |archive-date=25 February 2022 |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=Mopays.com |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=26 July 2019 |title=Athletics: Four gold medals for Mauritius on fourth day of competitions |url=http://www.govmu.org/English/News/Pages/Athletics-Four-gold-medals-for-Mauritius-on-fourth-day-of-competitions.aspx |access-date=25 February 2022 |publisher=Republic of Mauritius}}

Career statistics

=International=

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

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Natacha Bibi
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"\|{{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
align="center"\|1 \|rowspan="3"\|{{dts\|2 August 2015}} \|rowspan="3"\|{{Interlanguage link\|Stade Baby-Larivière\|fr}}, Saint-André, Réunion \|rowspan="3"\|{{fbw\|MDV}} \|align="center"\|1–0 \|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" \|4–1 \|rowspan="3"\|{{Interlanguage link\|Football at the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games – Women\|lt=2015 Indian Ocean Island Games\|fr\|Football aux Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien 2015#Tournoi féminin}} \|rowspan="3"\|
align="center"\|2 \|align="center"\|2–1
align="center"\|3 \|align="center"\|3–1
align="center"\|4 \|rowspan="2"\|{{dts\|20 February 2022}} \|rowspan="2"\|{{Interlanguage link\|Stade Jean-Allane\|fr}}, Saint-Benoît, Réunion \|rowspan="2"\|{{fbw\|MAD}} \|align="center"\|1–0 \|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" \|2–8 \|rowspan="2"\|2015 Indian Ocean Island Games \|rowspan="2"\|
align="center"\|5 \|align="center"\|2–7
align="center"\|6 \|{{dts\|18 February 2022}} \|Theyab Awana Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates \|{{fbw\|UAE}} \|align="center"\|1–2 \|align="center"\|1–4 \|Friendly \|{{Cite web\|date=18 February 2022\|title=Match Report of United Arab Emirates vs Seychelles – FIFA Friendlies – Women\|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-09-15/united-arab-emirates-vs-seychelles/2477579/\|access-date=25 February 2022\|website=Global Sports Archive}}
align="center"\|7 \|rowspan="2"\|{{dts\|20 February 2022}} \|rowspan="2"\|National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives \|rowspan="2"\|{{fbw\|MDV}} \|align="center"\|2–0 \|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" \|4–0 \|rowspan="2"\|Friendly \|rowspan="2"\|{{Cite web\|date=20 February 2022\|title=Match Report of Maldives vs Seychelles – FIFA Friendlies – Women\|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-02-18/maldives-vs-seychelles/2631533/\|access-date=25 February 2022\|website=Global Sports Archive}}
align="center"\|8 \|align="center"\|4–0
align="center"\|9 \|rowspan="2"\|{{dts\|4 April 2022}} \|rowspan="2"\|Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore \|rowspan="2"\|{{fbw\|SIN}} \|align="center"\|1–2 \|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" \|2–6 \|rowspan="2"\|2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series \|rowspan="2"\|{{Cite web \|date=4 April 2022 \|title=Match Report of Singapore vs Seychelles \|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-04-04/singapore-vs-seychelles/2666270/ \|access-date=5 April 2022 \|publisher=Global Sports Archive}}
align="center"\|10 \|align="center"\|2–3
align="center"\|11 \|rowspan="3"\|{{dts\|5 July 2022}} \|rowspan="3"\|Mauritius Football Association Stadium, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius \|rowspan="3"\|{{fbw\|Rodrigues}} \|align="center"\|1–0 \|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" \|5–0 \|rowspan="3"\|2022 Mauritius Triangular \|rowspan="3"\|
align="center"\|12 \|align="center"\|2–0
align="center"\|13 \|align="center"\|4–0

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Natacha Bibi

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

align="center"|1

|rowspan="3"|{{dts|2 August 2015}}

|rowspan="3"|{{Interlanguage link|Stade Baby-Larivière|fr}}, Saint-André, Réunion

|rowspan="3"|{{fbw|MDV}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" |4–1

|rowspan="3"|{{Interlanguage link|Football at the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games – Women|lt=2015 Indian Ocean Island Games|fr|Football aux Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien 2015#Tournoi féminin}}

|rowspan="3"|

align="center"|2

|align="center"|2–1

align="center"|3

|align="center"|3–1

align="center"|4

|rowspan="2"|{{dts|20 February 2022}}

|rowspan="2"|{{Interlanguage link|Stade Jean-Allane|fr}}, Saint-Benoît, Réunion

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|MAD}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |2–8

|rowspan="2"|2015 Indian Ocean Island Games

|rowspan="2"|

align="center"|5

|align="center"|2–7

align="center"|6

|{{dts|18 February 2022}}

|Theyab Awana Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

|{{fbw|UAE}}

|align="center"|1–2

|align="center"|1–4

|Friendly

|{{Cite web|date=18 February 2022|title=Match Report of United Arab Emirates vs Seychelles – FIFA Friendlies – Women|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-09-15/united-arab-emirates-vs-seychelles/2477579/|access-date=25 February 2022|website=Global Sports Archive}}

align="center"|7

|rowspan="2"|{{dts|20 February 2022}}

|rowspan="2"|National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|MDV}}

|align="center"|2–0

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |4–0

|rowspan="2"|Friendly

|rowspan="2"|{{Cite web|date=20 February 2022|title=Match Report of Maldives vs Seychelles – FIFA Friendlies – Women|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-02-18/maldives-vs-seychelles/2631533/|access-date=25 February 2022|website=Global Sports Archive}}

align="center"|8

|align="center"|4–0

align="center"|9

|rowspan="2"|{{dts|4 April 2022}}

|rowspan="2"|Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|SIN}}

|align="center"|1–2

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |2–6

|rowspan="2"|2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series

|rowspan="2"|{{Cite web |date=4 April 2022 |title=Match Report of Singapore vs Seychelles |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-04-04/singapore-vs-seychelles/2666270/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |publisher=Global Sports Archive}}

align="center"|10

|align="center"|2–3

align="center"|11

|rowspan="3"|{{dts|5 July 2022}}

|rowspan="3"|Mauritius Football Association Stadium, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius

|rowspan="3"|{{fbw|Rodrigues}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" |5–0

|rowspan="3"|2022 Mauritius Triangular

|rowspan="3"|

align="center"|12

|align="center"|2–0