Jessica Houara

Jessica Houara
Jessica Houara with PSG in 2013
Personal information
Full name Jessica Lucetta Léone Houara-d'Hommeaux[1]
Date of birth (1987-09-29) 29 September 1987
Place of birth Angers, France
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2000–2003 Angers CB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 CNFE Clairefontaine 45 (7)
2006–2007 Celtic de Marseille 14 (8)
2007–2009 Saint-Étienne 41 (3)
2009–2016 Paris Saint-Germain 117 (13)
2016–2018 Lyon 21 (2)
International career‡
2006 France U19 10 (4)
2006 France U20 4 (1)
2006–2007 France U21 3 (0)
2008–2018 France 64 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2018

Jessica Lucetta Léone Houara-d'Hommeaux (née Houara) (born 29 September 1987) is a former French football player who played as a midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon and other French clubs, and for the France national team.

Club career

Jessica Houara made her debut at Croix Blanche Angers club, then joined Celtic de Marseille Women and AS Saint-Étienne.[2]

She then signed with PSG for 7 years.[3] With the Paris club, she won a Coupe de France in 2010, and finished second in the championship five times.

In 2016, she joined Olympique Lyonnais.[4][5] On 18 November 2018, she and Lyon played against PSG - her former club, Lyon then lost 0-1.[3] In the same year, she left Lyon after two years of serious knee injury.[6][7] She announced her retirement at the same time as her pregnancy.[8]

International career

Jessica Houara was selected for various national youth team. With the under-19, she was a runner-up in the UEFA European U19 Championship in 2005 and 2006.

With the under-20s, she was called up to French's squad for the 2006 Under-20 World Cup. The French team reached the quarter-finals of the competition, but get knocked-out by U20 North Korea.

She made her debut for the senior France national team on 8 March 2008 in a friendly match against Morocco.

Career statistics

Correct as of 2018[9][10]

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CNFE Clairefontaine 2003–04 18 4 0 0 0 0 18 4
2004–05 13 2 0 0 0 0 13 2
2005–06 14 1 0 0 0 0 14 1
Total 45 7 0 0 0 0 45 7
Celtic de Marseille 2006–07 14 8 0 0 0 0 14 8
Total 14 8 0 0 0 0 14 8
Saint-Etienne 2007–08 20 2 1 0 0 0 21 2
2008–09 21 1 3 0 0 0 24 1
Total 41 3 4 0 0 0 45 3
Paris SG 2009–10 19 3 4 1 0 0 23 4
2010–11 22 4 1 0 0 0 26 4
2011–12 21 3 4 1 3 0 28 4
2012–13 19 0 5 0 0 0 24 0
2013–14 18 2 2 0 2 0 22 2
2014–15 18 1 3 0 8 0 29 1
2015–16 13 0
Total 117 13 19 2 13 0 152 15
Lyon 2016–17 18 2
2017–18 3 0
Total 21 2
Career total 238 33 23 2 13 0 256 33

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 February 2015 Stade du Moustoir, Lorient, France  United States 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2 27 November 2015 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Albania
0–1
0–6
 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
3
0–2
Correct as of 27 November 2015[11]

Honours

Club

Lyon

Paris Saint-Germain

National Team

References

  1. ^ "List of Players - France" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 11. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Jessica Houara-d'Hommeaux". Sportsvision (in French). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b Rufet, Mickaël (18 November 2018). "PSG/OL- Jessica Houara "C'était un sentiment horrible de perdre contre mon club de cœur"". ParisFans (in French). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Discussions avancées avec Jessica Houara-d'Hommeaux". CulturePSG. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  5. ^ Gros, Victor (11 May 2016). "OL - Mercato : Jessica Houara sur le point de signer avec l'OL féminin". Olympique & Lyonnais (in French). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  6. ^ Mag, Lyon (19 June 2018). "Jessica Houara d'Hommeaux leaves OL women". Lyon Mag (in French). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Gros coup dur pour Jessica Houara d'Hommeaux, à nouveau opérée du genou". 20 Minutes (in French). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Football. Jessica Houara-d'Hommeaux : « Il était temps d'arrêter… »". ouest-france.fr.
  9. ^ "Jessica Houara statistics" (in French). footofeminin. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Jessica Houara d'Hommeaux - 2017-2018". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Equipe de France A - Jessica Houara". footofeminin.fr. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  12. ^ UEFA.com. "History: Wolfsburg 1-4 Lyon | UEFA Women's Champions League 2017/18 Final". UEFA. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
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