# Marie-Yasmine Alidou

Marie-Yasmine "Mimi" Alidou d'Anjou (born April 28, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Benfica and the Canada women's national team.

## Early life

Alidou was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Saint-Hubert, Quebec to a Beninese father and a French Canadian mother. She played the majority of her youth soccer with CS St-Hubert and also had stints with FC St-Leonard, Lanaudiere Sud and Varennes-St. Amable. She joined the National High Performance Centre at age 13, where she played for a year, and later moved to Newark, New Jersey to attend an American high school.

## College career

Alidou has attended the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 2016, she was named RSEQ Player of the Week for Week 2, UQAM Athlete of the Year, an RSEQ First Team All-Star, and a U Sports Second Team All-Star.

## Club career

In 2017, Alidou joined French club Olympique de Marseille.
Afterwards, she played for Swedish club Linköpings FC in 2018. A year later, she joined Sporting de Huelva in Spain. Afterwards, she played for Klepp IL in Norway in 2020–21 and Sturm Graz in 2022.
In 2022, she signed with Famalicão in Portugal in 2022. She was named the league's player of the month in February and March, and helped the club with their first Taça de Portugal.
In the summer of 2023, she signed with Benfica. On October 11, 2023, she scored a brace in a Champions League match against Cypriot club Apollon. In her first season with the club, she played a key role in Benfica's historic season, where the club won all four domestic competitions. Additionally, Alidou helped Benfica reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in the club's history, where they were eliminated by Olympique Lyon. It became the first time a Portuguese club were among the final eight teams in the competition. Alidou capped off the season as Benfica’s leading goal scorer, netting 26 goals across all competitions, including 9 in the Champions League and 6 in the Portuguese league.

## International career

She represented Canada at the 2017 FISU Universiade Games.
In February 2022, she was called up to the Canada senior team for the first time. Alidou made her senior debut for Canada on February 23, 2022 against Spain at the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup. On October 21, 2024, Alidou was called up for an international friendly against Spain, the reigning World Cup champions, to replace the injured Cloe Lacasse. She subsequently scored her first international goal in the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw. On February 25, 2025, she scored a hat trick in a 7-0 victory over Chinese Taipei in the 2025 Pinatar Cup.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played January 26, 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Domestic Cup | Domestic Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Marseille | 2017–18 | D1 Féminine | 16 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 3 |
| Linköping | 2018 | Damallsvenskan | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Huelva | 2019–20 | Liga F | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 1 |
| Klepp | 2020 | Toppserien | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 |
| Klepp | 2021 | Toppserien | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 |
| Klepp | Total | Total | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| Sturm Graz | 2021–22 | ÖFB Frauen Bundesliga | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 4 |
| Famalicão | 2022–23 | Campeonato Nacional Feminino | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 32 | 12 |
| Benfica | 2023–24 | Campeonato Nacional Feminino | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 26 |
| Benfica | 2024–25 | Campeonato Nacional Feminino | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| Benfica | Total | Total | 31 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 31 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 118 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 164 | 56 |
* ↑ Includes Copa de la Reina, Taça de Portugal

### International

    As of match played February 25, 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Canada | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| Canada | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | 2024 | 4 | 2 |
| Canada | 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 8 | 5 |

## International goals

| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | October 25, 2024 | Estadio Francisco de la Hera, Almendralejo, Spain | Spain | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | December 3, 2024 | Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain | South Korea | 2–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 3. | February 25, 2025 | Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain | Chinese Taipei | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2025 Pinatar Cup |
| 4. | February 25, 2025 | Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain | Chinese Taipei | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2025 Pinatar Cup |
| 5. | February 25, 2025 | Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain | Chinese Taipei | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2025 Pinatar Cup |

## Honours

Famalicão
* Taça de Portugal: 2022–23
Benfica
* Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2023–24
* Taça de Portugal: 2023–24
* Taça da Liga: 2024
* Supertaça de Portugal: 2023
Individual
* Campeonato Nacional Feminino Player of the Month: February/March 2023