Jessica Houara
Jessica Lucetta Léone Houara-d'Hommeaux 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 club, then joined and AS Saint-Étienne.She then signed with Paris Saint-Germain [FC (women)|PSG] for 7 years. 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. On 18 November 2018, she and Lyon played against PSG - her former club, Lyon then lost 0-1. In the same year, she left Lyon after two years of serious knee injury. She announced her retirement at the same time as her pregnancy.
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 [UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship|2005] and 2006.With the under-20s, she was called up to 2006 [FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship squads#France|French's squad] for the 2006 FIFA U-20 [Women's World Championship|2006 Under-20 World Cup]. The French team reached the quarter-finals of the competition, but get knocked-out by North Korea women's national [under-20 football team|U20 North Korea].
She made her debut for the senior France national team on 8 March 2008 in a friendly match against Morocco.