Rebekka Fjallsá Benbakoura (born 5 January 1999) is a Faroese footballer who plays as a forward for 1. deild kvinnur club HB and the Faroe Islands women's national team.

Rebekka Benbakoura
Benbakoura with Kastoria in 2024
Personal information
Full name Rebekka Fjálsá Benbakoura
Date of birth (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Faroe Islands
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
HB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2022 HB 84 (42)
2023 20 (21)
2024 Kastoria 12 (3)
2024– HB 2 (1)
International career
Faroe Islands 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Early life

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Benbakoura was born on 5 January 1999 in the Faroe Islands to an Algerian father, who was raised in Belgium, and a Faroese mother.[1]

Career

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Benbakoura has been capped for the Faroe Islands national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[2]

Personal life

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Benbakoura's father converted from Islam to Protestantism. Her parents met in 1996 in Brussels, where her father was working in a hotel and her mother was visiting the sister. The couple moved to and married in the Faroe Islands in 1998, just a year before her birth.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rabah fann litfagra landið". 26 August 2005.
  2. ^ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Faroe Islands)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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